GEORGIAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE EVIDENCE OF RUSSIAN AIR RAID
By empty (8/30/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Fragments of the bombs dropped on the Pankisi Gorge on 23 August bear Russian markings, Georgian Deputy National Security Minister Lasha Natsvlishvili said in Tbilisi on 30 August. Georgian Intelligence Service head Avtandil Ioseliani for his part said the same day that Tbilisi will make that evidence available to any interested party. He also said he believes the Russian aircraft that flew the air raid took off from Armavir or Mozdok.Visit also
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