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        "id": 1408380,
        "msgid": "navy-discovers-24-sea-mines-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-07-10 00:00:00",
        "title": "Navy discovers 24 sea mines",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Navy discovers 24 sea mines SURABAYA, East Java: The Navy has discovered 24 sea mines buried in deep mud in the waters of Ujung Pangkah subdistrict in Gresik, west of here. \"These mines were placed by Japanese troops and the Allied Forces (during World War II),\" spokesman for the Navy's Eastern Fleet Command, Lt. Col. Eddy Irawan, said as quoted by Antara. Minesweeping operations were carried out in the area over a two week period by the minesweeper KRI Pulau Rupat.",
        "content": "<p>Navy discovers 24 sea mines<\/p>\n<p>SURABAYA, East Java: The Navy has discovered 24 sea mines<br>\nburied in deep mud in the waters of Ujung Pangkah subdistrict in<br>\nGresik, west of here.<\/p>\n<p>\"These mines were placed by Japanese troops and the Allied<br>\nForces (during World War II),\" spokesman for the Navy's Eastern<br>\nFleet Command, Lt. Col. Eddy Irawan, said as quoted by Antara.<\/p>\n<p>Minesweeping operations were carried out in the area over a<br>\ntwo week period by the minesweeper KRI Pulau Rupat.<\/p>\n<p>Irawan said the Navy would not detonate the mines in the water<br>\nbecause it could damage fiber optic cables installed between<br>\nJakarta and Surabaya in 1995 by telecommunications company PT<br>\nIndosat.<\/p>\n<p>\"We will dig out the mines and detonate them offshore, far<br>\nfrom the submerged cables,\" he said, noting that the operation<br>\nwas being supervised by a Japanese telecommunications company.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/navy-discovers-24-sea-mines-1447893297",
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