Foreign Correspondence

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Sukhumi has info on Georgia's plans to disrupt Abkhaz presidential vote

Sep 10 2004 10:54AM

SUKHUMI. Sept 10 (Interfax) - The State Security Service of the breakaway republic of Abkhazia has information that Georgia's special services are planning acts of sabotage and terrorist attacks in Abkhazia to disrupt its presidential elections and destabilize the republic, Mikhail Tarba, chairman of the Abkhaz State Security Service, said at a special session of the Aitaira (Revival) political movement on Thursday.

"There is a real threat to the life of all candidates for president. 800,000 lari [approximately $400,000] have been allocated for these purposes," Tarba said.

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Abkhaz units searching for Georgian saboteurs

Sep 10 2004 2:44PM

SUKHUMI. Sept 10 (Interfax-South) - Special units from the Abkhaz State Security Service have begun a search for Georgian saboteurs allegedly spotted in the region. "Special operations units of the Abkhaz State Security Service are carrying out operations near the villages of Verkhneye Kelasuri and Ilori of the republic's Gulripshi and Ochamchira districts to detect and encircle groups of Georgian saboteurs," Mikhail Tarba, chairman of the Abkhaz State Security Service, told Interfax on Friday.

"Georgian sabotage groups, who entered Abkhazia from Georgia, were spotted near these villages. According to our information, the objective of these sabotage groups is to destabilize the situation in Abkhazia in the run-up to the republic's presidential elections," Tarba said.

Tarba said on Thursday that "steps are being taken to increase the security of candidates for president of the republic" since these people are in danger.

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