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    Azadliq, Baku in Azeri
    11 Mar 04, p 1

    Armenian raid causes reshuffle of Azeri top brass - paper



    Text of an unattributed report by Azerbaijani newspaper Azadliq on 11
    March headlined "The generals failed to defend" and subheaded "Was it
    possible to prevent the Armenian raid on the village of Alxanli? Two
    generals of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have been sacked"

    There have been no official reports as to why two high-ranking
    officials of the Defence Ministry have been dismissed, but Azadliq
    newspaper has managed to obtain some information on that.

    It was reported yesterday [10 March] that [Azerbaijani President]
    Ilham Aliyev relieved of their posts National Hero Lt-Gen Talib
    Mammadov, the chief of a key department at the Azerbaijani Defence
    Ministry, and Maj-Gen Qabil Mammadov, the commander of a unit of the
    armed forces. We found out that Talib Mammadov was the head of the
    counterintelligence unit, and Qabil Mammadov was in charge of the
    army corps.

    We learnt from reliable sources that these people were accused of
    being irresponsible and dismissed in the wake of the Armenian raid on
    Fuzuli District [part of which is controlled by the Armenian forces].
    Azadliq was the only paper to carry a report about that raid quoting
    reliable sources. The report said that the Azerbaijani armed forces
    sustained losses during the raid and the Defence Ministry dispatched
    additional forces to the place. We learnt yesterday that the
    Armenians raided Alxanli village in Fuzuli District. We contacted
    villagers who confirmed the report.

    The source said that Talib Mammadov was dismissed over his failure to
    report the attack in time, and Qabil Mammadov for taking inadequate
    measures to defend the place.
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