Georgia braced for mass protests

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Source: BBC News

A Georgian opposition party has claimed that dozens of its members have been arrested in overnight raids ahead of anti-government demonstrations.

The Democratic Movement-United Georgia said they had meant to join protesters who have started gathering in Tbilisi.

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Thousands of people are expected to join rallies calling on President Saakashvili to stand down.

Protesters say he provoked the war with Russia last year and that there is "no democracy" in the country.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7991026.stm

[Turbineguy]

1. Putin's

little elves seem to be keeping busy.

[dipsydoodle]

2. It's not quite like that

You should read up on the history of their last elections which were bent.

[Tempest]

4. WTF?

Saakashvili runs Georgia like a dictator and has clamped down tightly on democratic movements.

There are protests in the country almost daily since Saakashvili attacked South Ossetia and he has responded with mass arrests, beatings and in some reported cases torture.

[SOS]

5. The protestors are Georgians

They will be gassed and shot just like in 2004 and 2007.

[pleah]

3. K&R