Both sides claim victory in war report

Russia was blamed for unnecessary roughness in a war that Georgia started over the South Ossetia region last summer. Both sides said a report commissioned by the European Union backs up their claims about the five day war. While it blames Georgia for starting the conflict, it blasts Russia as having gone "far beyond the reasonable limits of defense." It also said that Russia acted illegally when it passed out Russian passports to residents and recognizing the sovereignty of South Ossetia and Azkaban ... umm Abkhazia. The final tally of the war: 850 dead, 100,000 displaced. The report notes that while the Russian claims of genocide by the Georgians was clearly bunk, it did cite the Russians for ethnic cleansing of Georgians in the conflict area. Cold comfort for the 35,000 who remain displaced in the wake of the conflict.