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"Five clans control the country" – former Georgian FM

Published: 12 May, 2009, 10:25


“We cannot agree to anything else than the total change of the system in which the power has been usurped by clans.”

 
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Paul August 18, 2009, 11:59 quote
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Saako tried to become the 51st state and failed. He si more concerned with doing what is good for the US state dept and pentagon than what is good for his country.

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