Posted on 05/05/2009 8:31:06 AM PDT by I Hate Obama
MUKHROVANI, Georgia (Reuters) – Georgia said it put down a mutiny at a military base on Tuesday and accused Moscow of financing a coup on the eve of NATO war games in the former Soviet republic.
Russia, which fought a war with Georgia last year, denied any involvement and said President Mikheil Saakashvili was trying to shift the blame for his domestic problems.
Georgia's opposition said the incident was "a show" to deflect attention from protests against the president.
Saakashvili called the rebellion at the Mukhrovani tank base a "serious threat." Police kept reporters at a distance and it was not clear how many of the 500 soldiers there were involved.
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Source is ap. A foreign-funded coup is not a “rebellion” ap, and you know it, you pro-Russian propagandists.
actually reuters. same difference
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