| Submit your comments on this article |
| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Georgia sues Russia for alleged ethnic cleaning |
| 2008-08-12 |
| The Georgian security council says it has filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice for alleged ethnic cleansing. Council chief Alexander Lomaia told The Associated Press that Georgia made the filing Tuesday with the international court. He gave no other details of the lawsuit. Russian officials have accused Georgia of committing genocide by launching an offensive last week to try to retake control of the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, meanwhile, accused Russian forces Monday of cleansing another breakaway province, Abkhazia, of ethnic Georgians. |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #6 Actually, Mao has it on volume. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-08-12 17:29 |
| #5 Ironic. Georgia, home of the world's greatest ethnic cleanser - Stalin. (Actually rumored to be an Ossetian, himself!) |
| Posted by: borgboy 2008-08-12 16:38 |
| #4 or the buffer zone can be manned by Western troops, after Georgias admission to NATO. |
| Posted by: superstitiousGalitizianer 2008-08-12 14:02 |
| #3 that would make sense if theres a similar DMZ on the russian side - in NORTH Ossetia, and on the Russian side of Abkazia. Otherwise its just silly rug dealing talk. |
| Posted by: superstitiousGalitizianer 2008-08-12 14:02 |
| #2 The Russians are talking about a buffer zone, in Georgian territory, manned by international peacekeepers. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-08-12 13:44 |
| #1 Sounds like a play at trying to get UN peace keepers sent in to keep an eye on the ruskies. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-08-12 13:42 |