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Allegations of war crimes begin to surface
RUSSIA TODAY
Thursday, September 4, 2008
As the last of the refugees returned to the war-scarred city of Tskhinval, the horrors they’d experienced while waiting for evacuation are gradually coming to light. A video filmed on a mobile phone, which appears to show Georgian troops firing on civilian buildings, has surfaced on the Internet.
The video was apparently recorded by a Georgian soldier as he manned a machine gun. His cry of ‘Yoo hoo!’ as he fired on the building reminded viewers of ‘a child playing a video game’ – but they were real bullets and real human targets.
An investigation into crimes allegedly committed by Georgian troops is currently underway and the exact number of casualties has yet to be established.
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Accurate estimates of the death toll have been hampered by the chaos that took over the city during the fighting. Many rushed to bury their friends and relatives in their own gardens, school playgrounds and on hospital grounds. They felt it was too dangerous to venture onto the city streets.
Svetlana Nanieva and others like her didn’t get the closure of a proper burial for her son.
“My house was burnt down and my son died in the fire. Nothing was left of him. I have nothing left,” she cried.
Her neighbour, also named Svetlana, says she was lucky to lose only her house and not her family. She managed to run to a bomb shelter just minutes before a Georgian artillery bombardment levelled her street.
“Two pregnant women were killed on our street. One was killed by a bomb and the other was beheaded and left on the street,” said Svetlana Gogloeva.
The city’s Jewish quarter took the brunt of the bombing. No wonder then that Russia’s General Military Prosecutor chose this emotionally charged site to share the results of his investigation thus far with the media.
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September 4th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
“Svetlana”’s account seems a little over-the-top.
“My family had to run to a bomb shelter, but I’m lucky”
and
“Two pregnant women were killed on our street.”
It sounds a bit B.S.’ish
September 4th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
@Rhinoceros:
“Svetlana”’s account seems a little over-the-top.”
You haven’t seen war my friend. Still tucked into your cozy warm corner huh? Not to worry, it’s on its way to a real life theater near you. Like in everywhere…
September 5th, 2008 at 4:04 am
It reminds me of a light bulb joke:
How many VietNam veterans does it take to change a light bulb?
“You don’t know, man! You weren’t there! What went down in country STAYS in country! Don’t talk about it!”
The moral of the story, shit happens in war, for real, and if you weren’t there, you really don’t know for sure.
Pete
September 5th, 2008 at 6:18 am
re;”Svetlana’s account seems a little over the top”. Why would anyone even say that! Were you there? If so write your own account.If not then I guess we have to take her word for what happened because SHE WAS THERE! It makes me wonder about who signs your paychecks,Rhino!