- Bagramyan Battalion
The Bagramyan Battalion was a
battalion formed inAbkhazia , Georgia and predominantly composed of ethnicArmenians living in Abkhazia that fought together with pro-independence Abkhaz forces during the War in Abkhazia (1992–1993). [http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3568 Bagramyan Battalion]MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base ] Named in honour of the Soviet Armenian MarshalHovhannes Bagramyan , the battalion's declared purpose was to protect ethnic Armenians living in the region from real or perceived excesses by theGeorgian military . [http://www.agbu.org/publications/article.asp?A_ID=159 Abkhazia Armenians: Holding a home in an unstable territory] , AGBU, 1 November 2004]On
10 May 1998 , during hostilities leading to Six-Day War in Abkhazia (20-26 May 1998), there was a fire initiated on one of administrative buildings of the power grid inMziuri . No one was injured in the attack. TheTbilisi -based "Prime-News" agency reported it was done by the members of the battalion. [ [http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=11674 Bagramyan Battalion attacked Utilities target (May 10, 1998, Georgia)] , Information Source "Tbilisi Prime-News"] According to the official Georgian reports, the battalion was dispatched by thede facto Abkhaz authorities to the predominantly Georgian-populatedGali district specifically for punitive operations. [Vakhtang Kholbaia, Raphiel Gelantia, David Latsuzbaia, Teimuraz Chakhrakia (trans. Nana Japaridze-Chkhoidze; 1999), [http://www.abkhazia-georgia.parliament.ge/Publications/Georgian/labyrinth_of_abkhazia.htm Labyrinth of Abkhazia] , page 34. TheParliament of Georgia ,Tbilisi .]References
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