Georgia accused of targeting civilians


	Georgia accused of targeting civilians

ratilfar

10-29-2008 4:32 PM

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war, russia, georgia, war crimes, civilians, death

ratilfar says:

Revenge

The BBC saw evidence of the cycle of revenge since the war, with the demolition of most houses in the former ethnic Georgian villages on the northern outskirts of Tskhinvali.

Zaur Gagloyev (photo: Alan Tskhurbayev, Institute of War and Peace Reporting)
No, it wasn't ethnic cleansing... we just let them go from our land
Zaur Gagloyev

The houses, whose occupants fled during the war to other parts of Georgia, were burnt by Ossetians immediately after the fighting.

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