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A dozen hooded men, claiming to be FBI, have landed on the smallest island in the Comoros archipelago off Mozambique

Wed, 19 Dec, 2001 - 11:18

A dozen hooded men, claiming to be FBI, have landed on the smallest island in the Comoros archipelago off Mozambique.

The men have cut telephone connections to the outside world.

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