Tuesday, 25 July 2006

SKIRMISH REPORTED IN KODORI GORCE - PEACEKEEPING HEADQUARTERS

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By empty (7/25/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

A battle is likely underway in the upper part of the Kodori Gorge in Georgia, a source from the headquarters of the joint peacekeeping forces in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict area told Interfax from Sukhumi on Tuesday. \"The personnel of the 107th observation outpost of the joint peacekeeping forces recorded an intensive exchange of fire to the east of its location,\" the source said. \"The skirmish is heard about four kilometers away from the outpost,\" he said.
A battle is likely underway in the upper part of the Kodori Gorge in Georgia, a source from the headquarters of the joint peacekeeping forces in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict area told Interfax from Sukhumi on Tuesday. \"The personnel of the 107th observation outpost of the joint peacekeeping forces recorded an intensive exchange of fire to the east of its location,\" the source said. \"The skirmish is heard about four kilometers away from the outpost,\" he said. \"The command of the joint peacekeeping forces will notify the UN mission in Abkhazia and the Georgian leadership about the skirmish,\" he said. (Interfax-AVN)
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