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Georgian police and ambulance are seen near military airfield, that officials say was hit by bombs, outside Tbilisi
10 Aug 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Georgian police and an ambulance are seen near a military airfield, that officials say was hit by bombs, outside Tbilisi August 10, 2008. Loud explosions rocked Georgia's capital early on Sunday, and a senior official said Russian warplanes had bombed a military airfield outside Tbilisi. Georgia has withdrawn its forces from breakaway South Ossetia, where they had been fighting Russian troops for control, the Georgian interior ministry said on Sunday. But the Russian army said Georgian forces were still there. The announcement of a pullout followed three days of fighting in a Georgian push to take control of the pro-Moscow enclave from separatists, which prompted Russia to pour troops into South Ossetia and launch air strikes inside Georgia. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze (GEORGIA)
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A Russian Uragan (Hurricane) multiple rocket launch system is seen on its way to Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia, August 11, 2008. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (RUSSIA) ...




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