A convoy of Russian troops makes its way through the Caucasus Mountains toward the armed conflict between Georgian troops and separatist South Ossetian troops, in the South Ossetian village of Dzhaba on August 9, 2008. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili declared a "state of war" as his troops battled it out with Russian forces over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP)
Last month, separatist authorities in the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia arrested four Georgian soldiers in Tskhinvali on July 8, 2008. South Ossetian authorities said they had arrested the soldiers amid heightened tensions in the mountainous province. The soldiers were later released. (KAZBEK BASAYEV/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian troops stand on a tank near a herd of cows during their journey through the mountains toward the armed conflict between Georgian troops and separatist South Ossetian troops, in the South Ossetian village of Dzhaba on August 9, 2008. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP)
A convoy of Russian troops makes its way through the mountains toward the armed conflict between Georgian troops and separatist South Ossetian troops in the South Ossetian village of Dzhaba on August 9, 2008. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP)
Georgian soldiers walk in Gori, central Georgia, on August 9, 2008. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili declared a "state of war" on August 9 as his troops battled it out with Russian forces over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Earlier, Russian warplanes bombed the Georgian city of Gori, killing civilians, Georgia's Public TV reported. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP)
A Russian military helicopter flies over a main road connecting South Ossetia's main city of Tskhinvali with the Georgian town of Gori on August 10, 2008. As helicopter gunships hovered over Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, newly occupied by Russian forces, a stream of refugees fled the area, testifying to days of heavy bombardment. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian troops launch rockets in the Ardon Valley, Russia, near the Georgian border, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. It was not clear what the target or targets may have been. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)
An unidentified fighter jet drops munitions near the Georgian town of Gori, on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/George Abdaladze)
Georgian troops fire rockets at seperatist South Ossetian troops from an unnamed location not far from Tskhinvali on August 8, 2008. Georgia is taking measures to prevent Russian "mercenaries" from infiltrating the country, its prime minister said as Georgian forces attacked the Russian-backed breakaway province of South Ossetia. (VANO SHLAMOV/AFP)
President of the breakaway South Ossetia region, Eduard Kokoity stands near Russian tanks and troops in the South Ossetian town of Dzhava on August 9, 2008. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP)
Bodyguards escort Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, center, to shelter under a threat of Russian air attack in Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Georgian soldiers pass by a building hit by bombardments in Gori on August 9, 2008. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP)
Georgian villagers evacuate near the city of Tskhinvali, in the breakaway Georgian province South Ossetia, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/George Abdaladze)
Georgian policemen evacuate a Georgian soldier wounded in battle with South Ossetian separatists, in the town of Gori on August 8, 2008. Russia's defence ministry said that more than 10 of its troops deployed as peacekeepers in South Ossetia have been killed amid a Georgian offensive in the breakaway region, Russian news agencies reported. (VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images)
A man carries a boy, who was injured in South Ossetian province capital Tskhinvali and evacuated in the town of Dzhava, South Ossetia, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. Georgia, a U.S. ally whose troops have been trained by American soldiers, launched a major offensive overnight Friday to retake control of it's breakaway province. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)
A wounded Georgian woman lies in front of an apartment building, damaged by a Russian airstrike, in the northern Georgian town of Gori, on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. According to photographer the wounded woman was later helped by her neighbors and evacuated her to a safe area. Russia sent hundreds of tanks and troops into the separatist province of South Ossetia and bombed Georgian towns Saturday in a major escalation of the conflict that has left scores of civilians dead and wounded. (AP Photo/George Abdaladze)
A man looks at unidentified men killed fighting for the South Ossetian side in the conflict in the town of Dzhava, South Ossetia on August 9, 2008. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said "dozens" of people had been killed in Georgian attacks on South Ossetia, contradicting a claim by Moscow's separatist allies of 1,500 dead. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP PHOTO)
A Georgian soldier lays dead on a street, after earlier fighting on outskirts of Tskhinvali on August 10, 2008. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images)
A South Ossetian doctor stands next to a wounded man in the basement of a destroyed hospital in Tskhinvali on August 10, 2008. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images)
People hold candles during a protest front of the Georgian embassy in Moscow August 10, 2008. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner flew to Tbilisi on Sunday on an EU mission to mediate an end to the conflict in Georgia's rebel South Ossetia region, which was under Russian control after Georgian forces retreated. (REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
An unidentified crying Georgian woman is calmed by her husband after finding out that her child was killed in a neighboring village, in Gori, about 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich) (edit, added reason for grief)
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