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2008-02-03 Africa Subsaharan

Chad rebels seize capital after heavy fighting

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Posted by Fred 2008-02-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 So whom supports the rebels.
Also, when do they become the government and the old one the rebels?

Posted by 3dc 2008-02-03 00:29|| 2008-02-03 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 N'Djamena, then known as Fort Lamy, was the jumping off point for Free French General Jacques LeClerc's epic 1940 campaign to combine his forces with the allies in the Western Desert.

His command, recruited from colonial troops and recent refugees, first pushed north through what is now Chad for over 1000 miles, captured the Italian outpost of Khufra in southern Libya, then crossed the Sahara to link up with the British in Egypt.

LeClerc commanded French troops during the liberation of Paris and later the drive into Germany, had traitors shot out of hand, and fought the Vietminh in Indochina. He died in a plane crash in 1947.

They don't make Frenchmen like they used to.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-03 04:17|| 2008-02-03 04:17|| Front Page Top

#3 ...had traitors shot out of hand...

Oh how I pine for a return to the good old days! Maybe we can get a revival of that time honored custom here.

Posted by Graviling Dark Lord of the Welsh1001 2008-02-03 07:09|| 2008-02-03 07:09|| Front Page Top

#4 3dc,

The rebels are supported by Bashir's regime in Sudan. If you remember Chad agreed to be the staging area for UN force to stop the Genocide in Darfur. Bad news for Sudan if that were to happen. Remember Darfur fighters are muslim as well and have blood fueds if they get any kind of an advantage they will look to settle old scores. These forces are known as the Chadian Taliban supported by Sudan, Saudi, Syria and Iran. Deby is Muslim but not the right kind/tribe. Plus pro-French.

Posted by Rightwing 2008-02-03 13:19|| 2008-02-03 13:19|| Front Page Top

#5 that column of pickup trucks would've taken one A-10 and one Specter to disassemble.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-03 13:31|| 2008-02-03 13:31|| Front Page Top

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