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Georgia's 'Indiscriminiate' War with Russia

Georgia’s claims — that it waged a precise attacks on separatists, while the Russians went on a indiscriminate rampage during their August war — are growing more suspect by the day. First we learned that Georgia showered South Ossetia with cluster bombs that killed at least three civilians. Now, independent military observers at the Organization […]

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Georgia's claims -- that it waged a precise attacks on separatists, while the Russians went on a indiscriminate rampage during their August war -- are growing more suspect by the day. First we learned that Georgia showered South Ossetia with cluster bombs that killed at least three civilians.

Now, independent military observers at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe are suggesting that Georgia’s military attacked the separatist capital of Tskhinvali "with
indiscriminate artillery and rocket fire, exposing civilians, Russian peacekeepers and unarmed monitors to harm," according to the New York Times.

According to observations of the monitors, documented Aug. 7 and Aug. 8, Georgian artillery rounds and rockets were falling throughout the city at intervals of 15 to 20 seconds between explosions, and within the first hour of the bombardment at least 48 rounds landed in a civilian area. The monitors have also said they were unable to verify that ethnic Georgian villages were under heavy bombardment that evening, calling to question one of Mr. Saakashvili’s main justifications for the attack.

BTW, our own David Axe was called a "Kremlin dupe" for daring to suggest in September that the narrative of the Russia-Georgia war more complicated than it at first appeared. Now, it's starting to look like his accusers were the ones who were duped.

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