Chechen Mujahideen Warned of Russian Invasion of Georgia

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Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Saturday, 16 August 2008 19:00

The NEFA Foundation has obtained a July 5, 2008 report from the Chechen mujahideen press agency, which stated that "the intelligence service (Mukhabarat) of the Caucasus Emirate...received...information about [an] upcoming military operation that Russia will conduct against Georgia.” Further, "operative information points at the fact that the main objective of the war operation is to seize the Kodori Gorge and to optimally weaken Saakashvili's regime or to overthrow Georgian President Saakashvili.” The report continued, "the operation will have the nature of blitzkrieg. Offensive operations involving forcing the Georgian troops out of the Kodori Gorge (Upper Abkhazia) are supposed to be completed within 7 to 10 days since the start of the operation.”

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