Georgia's Steps Echoing in the Caucasus
The nation recently sent a force into a sliver of a separatist region. It says the goal is to aid peaceful reunification, but critics aren't so sure.
By David Holley, Times Staff WriterAugust 30, 2006 (Los Angeles Times)

MOSCOW — The upper part of Georgia's Kodori Gorge is a 25-mile stretch of narrow river valley, with steep slopes rising to snowcapped peaks. It boasts a few scattered villages and a population of about 4,000. In winter, snow cuts off the road to the Georgian capital. So it might seem a strange place for the headquarters of a regional government.But it is the only part of the breakaway region of Abkhazia controlled by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who sent forces into the gorge last month and then announced plans to base an Abkhazian government-in-exile there.

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