of time dr lawrence davidson thank you for joining us professor of middle east history at west chester university in pennsylvania thanks my pleasure. to georgia now and the opposition says it's ready to hold further protests despite the authorities cracking down on peaceful crowds on thursday they claim because saakashvili is government is under playing just how many people were hurt in the violence dozens remain in hospital and many including some top opposition figures are missing the sarah ferguson the capital tbilisi and sent this report with thousands of on the police placing in a little sigh and we play tested letting out war cry the main street and to believe a battleground. well the main parliament building now a very big thing to the one full glass is that right thing on the street as believe it's the crowd that's. then gas filled the streets as police quickly moved among the disorientated crowd firing rubber bullets and throwing people to the ground a police officer take aim is our camera man realizing in time he's from the media but others would not say lucky including my colleague die