Bush’s Georgian crony Saakashvili risks war on Ossetia

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From British daily The Guardian:

Georgian troops have launched a full-scale bombardment of separatists in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, raising the risk of all-out war with Russia and other former Soviet states. …

Putin made his remarks in a meeting with the leader of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, on the sidelines of the Olympic games in Beijing. Nazarbayev’s reply raised the possibility that other former Soviet states could come in on Russia’s side in the conflict.

See also here.

Expert view: Georgia’s decision to shell Tskhinvali could prove ‘reckless’: here.

South Ossetia leader says 1,400 killed in conflict: here.

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