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Putin: U.S. incited conflict in Georgia
"If my guesses are confirmed, I could suspect that someone in the U.S. triggered this conflict on purpose in order to escalate the situation and create a competitive advantage for one of the U.S. presidential
candidates," he said.
Robert Wood, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department called Putin's claim "ludicrous."
"Russia is to blame for this crisis, and the world is responding to what Russia has done," he said.
Putin, interviewed in the resort of Sochi on the Black Sea, said that the United States trained and equipped the Georgian army and incited President Mikheil Saakashvili to send troops to bring the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
"U.S. citizens were indeed in the area in conflict," Putin said. "They were acting in implementing those orders doing as they were ordered, and the only one who can give such orders is their leader."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 08/28/2008
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08-29-2008 16:46
schiznet wrote:
Putin accusing U.S.
I would like to incite war in Putin! This man who has pretended to be our ally, and is in fact a "Judas" in disguise. He turned out to be a real disappointment to me. I know you are not to be so trusting, but he had me fooled. I'd like to light a fire to his feet and make him stand still, for a nicer way to put it.
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