Eplosives laid at oil terminal in separatist Georgian region - UPDATE
TBILISI, Georgia, May 05, 2004 (AFX-Europe via COMTEX) --
TBILISI, Georgia (AFX) - The oil terminal in Batumi has been mined by the separatist leadership of Adjara, the defense minister of Georgia said in remarks broadcast by national television.
"We have information that explosives have been laid at the oil terminal. If these explosives are set off, there will be massive destruction," Defense Minister Gela Bezhuashvili said.
Bezhuashvili also said he has information that an attack is being planned against a Russian military base near the city.
"There is a danger that a provocation is being prepared against the Russian base and against the Russian officers and their families," he said.
He did not say how he obtained this information.
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