On June 14, 2015, over 100 heavily-armed special forces clad in military fatigues with their faces obscured by balaclavas raided the homes of residents of Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge whom they suspected of recruiting for the Islamic State. Captured by video and still cameras, the media blitz that accompanied the operation seemed more intended for broadcast and publication the next day than to address the problem of radicalisation in Georgia. Several people were detained, but only one, Imam Aiuf Borchashvili, was charged….