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Former Georgian official believes 1993 killing of CIA officer was terror attack The former head of Georgia's security service said last week that he believes the 1993 murder of a CIA officer in Georgia was a terrorist attack. Irakli Batiashvili told investigators in Tbilisi that the murder of Fred Woodruff was not a random attack by a disgruntled Georgian soldier, as an investigation at the time determined. "We suspected that this was a premeditated murder, not a crime that was perpetrated accidentally by some person like Sharmaidze," he said. "We suspected that this was a terrorist act that served some political goals." Sharmaidze was convicted of the shooting. Batiashvili said Woodruff was killed shortly before then-CIA Director R. James Woolsey was to arrive in Georgia. "That visit was to all intents and purposes thwarted,"Batiashvili said in an interview with the Tbilisi newspaper Rezonansi. "We met him [Woolsey?] at the airport, [Eduard] Shevardnadze and I, but he did not stay. We talked for one hour, he took Woodruff's body and went back. It seemed that he was certain that this was a premeditated murder that was committed for some political motive." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
