EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Georgia may have staged the shooting of a convoy carrying the Polish and Georgian presidents, say leaked Polish security service reports. South Ossetian paramilitaries fired shots near a motorcade carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to the border of the disputed Akhalgori district last weekend. The incident in Akhalgori originally discredited Russia The incident highlighted the continuing presence of Russian-backed forces deep inside Georgia in violation of earlier peace treaties, but its impact has been dulled by suspicions that Tbilisi set up the events. "At the current time and on the basis of the information obtained, the most likely scenario is that the situation may have been created by the Georgian side," a leaked Situation Report by the Polish Internal Security Agency, the ABW, published in the Dziennik daily on Thursday (27 November), says. The report points out that the Akhalgori visit was not consulted with Polish security services, that Mr Saakashvili stopped the convoy and asked Mr Kaczysnki to step outside the car near the checkpoint and that the Georgian president and his men showed no signs of distress when the shots rang out.
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Georgia may have staged the shooting of a convoy carrying the Polish and Georgian presidents, say leaked Polish security service reports.
South Ossetian paramilitaries fired shots near a motorcade carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to the border of the disputed Akhalgori district last weekend.
The incident in Akhalgori originally discredited Russia
The incident highlighted the continuing presence of Russian-backed forces deep inside Georgia in violation of earlier peace treaties, but its impact has been dulled by suspicions that Tbilisi set up the events.
"At the current time and on the basis of the information obtained, the most likely scenario is that the situation may have been created by the Georgian side," a leaked Situation Report by the Polish Internal Security Agency, the ABW, published in the Dziennik daily on Thursday (27 November), says.
The report points out that the Akhalgori visit was not consulted with Polish security services, that Mr Saakashvili stopped the convoy and asked Mr Kaczysnki to step outside the car near the checkpoint and that the Georgian president and his men showed no signs of distress when the shots rang out.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has denied seeking a green light from Washington for his country's assault on its breakaway region of South Ossetia. Giving evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the conflict, Mr Saakashvili also denied planning the attack months in advance. He insisted Russia made the first move, pouring tanks and men over the border. There was an outcry this week when Georgia's former ambassador to Moscow said Georgia started the war.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has denied seeking a green light from Washington for his country's assault on its breakaway region of South Ossetia.
Giving evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the conflict, Mr Saakashvili also denied planning the attack months in advance.
He insisted Russia made the first move, pouring tanks and men over the border.
There was an outcry this week when Georgia's former ambassador to Moscow said Georgia started the war.
The US and Israel train and load these guys up with weapons in June, put Bush with Putin at the Olympics for plausible deniability, and proceed to have everything go wrong.
I bet that when the secret papers are 'discovered', the title will be Project al Nadir. Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.
Frank Delaney ~ Ireland
