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| Caucasus |
| Border Guards expecting a visit from Georgia... |
| 2002-08-02 |
| The Federal Border Guard Service has information that a group of nearly 160 rebels is on Georgia's territory and is preparing to cross into Chechnya. "This is no time to sit back and relax. There is accurate information that roughly 150-160 rebels are prepared to cross into Chechnya, and we will be waiting for them along the entire perimeter," Konstantin Totsky, head of the Russian Federal Border Guards Service, told journalists on Friday. "We are doing everything in our power. We are confident that the border guards will not have to work alone." Good idea. Call in the paras or a couple Guards' divisions and clean the whole area out... Oh. You've tried that. Well, try it again... He told Interfax that the border guards will be stationed at the Chechen section of the Russia-Georgia border and will work in close collaboration with the military. "We have been asked to work in close cooperation with a special force group under the Defence Ministry," the border guard service chief said. More troops are on stand-by at the Combined Federal Forces' base in Khankala and in other settlements. If you don't catch them today, they'll catch you tomorrow. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |