08Ago08 Ataques Ana Margarida Craveiro The immediate cause of the fighting is unclear as claim and counterclaim abound. But what is clear is that a conflict which has been simmering for years, has at last erupted. What happens next will depend almost entirely on Russia's response: 150 Russian tanks were reported to be entering South Ossetia on Friday. Georgia's government says that Russian planes have dropped bombs outside of South Ossetia including on the edge of Tblisi, the Georgian capital. Alexander Lomaia, the secretary of Georgia's National Security Council, told The Economist on Friday that "this is an open military aggression and we are now at the state of undeclared war with Russia. What else could you call it?". Os EUA não dormem: A secretária de Estado norte-americana instou a Rússia a “respeitar a integridade territorial da Geórgia”, retirando as suas tropas da Ossétia do Sul. Condoleezza Rice anunciou ainda uma iniciativa internacional para tentar resolver o conflito naquela região separatista. link do post comentar favorito