Accuracy Disputes from September 2008 - History of Slovakia, Timeline of the 2008 South Ossetia War, Liancourt Rocks Dispute (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 87. Chapters: History of Slovakia, Timeline of the 2008 South Ossetia War, Liancourt Rocks dispute, List of political catch phrases, Timeline of Serbian history, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, List of Dragon Ball characters, Magic in the Greco-Roman world, T-44, Sami history, List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes, Frappuccino, Arran, Cardiff North, Greek Magical Papyri, Prince Sh toku, 1987 Mecca Massacre, The Storys, William Yuan, C. K. Janu, Fonzerelli, Lluvia de Peces, Quiescence search, List of content management frameworks, Software testing outsourcing, The American Analog Set, Direct borohydride fuel cell, Alan Downs, James Rouch, Vitta Foods, Xmouse, Poison words, Catellus Development Corporation, Tecpancaltzin, Trophophyte, Ostrashov. Excerpt: The 2008 South Ossetia war began on August 7, 2008 and involves Georgia, Russian Federation, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The tensions have been escalating through the year of 2008, but the countdown to the open hostilities starts with a bombing of a Georgian police car near the Eredvi village east of Tskhinvali, with five policemen wounded by the blast. According to one source, the bombing happened on the 31st of July, another names the date of August the 1st. A chain of reactions and counter-reactions followed. Events prior to August 2008 are described in Georgian-Ossetian conflict. Beginning late on August 1, intense fighting began between Georgian troops and paramilitary soldiers of South Ossetia, causing the deaths of six people and injuring 21 others. The six killed were Ossetian militiamen, taken down by the big-caliber sniper rifles used for the first time by the Georgians. Each side accused the other of commencing the fighting. On August 3, the Russian government and the head of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoity, instructed South Ossetians to begin evacuation into Russia, which resulted i...