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The Washington Times: Saakashvili and his government were the aggressors Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his government were the aggressors during the recent armed conflict in South Ossetia. In an article carried by The Washington Times newspaper, the head of the Washington-based Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom, Dimitri Simes says that there is no doubt that is was President Saakashvili who ordered the August 7 storming of the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali, and that the Georgian side used heavy artillery, tanks and missiles against the Russian peacekeepers defending the city. Mr. Simes also says that the Georgian president ignored US calls to refrain from the use of force against South Ossetia. 18.09.2008
