February 3, 2006 - 19:26 AMT
Igla Anti-Aircraft Missile Complex Drew Bead on Georgian President
"On the night of February 3 Igla anti-aircraft missile complex, mounted on a tree and aimed at the air route of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, is discovered Karelia region," stated Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili. According to a report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Press Service, the Ministry special services got aware of the arming designed for destroying air targets at night February 2. It was not possible to move the arming, thus sappers had to destroy it. Meanwhile, according to Shida Kartli territorial department of the regional police (eastern Georgia), the equipment was discovered in an area adjacent to Kareli railway station (near the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict), reported Novosti-Gruzia.