Such comment was made by former
Assistant Deputy Secretary of the United States at a press conference on the
scandalous video released yesterday.
According to Bryza, he has
not seen the video and he found out about it from journalists this morning.
Bryza says an investigation should be launched into the case.
‘I
know from my own experience in making diplomatic statements that context is
everything. What was the situation? Was there an anti-terrorist operation going
on? In that case one might say I need corpses.
Mathew
Bryza arrived in Georgia yesterday and he is planning to meet Georgian
officials.
Video
footage of planning one of the special operations by the former government was
released on the internet yesterday. The people in military uniforms are
discussing the action plan in the video. A helicopter appears and Vano
Merabishvili is seen going towards them.
“I
need two men, two corpses, bring me these two corpses, that’s it, the reward is
going to be big”, Merabishvili addresses the people in military uniforms.
Merabishvili
calls on the individuals gathered on the scene for the immediate action, also
addresses Kodua and Akhalaia to talk and issues instructions. Mukhrovani
polygon is also mentioned. The military men head in different directions after
Merabishvili’s order.
The
former Minister of Justice Zurab Adeishvili also arrives on the scene. The
former President Mikheil Saakashvili and Gigi Ugulava, whose mayoral authority
has been suspended, are also depicted in the video recording.
The video was uploaded on Youtube on behalf of Appolon Osman.