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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Chad boosts war against Boko Haram |
| 2015-02-04 |
| [Nigerian Tribune] CHADIAN troops have arrived in Nigeria to join the battle against holy warrior Islamist group, Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... Armoured vehicles and infantry crossed a bridge from Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... , following air strikes and mortar attacks on Boko Haram positions, officials said on Tuesday. Director-General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), said with the arrival of the Chadian troops to join the multinational task force, fighting is now focused on the north-eastern town of Gamboru, in Borno State. Last week, Chadian troops reportedly moved into Malumfatori, a Nigerian town, which lies near the borders of Chad and Niger, after a ground and air assault against the holy warriors. The Chadian contingent of about 2,000 troops crossed the frontier without a shot being fired, AFP news agency reported from the scene, but Chad warplanes had earlier carried out air strikes for about an hour. French planes on surveillance at Nigeria's borders FRENCH military aircraft are carrying out surveillance missions to help countries bordering Nigeria tackle Boko Haram holy warriors, officials said on Tuesday. This was amid efforts by African countries to coordinate a response to the threat posed by the group. The African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... (AU) has authorised a force of 7,500 troops from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin to fight the Death Eaters and it is expected to seek a United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... Security Council mandate, which could also include logistics support from other countries. "Our air force is carrying out reconnaissance missions, but not over Nigeria," said a French defence ministry source. "Our support is limited to neighbouring countries such as Chad and Niger," the source added. It stated further that intelligence was being given to Chadian forces currently fighting Boko Haram on the Cameroon and Nigeria border region. Speaking at a ceremony on Tuesday, marking the accidental death of nine French airmen in Spain last month, French President, Francois Hollande ...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist... , had earlier said aircraft were currently operating over Nigeria. Clarifying Hollande's comments, the presidential palace said French planes were not flying over Nigeria, but that La Belle France was "cooperating in the fight against Boko Haram." Hollande said in May that Rafale fighter jets would be used for reconnaissance missions to help find some 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram. Since then there has been no official comment on any French operations in the country. La Belle France has headquartered its 3,200-strong Sahel counter-insurgency force, Barkhane, in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the Nigerian border. It has fighter jets based there and in Niger, where it also has surveillance drones. "La Belle France is in N'Djamena. We have the capacity to do surveillance and provide intelligence," a French diplomatic source said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The French will get very, very nasty if Chad is threatened. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-02-04 00:20 |