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 TskhinvaliGeorgia's War
"On 7th August 2008, President Saakashvili of Georgia launched an all-out military assault on the capital town of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali. The town was partly destroyed. Estimates of civilian deaths vary, between fifteen hundred and two thousand. Precise figures may become available quite soon, now that it is possible to recover and bury the dead*. Thirty-four thousand South Ossetians fled to the neighbouring territory of North Ossetia, which is part of the Federal Russian State, and they can all talk. They have been doing so incessantly, telling stories of untrammelled brutality ... "
This is an excerpt from Ken Coates' editorial in the most recent issue of
The Spokesman. Read more about Georgia's War.
*On 28 August 2008, South Ossetia’s Prosecutor General reported that 1,692 deaths
resulted from Tbilisi’s August offensive. ‘We have information of 1,692 dead and 1,500 injured as a result of the Georgian aggression,’ Russian Interfax news agency quoted Teimuraz Khugayev as saying.
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About Us We publish in many areas including politics, peace and disarmament, history, drama and philosophy. Use the navigation bar on the left hand side of the screen to explore our site. The links will take you to our authors who include Bertrand Russell, Kurt Vonnegut, Noam Chomsky, Ken Coates, John le Carré, Naomi Klein, Tony Benn and Trevor Griffiths.
Our quarterly journal, The Spokesman - Tskhinvali: Shock and Awe considers the war in Georgia.
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