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Title: Civilians perish as Georgian troops torch church
Source:
Russia Today
URL Source: http://www.russiatoday.com/news?gclid=CJOG7JCaiZUCFQcmIgodQUzhpw
Published: Aug 12, 2008
Author: rt
Post Date: 2008-08-12 17:20:21 by Rotara
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Views: 498
Comments: 17
The Regnum news agency is reporting that Georgian troops burned down a 10th century Orthodox church while terrified civilians perished inside. The agency quotes eyewitness accounts of the atrocity after all-out fighting in Khetagurovo, a small village near the republic’s capital Tskhinvali. Almost all of those fighting to defend the village were killed, but the report says the fate of others, mostly women and the elderly, turned out to be even more horrible. But Regnum reports that the Georgian troops set the church on fire and left those inside to perish. 
Eyewitnesses report that Georgian tanks literally ran people down and that soldiers took almost all the women to another location. Their fate is still unknown.
Meanwhile, those who didn’t manage to escape found their shelter in a 10th century Orthodox church. Civilians hoped that Georgians of the same faith wouldn’t dare storm the building, one of the oldest of its kind in the country.
It is the latest in a series of reports of the Georgian military attacking and killing civilians.
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#5. To: Rotara (#0)
Meanwhile, those who didn’t manage to escape found their shelter in a 10th century Orthodox church. Civilians hoped that Georgians of the same faith wouldn’t dare storm the building, one of the oldest of its kind in the country. But Regnum reports that the Georgian troops set the church on fire and left those inside to perish. It is the latest in a series of reports of the Georgian military attacking and killing civilians. I wonder if Bush/Cheney/McCain/Obama will condemn Russia for burning the church and killing civilians....
I doubt it, there not very many Orthodox rapture monkeys.
#9. To: Dakmar (#8)
You didn't catch my sarcasm. It was actually GEORGIA that killed the civilians and torched the church, but the neocon mouthpieces are likely to blame their victims, the South Ossetia residents who perished, along with the RUSSIANS who were there fighting off the Georgian army, which we have financed and trained.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestEyewitnesses report that Georgian tanks literally ran people down and that soldiers took almost all the women to another location. Their fate is still unknown.
#8. To: FormerLurker (#5)
I wonder if Bush/Cheney/McCain/Obama will condemn Russia for burning the church and killing civilians....
Replies to Comment # 8. I doubt it, there not very many Orthodox rapture monkeys.
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