STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Sinister, nefarious, insidious, invidious, perfidious, conspiratorial. NATO Syndrome: Paranoid schizophrenia + projection.] '"Those enemies" are eager to thwart the Cooperative Partner 2001 NATO multinational training which is to be held near the Georgian port of Poti in June, the minister claimed.' Georgia Defense Minister Accuses Russia of Threatening Country's Stability TBILISI, Jun 4, 2001 -- (Military News Agency) Defense Minister David Tevzadze said on Friday that "certain forces outside the country" were to blame for the long-standing threat to stability in Georgia. This is confirmed by data obtained by the law-enforcement agencies and intelligence, Tevzadze told a news conference. The intelligence knew about possible destabilization of the situation yet in March and Abkhazia's Gali district and Pankisi gorge were considered the most dangerous areas. At the same time it became known that a large sum of cash arrived in Georgia to be handed to "destructive forces," the minister said. Tevzadze claimed that those events had nothing to do with "the mutiny of the national guard battalion that which left the stationing area with arms and combat equipment without authorization and captured the Mukhrovanskaya base of the Interior Ministry troops located near Tbilisi on May 25." However "Georgia's enemies were ready to make use of that spontaneous mutiny," Tevzadze added. "Those enemies" are eager to thwart the Cooperative Partner 2001 NATO multinational training which is to be held near the Georgian port of Poti in June, the minister claimed. According to him, such scenario may lead to the country's isolation. Tevzadke named the Russian mass media among "the enemies," saying "it is too picky as far as the situation in the Pankisi gorge is concerned and claims that a threat to Russia's national interests is coming from that area." Analyzing the contents and tone of those reports one can come to a conclusion that "an intervention into Georgia is being prepared" if one has will and enough imagination, the minister noted. Tevzadze confirmed that he would personally participate in the next session of the Georgian parliament committee on defense and national security and express his views on all issues related to the country's defense capabilities. An attempt to destabilize the situation in Georgia might happen in autumn this year, he claimed. If the situation destabilizes "the West will turn its back on Georgia forever, while other countries will get a real chance to keep their status quo here," Tevzadze stressed. (C) 2001 Military News Agency __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
