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http://www.gazeta.ru/intnews.shtml?202699#202699 Gazeta.ru September 26, 2002 Georgians kill 3 Abkhazian law enforcers On Wednesday at 8.30 local time in the Gal district of Abkhazia a passenger car, in which three staffers of the Abkhaz authorities were driving, was fired at on the Gal-Sukhumi highway, reported the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia (a self-proclaimed republic on Georgia's territory). Alexander Studenikin, press secretary of the Abkhaz Foreign Ministry, noted that the shots were fired by "Georgian terrorists who got into Abkhazia from Western Georgia". "Two officers of the State Customs Committee of Abkhazia and one serviceman of the frontier unit of Abkhazia were killed," noted Studenikin. //RIA-Novosti ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/cq/Qgeorgia-abkhazia-russia.R0k3_CSP.html Abkhaz officials killed in Georgian border zone -The Abkhaz police in the region are on high alert, Lavglava told AFP. TBILISI, Sept 25 (AFP) - An Abkhaz border guard and two customs officers died early Wednesday when a rocket struck their patrol vehicle near the informal border between the separatist republic of Abhazia and the rest of Georgia, the Abkhaz interior ministry reported. Abkhaz Deputy Interior Minister Valery Lavglava blamed the attack on "Georgian saboteurs who have recently stepped up their activities in the Gali region" in southern Abkhazia. The Abkhaz police in the region are on high alert, Lavglava told AFP. There has been no claim of responsibility from Georgian forces in the region. The former autonomous republic of Abkhazia, in western Georgia, obtained de facto independence from Tbilisi after bitter fighting in 1992-93. Some of the ethnic Georgians forced to flee the region have formed armed groups, which are now trying to reunite Abkhazia with the rest of the country. The situation deteriorated following an incursion of Chechen rebels into the region in October 2001 which led to the deployment of Georgian and Abkhaz troops into the Kodor Gorge border zone. On Tuesday, Georgia accused Russia of sending troops into the Kodor Gorge to "destabilise the region." ------------------------------------------------------- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=23282974 The Times of India September 26, 2002 US opposed to Russian attack on Georgia: Rumsfeld WARSAW(AFP): The United States is opposed to any move by Russia to bomb Georgia in a bid to stop rebels using the country's territory to mount raids against its troops, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday. "The United States position is that it's important that Georgia's sovereignty be respected", Rumsfeld said at the end of a two-day meeting of NATO defense ministers, which was attended by Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov. "We do not favor bombing in that area". Rumsfeld stressed however that Washington had understanding for Russia's situation. "We recognise the difficulty that it poses for Russia because it is correct that there are portions in the world that are not being governed and where people are able to take advantage of borders," he said. "But the US have taken some our forces into Georgia. We have worked with the Georgian government to try to train some of their people to try to develop a greater degree of confidence so that they can deal with the problem," he said. "And President Bush has urged President Putin to work closely with the Georgian government and see if they can fashion a way to deal effectively with what is really a serious problem." In an interview published in a Polish newspaper ahead of his meeting with NATO ministers, Ivanov said he was more concerned about the situation on the Russia-Georgia border, allegedly used by Chechen rebels to launch anti-Russian attacks, than he was about Iraq. He said Russia has "irrefutable proof" that the Georgian authorities were not fighting terrorism as they contend and that "some of these authorities are directly involved with terrorists." Moscow has accused Tbilisi of turning a blind eye to rebels allegedly using Georgian territory, particularly the lawless Pankisi Gorge region bordering breakaway Chechnya, as a rear base for raids against Russian troops. Russia has threatened to launch a military operation into the gorge. Moscow has been trying for almost three years to quell the separatist insurgency in Chechnya, in what it has described as an anti-terrorist operation. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2002/09/2-TCA/tca-250902.asp Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 26, 2002 FRANCE TO HELP TRAIN GEORGIAN MILITARY Georgian Defense Minister Tevzadze and a visiting senior officer from the French armed forces' General Staff signed an agreement in Tbilisi on 24 September under which France will provide technical assistance to the Georgian Army and provide training in specific fields for Georgian military personnel, Caucasus Press reported. LF __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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