51.   Plans by the Angolan army to carry out an operation in an area partially held by the UNITA movement has worried the former rebels.

52.   Selection of UNITA military forces to join the Angolan army to begin.

53.   Tension has been high in the capital all week and on Wednesday, unidentified persons fired shots inear the Angolan army headquarters in Kalema distsrict.

54.   The Angolan army general staff said the plane was hit near Lupaka over territory controlled by the former rebels in the diamond-rich province.

55.   The attack came hours after a meeting by military chiefs of the Angolan army at Benguela in southwest Angola, chaired by chief of staff Joao de Matos.