Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question - NYTimes.com
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/world/europe/07georgia.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
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- TheRealEdwin
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Independent OSCE observers are refuting Georgian claims of Russia's "unprovoked aggression". These claims, if you remember, are central to the West's support of Saakashvili (who's seen as having his hand forced by tricksy Russians) and denouncements of Putin/Medvedev "disproportinal" response.
NYT wrote:
TBILISI, Georgia — Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the longstanding Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression.
Georgia moved forces toward the border of the breakaway region of South Ossetia on Aug. 7, at the start of what it called a defensive war with separatists there and with Russian forces.
Instead, the accounts suggest that Georgia’s inexperienced military attacked the isolated separatist capital of Tskhinvali on Aug. 7 with indiscriminate artillery and rocket fire, exposing civilians, Russian peacekeepers and unarmed monitors to harm.
NYT wrote:
TBILISI, Georgia — Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the longstanding Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression.
Georgia moved forces toward the border of the breakaway region of South Ossetia on Aug. 7, at the start of what it called a defensive war with separatists there and with Russian forces.
Instead, the accounts suggest that Georgia’s inexperienced military attacked the isolated separatist capital of Tskhinvali on Aug. 7 with indiscriminate artillery and rocket fire, exposing civilians, Russian peacekeepers and unarmed monitors to harm.
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Emil_G
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Sad it is taken this long....
- 3 years ago
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Emil_G
