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Burundi army operations "confidential"

    NAIROBI

    Burundi's army spokesman Colonel Longin Minani said on Tuesday that army
    operations were "confidential". He was reacting to reports by Azania news
    agency which said that Burundi's armed forces had launched a general
    offensive against rebel positions in Kayogoro commune, southeastern
    Burundi, in order to cut off the road to rebels who are reportedly engaged
    in "massive infiltrations" from Tanzania. "Azania does not command the
    army," he told IRIN. "Even if we were launching offensives, we do not
    have to say so, because we would be doing our duty." Minani said rebel
    attacks were likely to increase, especially in the lead-up to the Arusha
    talks.

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