22 October 2001 Abkhazia threatens to make preemptive strikes against “terrorists” in Georgia and applies for “associate membership” of the Russian Federation. PRAGUE, Czech Republic–The fighting that broke out in early October between Abkhazian troops and a guerilla force continued, with Vladislav Ardzinba, president of the breakaway republic, promising to “tear [the invading force] to […]

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