27 August 2002 TBILISI, 27 August (Civil Georgia)-The Georgian defense ministry on 25 August started large-scale military exercises. The exercises, called Kakheti 2002, are running in parallel with “anti-criminal” operations in the Pankisi Gorge launched by the interior ministry on 23 August. There is now an unprecedented concentration of Georgian armed units in the Akhmeta district.The Kakheti 2002 exercises were […]

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