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Wed, 03/04/2009 - 22:53
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9,297 UXO AND MINES DEMOLISHED IN FEBRUARY

Baku, 4 March (AzerTAc). Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) has cleared the territory of 1 million 7 thousand 717 square km of 9,297 mines and UXO in February, 2009, press service of the Agency said. Reportedly, the operations involved 425 sappers, 115 assistants, 5 UXO operators and 30 mine detection dogs.

Mine clearing works underway in the territories of Tartar, Agdam, Fuzuli, Gazakh and
Agstafa regions.
In February, a group of the Agency’s UXO sappers identified and neutralized a
projectile near the Baku-Tbilisi highway and a PQ-9 missile at the territory of
Tartar Culture House.

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