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U.S. Troops Start Anti-Terrorism Training in Republic of Georgia
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MOSCOW - American troops landing in Georgia in the next few days
plan to remain in the former Soviet republic for almost two years as
they train key units of the Georgian armed forces, the commander of
the U.S force said Thursday.
The Pentagon has said the training will help the Georgian military
"address the situation in the Pankisi Gorge," a lawless area of
northeast Georgia where Washington says terrorists linked to al-
Qaida may be sheltered among Muslim guerrillas.
The training program commander told reporters, however, that he
and his officers will not visit the rugged Pankisi area, just ...
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GEORGIA: GEORGIAN INTERIOR MINISTER OFFERS TO PROVIDE RUSSIA WITH LIST OF PANKISI RESIDENTS...(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...all people living in the country's Pankisi Gorge, Civil Georgia and Rustavi-2 reported...Russian concern over the use of the Pankisi Gorge as a staging area by Chechen rebels...measures along its border with Russia. The Pankisi Gorge is home to a significant number of...
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GEORGIA: PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGES ISLAMIC RADICALS BEING IN PANKISI GORGE.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...Ria Novosti, President Mikhail Saakashvili said that the Pankisi Gorge had become a nesting place for Wahhabism. I want to warn...engaged in spreading Wahhabism among the inhabitants of the Pankisi Gorge and so-called Kistin Chechens will be checked by the toughest...
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GEORGIA: GEORGIAN OFFICIALS MAKE CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS ON PANKISI GORGE.(status of terrorist organizations occupying Pankisi Gorge)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...associate of Osama bin Laden, have been active in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, Georgia's Ambassador to the UN Rezo Adamia said on 6 February...currently no persons directly connected with Al-Qaeda in the Pankisi Gorge, ITAR-TASS reported. National Security Minister Valeri Khaburzania...
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RUSSIA: PANKISI GORE SITUATION OK AT THE MOMENT.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...Shevardnadze of Georgia declares that the situation in the Pankisi Gorge is under full control . He said this in the traditional National...decision on the introduction of internal troops into the Pankisi Gorge was absolutely correct . The president said that the operation...
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GEORGIA: GEORGIA, RUSSIA TO INVESTIGATE MEDIA COVERAGE OF PANKISI.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...that thousands of Chechen fighters are camped in Georgia's Pankisi gorge, Russian agencies reported. But Targamadze denied Russian...mobile police units have been created and are combing the Pankisi gorge, but have found no evidence of the alleged Chechen militant...
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GEORGIA: GEORGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER, RUSSIAN MILITARY COMMANDER MEET.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...Troshev, discussed cooperation between the Russian and Georgian military in the Caucasus as well as the ongoing withdrawal of...and Russian allegations that Chechen fighters use the Pankisi gorge in northern Georgia as a base. Pirtskhalaishvili again rejected those claims, saying that the ...
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RUSSIA: PUTIN OBJECTS TO MEANS OF TERRORIST EXPULSIONS.(President Eduard Shevardnadze criticized by Russian President)(Government Activity)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...tactic of the non-violent expulsion of terrorists out of the Pankisi Gorge should be unacceptable, says a message that the Russian President...Russia is seriously concerned about the situation in the Pankisi Gorge, where a considerable number of armed Chechen militants and...
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RUSSIA: FOREIGN MINISTRY WARNS RUSSIANS AGAINST VISITING GEORGIA.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...their accomplices has become more frequent not only in the Pankisi gorge but in other regions of the country. The Georgian Foreign...Georgia may ask the OSCE to deploy military observers in the Pankisi gorge, in addition to those currently monitoring the Georgian-Chechen...
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GEORGIA: PLANS TO ASSASSINATE GEORGIAN PRESIDENT THWARTED.(Eduard Shevardnadze)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
; ...that the Karachai militants apprehended on 6 December in the Pankisi Gorge might have been involved in the plan. Additional security...stating that a number of Chechen militants remain in the Pankisi Gorge. Meanwhile Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Valerii...
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It's all Georgian to me.(POLITICS)
Magazine article from: The American Conservative
; ...security forces. Lest there be any doubt, that means the Georgian military should be given the antiaircraft and antiarmor systems...in the world could not have done much for a 26,900-man Georgian military against Putin's 641,000-strong war machine. Graham and...
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