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For Georgians, the attacks seemed to come from all sides. Residents of South Ossetia first came under siege from the Georgian military as it tried to clamp down on the breakaway movements there and in Abhkazia. Then, in a classic blitz by land, sea and air, the Russians descended from the north, quickly took control of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and continued the attacks on greater Georgia. Photographer Alex Majoli, on assignment for NEWSWEEK, caught the former Soviet republic in a flash of chaos. Majoli's images communicate a sense of recalled despair, as the Russian invasion brings forth brutal and suppressed memories of the old iron fist.

 
 
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  • Posted By: lovejusticepeace @ 08/29/2008 12:10:45 PM

    It has been reported that many Americans were found in Ossetia and Georgia during the recent conflict.
    Were they training the Georgian military ? Were they CIA ? Or like we have on aircraft wings , were they turbulence creators ?

  • Posted By: Kuksha @ 08/26/2008 11:51:52 AM

    This inflating of the conflict on a hand to mister McCain who after elections with all will swear and will be torn apart. And in general misters that do your military ships at conflict-they borders do the third world war!

  • Posted By: Kuksha @ 08/26/2008 11:25:19 AM

    Misters your photos are made in Ossetia after attack of the Georgian armies of the peace population of South Ossetia.To you so roads fascist Saakashvili -your democracy is dead. These all conflicts last hundreds years and not to you them to resolve.

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