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| Africa: Central |
| Chadian rebels ’seize airport’ |
| 2003-09-10 |
| Chadian rebels have said that they have captured the airport at the town of Bardai, in the far north of the country. Yawn, another day, another African rebel offensive. The rebel Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MDJT) said its forces took the airport in an attack that killed more than 30 government troops. The rebels have called on government soldiers based in the town to surrender. There has been no comment on the incident from the authorities in the capital, Ndjamena. The MDJT rebels have been attacking government positions in northern Chad since 1998, despite a peace deal signed in January 2002 between the two warring sides. It’s a African Peace(tm) attack. Early this year, the government signed a peace deal with another main rebel group, the National Resistance Army (ANR), which was active in eastern Chad, near the border with Sudan and the Central African Republic. The peace accord included the integration into the national army of former rebels, who were also given an option of returning to civilian life. National Army of Former Rebels, I guess it’s kind of like recycling, in a wierd sort of way. The MDJT rebel group was founded by former Defence Minister, Joussouf Togoimi, who was injured in an explosion a year ago. He was taken to Libya where he was reported to have died. That happens to a lot of people in Libya. Mr Togoimi’s apparent death deepened a division in the movement with some of the rebels insisting on continuing their armed campaign to oust President Idriss Deby. Could be the same people who arranged the "explosion". |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 No, that's Chlamydia...which is a suburb of Kharthoum. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2003-9-10 1:53:15 PM |
| #2 I thought we were the Chadian People's Movement for Justice and Democracy?! |
| Posted by: BH 2003-9-10 12:38:43 PM |
| #1 Isn't there a social disease named after Chad? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-10 11:26:59 AM |