Russia Escalates Fighting in Georgia

War, ongoing war. Georgia called for a ceasefire on Saturday after Russia sharply escalated an offensive to take back control of the capital of Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia and expanded a bombing campaign to hit Georgian targets outside the war zone. George W. Bush, the US president, said attacks by Russia on Georgian targets outside South Ossetia were a ”dangerous escalation” of the crisis and called on Moscow to halt the bombing immediately. FULL STORY at FT.com... More: EU, U.S. back Georgian call for truce in S.Ossetia Georgia In "State Of War" Against Russia Hostilities Escalate in Georgia Putin accuses Georgia of genocide Russia widens attacks as world pleads for peace Attack in the Mountains: Is this the First War between Russia and a Former Soviet State? Crisis in South Ossetia: Bitter Fighting Continues in Caucuses Smith calls for ceasefire in bloody South Ossetia conflict