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Article: Russia broadens South Ossetia offensive; Georgian president pleads for 'madness' to stop.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 10, 2008
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Byline: Kelly Hearn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Russia and Georgia appeared headed to a wider war Saturday, with Russia targeting military and civilian sites outside the conflict zone in the breakaway region of South Ossetia and rejecting an offer of a cease-fire from the government of Georgia.
The military action, which began Thursday when Georgian troops tried to retake control of South Ossetia, has left hundreds dead and sent hundreds of others fleeing from the area.
Georgian officials reported some 210 people dead and 400 wounded. Russian officials, who blamed Georgia for inflicting heavy causalities against Russian citizens in the breakaway South ...