Sunday, August 17, 2008

ETHNIC CONFLICT: How a flat tyre took the Caucasus to war (telegraph.co.uk)

By Damien McElroy in Tblisi.
Last Updated: 9:52PM BST 16 Aug 2008

Years of simmering ethnic tensions and East-West brinkmanship helped brew the war that broke out between Georgia and Russia ten days ago. But a puncture on a Russian diplomat's car may have proved the final straw.

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