World IN BRIEF : ARMENIA : Ultimatum Issued in Seizure of Officers
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Troops of the former Soviet army became further embroiled in the bitter territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan when Armenian militants threatened to kill 10 captured officers unless the army turns over a huge quantity of arms and ammunition. Maj. Gen. Nikolai Stolyarov warned in Moscow that the military, now the unified armed forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States, will attack the Armenian town of Artik unless the officers are released unharmed.
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