Mr. Speaker. the situation in the newly independent state of Georgia is extremely alarming. Of all the former Soviet republics. Georgia has been the most unstable. violenceridden. and violence prone. In the past year. thousands have been killed and many more have become refugees in the war with Abkhazia. Georgias defeat this past weekend. and the fall of the Abkhaz capital. Sukhumi. to Abkhaz forces aided by Russians and North Caucasians. have inaugurated a new stage in the multiple crises that have bedeviled this beautiful country. Since 1990. interethnic. Internecine. and interstate conflicts have wracked Georgia. In 19911992. fighting ravaged the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast. which wanted to unite with the North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast across the border in Russia.
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