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| Georgian troops 'launch mutiny' | Georgian troops 'launch mutiny' |
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| A tank battalion has mutinied at a military base near Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, the government has said. | |
| Tanks and armoured personnel carriers are being sent to quell the rebellion at the Mukhrovani base, reports say. | |
| The authorities say the mutiny is part of an attempted coup - linked to Russia and aimed at assassinating President Mikhail Saakashvili. | |
| A Russian official says the charges are "delirium". The trouble comes a day before Nato exercises in Georgia. | |
| Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has condemned Nato for planning military exercises in a country "where there was just a war". | Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has condemned Nato for planning military exercises in a country "where there was just a war". |
| Georgia and Russia have poisonous relations, and fought a war over Georgia's breakaway territory of South Ossetia last August. | Georgia and Russia have poisonous relations, and fought a war over Georgia's breakaway territory of South Ossetia last August. |
| 'Plotter at large' | 'Plotter at large' |
| The mutiny at the Mukhrovani base, some 20km (12 miles) from Tbilisi, erupted on Tuesday morning, when soldiers began disobeying orders, Georgian officials said. | |
| The soldiers were aiming at "disrupting Nato exercises and overturning the authorities militarily", Georgian Defence Minister David Sikharulidze told Georgian television. | |
| It was not immediately known how many soldiers were taking part in the mutiny. | |
| "The rebellion continues. Law enforcement agents are on the scene," Mr Sikharulidze said. | "The rebellion continues. Law enforcement agents are on the scene," Mr Sikharulidze said. |
| The mutiny broke out as the government announced it had disrupted a coup plot. | The mutiny broke out as the government announced it had disrupted a coup plot. |
| The interior ministry told the BBC that the plotters wanted to destabilise Georgia and assassinate President Saakashvili. | |
| A spokesman said there had been one arrest, but that the leader of the plot - a former chief of special forces - was still at large. | A spokesman said there had been one arrest, but that the leader of the plot - a former chief of special forces - was still at large. |
| The spokesman said the government had been aware of the plot for two months. | The spokesman said the government had been aware of the plot for two months. |
| The rebellion appeared to be "co-ordinated with Russia", the interior ministry said. | The rebellion appeared to be "co-ordinated with Russia", the interior ministry said. |
| But the Itar-Tass news agency cited a source in Russia's security services describing the coup plot allegations as the "delirium and agony of the Saakashvili regime". | |
| In a separate development, opposition protests are continuing in Tbilisi. | |
| The demonstrators say they plan to bloc three main roads into the capital later on Tuesday. |