(Click to Enlarge)From Reuters:
MOSCOW, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Georgian separatist region South Ossetia accused Tbilisi on Monday of breaching a ceasefire deal by firing at its villages from an EU-monitored area, and said its forces would not hesitate to retaliate.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy brokered the deal to end August's brief war between Russia and Georgia, but analysts say tension on the de facto border between South Ossetia and undisputed Georgian territory could spark new fighting.
Russian troops this month pulled out of areas adjacent to South Ossetia and Georgian separatist region Abkhazia in line with the ceasefire deal and allowed some 300 unarmed European Union observers and support staff into the area.
A South Ossetian official said EU monitors remained silent while Georgian forces fired at Ossetian villages.
"For a week now, Georgia has been shooting daily at the border districts of Znaur and Tskhinvali," Irina Gagloyeva, head of the separatist Press and Information Committee, told Reuters by telephone from South Ossetia's capital Tskhinvali.
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My Comment: The bitterness in the region will take decades to quiet down. The odd ceasefire violations that are occurring pale to what the region can experience if everyone starts shooting at each other.
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