http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/matt_siegel en http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2008/08/russian-georgia-south http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2008/08/russian-georgia-south Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:28:48 GMT Matt Siegel As Russian forces begin to withdraw, we are learning more about the events of the short but brutal war over South Ossetia. Matt Siegel reports from Tskhinvali and Gori, while local people give eyewitness accounts of the devastation

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