Armenia president says to use army against protesters
Reuters, UK
March 1 2008
Sat Mar 1, 2008 4:43pm EST
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenian President Robert Kocharyan vowed on
Saturday to use the army against protesters occupying the centre of
the capital, saying they were using weapons, Russia’s ITAR-TASS news
agency reported.
Kocharyan said the demonstrators — who have been protesting against
what they say is a rigged presidential election last month — were
shooting at unarmed police.
A Reuters correspondent saw a column of army trucks carrying soldiers
on the main road heading towards the Armenian capital Yerevan.
(Writing by Michael Stott in Moscow, editing by Dmitry Solovyov)
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