The World - News from June 17, 1986
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Rightist Angolan rebels said they killed 51 soldiers and destroyed a warplane last week during a government offensive against their strongholds in eastern Angola. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola said 27 of the soldiers were killed and the Soviet-made jet was downed in fighting near Cangumbe, in Moxico province. The UNITA rebels said they lost six men.
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