ARMENIANS HOLDING WAR GAMES IN OCCUPIED AZERI DISTRICT

ANS TV, Azerbaijan
Nov 17 2006

[Presenter] The Armenian armed forces started military exercises in
the occupied Agdam District at 1100 [0700 gmt] today. Sahin Rzayev
from ANS TV’s Karabakh bureau has details.

[Rzayev] The Armenian armed forces again started military exercises in
the occupied Agdam District today. Residents of the district villages
of Hacimammadli, Camanli and Ciraqli, which are close to the front
line, observed the movement of military hardware in the occupied
villages of Uzundara, Qiyasli and Xidirli. Later, the military
hardware began to open artillery fire. About 15 minutes later,
helicopter gunships of the Armenian army appeared in the sky.

The residents said that four helicopter gunships which took off from
the area of Uzun Dara [Long Valley] manoeuvred along the border for
about 10 km and fired at different targets.

Later, the residents also saw a fighter taking off from Xocali
airport. The military exercises lasted about one hour. The situation
is now relatively calm in Karabakh and the surrounding areas under
the occupation.