Photo Gallery The Five Day War
Unpublished documents produced by the European Union commission that investigated the conflict between Georgia and Moscow assign much of the blame to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, but they also some to the Kremlin and Ossetian militias.
A Georgian man cries near the body of a relative after the Russian bombing of Gori on August 9. Last summer's five day war was the most serious confrontation between East and West since the end of the Cold War.
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Swiss ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, a Caucusus expert, is leading up the EU enquiry mission into the causes of the Russia-Georgia conflict. Much hinges on the conclusions her commission will reach. Is Georgia, a former Soviet reppublic, a serious candidate for membership in NATO, or is the country in the hands of a reckless gambler?
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Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili (left) and Defense Minister David Kezerashvili inspect troops near Tskhinvali in August 2008.
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