text:  Georgia, newly independent following the collapse of the Soviet Union, is on the verge of civil war. The new Georgian president, Zviad Gamzakhodia, is forced into hiding after a faction from within his own government violently turns against him. President Gamzakhodia himself, in a radio broadcast from his bunker, said the opposition were bandits and criminals who had no right to form a government. He called for a mobilization of the people.