GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES RELEASE FIVE PANKISI DETAINEES
By empty (9/19/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Five of the 12 Chechens detained in the Pankisi Gorge on 18 September were released the following day after Georgian authorities established they are bona fide displaced persons. Also on 19 September, Georgian Interior Minister Koba Narchemashvili said the Interior and State Security ministries have decided to impose an information blackout on the antiterrorism operation in Pankisi. (Caucasus Press).Visit also
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