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Saakashvili Defends 'Difficult Choice'

01 December 2008

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Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday mounted a fresh defense of his country's assault on South Ossetia in August, denying accusations that Tbilisi had been the aggressor in the disastrous war with Russia that ensued.

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