24 October 2002 TBILISI, 24 October (Civil Georgia)–In the wake of President Eduard Shevardnadze’s announcement that militants still remain in the Pankisi Gorge, Georgian law enforcement officials have launched a new special operation in the area on 22 October that is meant to be a final crackdown on armed groups and criminals hiding there.Reports on the new operation were circulated […]
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