Georgia: Satellite Images Show Destruction, Ethnic Attacks

There has been a lot of tension between Russia and the Democratic Republic of Georgia lately over the province of Ossetia. Georgia launched a military strike, and Russia responded by sending in tanks.
On Thursday, August 28th the Human Rights Watch said that satellite images showed that what was thought to be armed combat was in fact intentional burning and torching of Georgian villages around the Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali. The images show the destruction of five Georgian villages. Human Rights Watch researchers personally witnessed Russian tanks firing into and destroying homes and buildings. Many Ossetian militias admitted that they were torching homes and their aim was to ensure the Georgians had no home to return to. In each of these villages it was counted and discovered that the majority of homes were either destroyed or severely damaged.
One resident was quoted:“I was beaten and my house was looted by Ossetian militias three times during a single day. After they took everything and there was nothing more to loot, they brought petrol, poured it everywhere in the rooms and outside the house, and then put it on fire. They made me watch as my house was fully burned.” – Ila Chulukhadze, 84, resident of Kvemo Achabeti
I think it is terrible that these acts of war and violence are happening all over the world. Most poeple right now are aware of the violence in the middle east, but wars are developing all around us and innocent people continue to suffer from these tragedies.Brittney NicolaSOC 202Wars and Violence
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