POLICE DEPLOYED TO GUARD GEORGIAN SECTION OF OIL-EXPORT PIPELINE
By empty (6/10/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Some 20 police officers have been deployed in Krtsanisi, eastern Georgia, to protect the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil-export pipeline currently under construction. On 9 June, police used force to disperse residents of Krtsanisi who blocked access to the construction site to demand compensation for plots of land across which the pipeline is to be routed. They also alleged that the subsidiary of British Petroleum that is building the pipeline violates safety norms, thus creating a potential ecological hazard.Visit also
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