ArmenPress
July 28 2005

GEORGIAN OPPOSITION LEADER CLAIMS GRENADE INCIDENT WAS PLOTTED BY
GEORGIAN SPECIAL SERVICES

TBILISI, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS: The leader of a Georgian opposition
Labor party accused today the country’s special services of plotting
and orchestrating a hand grenade incident involving an ethnic
Armenian citizen of Georgia who was arrested as a suspect who had
tossed a hand grenade at US president George Bush when he was
addressing a huge crowd in Tbilisi last May 10.
The party leader, Shota Natelaishvili, said he arrived at this
conclusion after a thorough analysis of information from a set of
reliable sources. Natelaishvili claimed the incident was plotted to
save the shattering image of president Mikhail Saakashvili and the
authoritarian regime he has established. “Saakashvili’s goal was to
have his name mentioned as frequently as possible next to US
president’s name who is fighting for democracy across the globe,” he
said. Natelaishvili also claimed that the suspect, Vladimir
Harutunian, was a long-time agent of Georgian special services.