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We were Saakashvili’s next target – Abkhazia

Published: 09 August, 2009, 16:43


Church services to commemorate the victims of the war in South Ossetia are held in Abkhazia. Many in the Republic think that if Georgia had achieved its plan to crush South Ossetia, they would have been the next target.

 
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Toma August 09, 2009, 18:33 quote
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If I remember correctly, according to gen. Nogovycin, who showed georgian map in an interview last year, there were scheduled troop movements after S.O. was cleared. There is no doubt about Georgia trying to get over its territorial disputes at once, clearing its way for NATO infestation.

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