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http://www.civil.ge/cgi-bin/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1033366786,72721, Civil Georgia Georgian Fighter Jets Patrol Border with Russia (Tbilisi, Civil Georgia, September 30, 2002) - Georgia has started patrolling the country's mountainous border with Russia with Su-25 ground attack jets, Joni Pirtskhalaishvili, Chief of the General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces told the reporters on September 28. Georgia’s decision to patrol the airspace with Russia follows frequent violations of the Georgian airspace from the Russian side. On September 27 Georgian Border Guard Department reported that the Russian military helicopter flew over Georgian territory near the Chechen border for about 10 minutes. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.civil.ge/cgi-bin/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1033325792,8759, Civil Georgia Georgia to Strengthen its Air Defense System (Tbilisi, Civil Georgia, September 29, 2002) - Chief of the General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces Joni Pirtskhalaishvili told the reporters on September 28 that Georgia will buy anti-craft missile launchers and locate them in the areas bordering with Russia. Georgian Defense official said that the anti-craft missiles would increase the security of the regions bordering with Russia. ------------------------------------------------------- http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=2753975&startrow=1&date=2002-09-29&do_alert=0 RUSSIAN FEDERAL FORCES COMMAND CLAIMS GEORGIAN TROOPS ARE FAR FROM FIGHTING CHECHEN MILITANTS -Podoprigora noted that the militants claim no one ousted them from Georgia, and the part of fighters that had left Pankisi headed for Azerbaijan and Turkey. The remaining gang groupings, in his words, are not persecuted by Georgian task forces. GROZNY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2002. /RIA Novosti correspondent/ -- When the special operation by Georgian units in Pankisi is over, Chechen militants ousted from that region plan to return to their bases in the mountains, Colonel Boris Podoprigora, Deputy Commander of the Joint Group of Forces (OGV) in the North Caucasus, told RIA Novosti. In his words, the results of the interrogation of the bandits detained near the Ingush village of Galashki testify to such intentions. Podoprigora reported that, according to the detained, the Georgian authorities not only fail to fight militants but even create favorable conditions for them: in particular, humanitarian aid has been regularly provided to them. According to the OGV deputy commander, the Georgian authorities also rendered the militants assistance in receiving documents and refugee certificates issued by the Department of the UN Supreme Commissar on Refugees, while the very fact of their involvement in gang groupings was not disclosed to UN representatives. Podoprigora noted that the militants claim no one ousted them from Georgia, and the part of fighters that had left Pankisi headed for Azerbaijan and Turkey. The remaining gang groupings, in his words, are not persecuted by Georgian task forces. Podoprigora stated that despite the Georgian authorities' desire to present the international terrorist gang's incursion on Russian soil as the success of the special operation, the main part of militants are still in Georgia. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.civil.ge/cgi-bin/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1033213659,13177, Civil Georgia Georgian Refrains from Extradition of Chechen Militants (Tbilisi, Civil Georgia, September 28, 2002) - Russian Deputy Chief Prosecutor Sergei Fridinski told the reporters today that the Georgian side's statement about the readiness to hand over 13 Chechens, allegedly fighters, to the Russia, "is just words". "I had a phone conversation with the Georgian Chief Prosecutor [Nugzar Gabrichidze], after Georgia announced that it will extradite Chechens to Russia. But we did not received the precise answer when exactly the extradition happens," Russian news agencies quote Sergei Fridinski. Georgian border guards detained the 13 armed Chechens on August 3-5. They are in preliminary detention in Tbilisi at the moment. Georgian law enforcers charge them for illegal crossing the border with Russia and carrying weapons and explosives. ------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
