RUSSIAN GENERAL: ISRAEL ARMED GEORGIA
2008-08-22 / National / World Briefs
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Russian military official said Israel supplied arms to Georgia and trained its military intelligence units. Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the deputy chief of staff, said in answer to a question during a news conference this week that Israel had provided weapons systems including eight types of unmanned aircraft, 100 anti-tank mines, explosives and landmines. Nogovitsyn also said that Israeli troops in 2007 trained Georgian commando troops.







