Satellite images captured before and after the 7-8 August clash between Georgia, South Ossetian separatists and Russia reveal that 424 civilian structures near Tskhinvali were damaged by 19 August _ although they appeared intact in images taken on 10 August and earlier, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has reported. Georgia has claimed that Russia fully controlled Tskhinvali by 10 August, according to the BBC News. (See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7551576.stm.) But Russia has disputed the departure date, and claims that Georgian troops inflicted most of the damage to civilian areas of South Ossetia. The new satellite-image analysis, completed by the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program at the request of Amnesty International USA shows 202 damaged structures on 10 August, plus an...
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