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Thread #113349 Message #2410264
Posted By: CarolC
11-Aug-08 - 01:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: War in Georgia (2008)
Subject: RE: BS: War in Georiga
Georgian forces were deliberately targeting civilians...
So she gathered her three girls - Ina, 14, Lina, 12, and Marina, 11 - and called a relative to pick them up in his car. They spent the day in a nearby village, watching the fighting grow closer with friends and family. Finally, she said, Georgian tanks started firing into nearby houses.
Those huddled in the house climbed into two cars and started off along a road through a stretch of woods. As they passed through the forest, they came under fire.