Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, left, surrounded by his guards enters the military base where a brief mutiny broke out, in Mukhrovani, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Georgia said it had ended a brief mutiny at a military base near the capital on Tuesday that broke out after the arrest of a former special forces commander accused of planning to disrupt NATO exercises. The several hundred soldiers at the base handed over their weapons and surrendered after speaking to President Mikhail Saakashvili, who suggested that force could be used against them if they refused to give themselves up to police, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, left, surrounded by his guards enters the military base where a brief mutiny broke out, in Mukhrovani, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Georgia said it had ended a brief mutiny at a military base near the capital on Tuesday that broke out after the arrest of a former special forces commander accused of planning to disrupt NATO exercises. The several hundred soldiers at the base handed over their weapons and surrendered after speaking to President Mikhail Saakashvili, who suggested that force could be used against them if they refused to give themselves up to police, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

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