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Junta to free young pro-Vieira troops, some associates

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    The victorious Military Junta said it planned to free soldiers aged between 15 and 20 years who had fought for Vieira, the Portuguese news agency, Lusa, reported on Monday. It quoted a Junta source as saying the soldiers would be freed sometime this week after Brigadier Ansumane Mane spoke to them about "the reasons for the struggle" against Vieira.

    The source said other key pro-Vieira figures were also likely to gain their freedom, but not those indicted in a parliamentary inquiry into arms trafficking to Senegal's Casamance rebels.

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