GEORGIAN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE MAY PROBE ANTI-ARMENIAN POSTER INCIDENT
Imedi TV, Georgia
Oct 13 2005
[Presenter] The hour of revenge has come; Armenians, we are coming and
whoever stands in our way will die; even Russia will be unable to help
you because their time on our land is over – such posters appeared on
almost every house in the main street of Akhalkalaki [mostly ethnic
Armenian town in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti region] in the last
two days. The authors of the posters call themselves Akhaltsikhe
[administrative centre of Samtskhe-Javakheti] Liberation Brigade.
According to the chief prosecutor of Akhalkalaki, Suren Barekyan,
evidence is being gathered and the case is being referred to the
counterintelligence service for further action.
All the posters have now been removed.
There have been no such incidents in Akhaltsikhe.
Van Baiburt, an ethnic Armenian member of the Georgian parliament,
has said that this is an act of provocation by people who do not want
peace in Georgia.
[Baiburt] This is an act of provocation. They think that Armenians
will now rise up. The likely aim of the perpetrators was to provoke
residents of Akhalkalaki into staging another rally, so that what
happened could be discussed.
[Question] Do you think Russia may be behind this?
[Baiburt] I am sure of one thing. Who else could have done it? Who
is against peace in Georgia?