REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA ONCE AGAIN THREATENING RUSSIANS IN SOUTH OSSETIA

The Republic of Georgia and its hot-head president Saakashvili are again threatening South Ossetia. The Ossetians claim that two mortars were fired by the Georgians into Ossetia. Saakashvili is a dangerous player in the region, and this is the same guy for whom Biden recently expressed effusive admiration. Does anybody in Washington know the real story?

Philip P. Pan reports for The Washington Post in tomorrow's edition:

"Russia accused Georgia on Saturday of firing mortars and grenades into South Ossetia and warned that it would defend the separatist territory with "all available forces and means" as tensions mounted ahead of the anniversary of last year's war.

"Georgia condemned Russia's assertion as "groundless and misleading," saying it was aimed at "further destabilizing the situation and causing the unfolding of a dangerous scenario of events.""