As I said before, someone is being very selective about which events they are willing to report. And as I said before, Georgia was also engaging in the very same sort of thing as the above posts are accusing the South Ossetians of engaging in.


This one is proof of nothing, since each side is blaming the other side...

"On the night of June 14 into the early morning of June 15 of 2008 mortar fire and an exchange of gunfire were reported between South Ossetian and Georgian forces. South Ossetia reported that mortar fire was launched from Georgian-controlled villages on Tshinkvali, the South Ossetian capital, and that their forces came under fire from Georgian forces on the outskirts of the capital. Georgia denies firing the first shot claiming instead that South Ossetia had attacked the Georgian-controlled villages.[63] Russian, Georgian, and North Ossetia peacekeepers as well as OSCE monitors went to the site of the clashes however it was not determined who fired the first shot. One person was killed and four wounded during the violence.[64]"



25 April 2008 – Russian Foreign Ministry claims Georgia is potentially planning a military intervention in Abkhazia.

June 2007 – South Ossetia asserts Tskhinvali shelled by Georgian mortar and sniper fire.

15 May 2008 – Russian defence chief Yuri Baluyevsky urges NATO to help stop the 'military build-up' in Georgia, and names the US, Turkey, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria the top providers of military resources to Georgia.

30 June-2 July 2008 – Blasts in Sukhumi market and Russian peacekeepers' checkpoint on Georgian-Abkhaz border. Russia blames Georgian special forces for the incidents.

3-4 July 2008 – Explosions in South Ossetia prompt Russia to accuse Georgia of military intervention and to condemn its 'aggression'.

29-30 July 2008 – South Ossetia accuses Georgia of shelling villages outside of Tskhinvali. Georgia asserts that South Ossetians directed fire towards its monitoring group.

Aug. 4: Russia accuses Georgia of using excessive force in South Ossetia after the Russian-backed rebels said Georgian artillery had killed at least six people.