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By News Agencies
Israel supplied Georgian military forces with elite training and arms, a top Russian general was quoted as saying on Tuesday, as Russia and Georgian forces exchanged prisoners of war in a goodwill gesture.
Russian Deputy Chief of General Staff Col.-Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn said Israel had supplied arms to Georgia, delivering weapons systems including eight types of unmanned aircraft and about 100 anti-tank mines, AFP reported on Tuesday.
Israeli special forces also helped train Georgian military intelligence units, he said.
"In 2007, Israeli experts trained Georgian commandos in Georgia and there were plans to supply heavy weaponry, electronic weapons, tanks and other arms at a later date, but the deal didn't work out," Israeli media quoted Nogovitsyn as saying.
Reiterating previous allegations that foreign forces assisted Georgia in its conflict with Russia, Nogovitsyn said three Arabs had been caught dressed as Georgian soldiers near the Black Sea port of Poti.
"Twenty soldiers in Georgian uniform were detained near Poti. Three of them were Arabs," he said without elaborating.
The general also said Georgian military forces are not returning to their permanent bases as required under the terms of a ceasefire agreement.
"Despite the fact that Mr. (Mikheil) Saakashvili has signed the six-point plan and agreed to withdraw Georgian forces to their permanent bases, this condition has not been fulfilled," said Nogovitsyn, referring to the Georgian president.
Nogovitsyn questioned whether the political authorities in Tbilisi had full control over Georgian military forces in the field.
Referring to his assertion that not all Georgian forces had returned to their permanent bases, he said: "Such actions... seriously complicate the general situation and impede the withdrawal process."
Russian and Georgian forces exchanged prisoners on Tuesday in a mutual gesture of goodwill, despite continued tension over Russia's promised withdrawal from positions in Georgia, the head of Georgia's National Security Council said Tuesday.
READ MORE -- http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1013100.html
The Jerusalem Post on August 12, 2008 reported: “Georgian Prime Minister Vladimer (Lado) Gurgenidze(xxxish) made a special call to Israel Tuesday morning to receive a blessing from one of the Haredi community’s most important rabbis and spiritual leaders, Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman.” The Prime Minister of Georgia, principally a nation of Orthodox Christians called Rabbi Steinman saying ‘I’ve heard he is a holy man. I want him to pray for us and our state.’
Top Russian general: Israel armed, trained Georgia forces
By News Agencies
Israel supplied Georgian military forces with elite training and arms, a top Russian general was quoted as saying on Tuesday, as Russia and Georgian forces exchanged prisoners of war in a goodwill gesture.
Russian Deputy Chief of General Staff Col.-Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn said Israel had supplied arms to Georgia, delivering weapons systems including eight types of unmanned aircraft and about 100 anti-tank mines, AFP reported on Tuesday.
Israeli special forces also helped train Georgian military intelligence units, he said.
"In 2007, Israeli experts trained Georgian commandos in Georgia and there were plans to supply heavy weaponry, electronic weapons, tanks and other arms at a later date, but the deal didn't work out," Israeli media quoted Nogovitsyn as saying.
Reiterating previous allegations that foreign forces assisted Georgia in its conflict with Russia, Nogovitsyn said three Arabs had been caught dressed as Georgian soldiers near the Black Sea port of Poti.
"Twenty soldiers in Georgian uniform were detained near Poti. Three of them were Arabs," he said without elaborating.
The general also said Georgian military forces are not returning to their permanent bases as required under the terms of a ceasefire agreement.
"Despite the fact that Mr. (Mikheil) Saakashvili has signed the six-point plan and agreed to withdraw Georgian forces to their permanent bases, this condition has not been fulfilled," said Nogovitsyn, referring to the Georgian president.
Nogovitsyn questioned whether the political authorities in Tbilisi had full control over Georgian military forces in the field.
Referring to his assertion that not all Georgian forces had returned to their permanent bases, he said: "Such actions... seriously complicate the general situation and impede the withdrawal process."
Russian and Georgian forces exchanged prisoners on Tuesday in a mutual gesture of goodwill, despite continued tension over Russia's promised withdrawal from positions in Georgia, the head of Georgia's National Security Council said Tuesday.
READ MORE -- http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1013100.html
The Jerusalem Post on August 12, 2008 reported: “Georgian Prime Minister Vladimer (Lado) Gurgenidze(xxxish) made a special call to Israel Tuesday morning to receive a blessing from one of the Haredi community’s most important rabbis and spiritual leaders, Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman.” The Prime Minister of Georgia, principally a nation of Orthodox Christians called Rabbi Steinman saying ‘I’ve heard he is a holy man. I want him to pray for us and our state.’
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