Dead civilians and Chad!

GOOD MORNING FLINT !
02/04/08
By Terry Bankert
http://attorneybankert.com/
Posted full article first to Flint Talk THEN summarized, for
discussion,
http://flinttalk.com/viewtopic.php?p=24061#24061

also posted to: Full article at Goggle blog Good Morning Flint,
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#1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnHdn-Ilu0E

Chad President under siege as fighting rages [IW]

Here I am morphing together several current news posts to gain some
understanding about this dirty little war.[trb]

The most recent rebellions in Chad began in 2005 in the east,
erupting at the same time as Darfur conflict in Sudan. More than
200,000 people have died in five years of fighting between ethnic
African tribes and Sudanese government forces and 2.5 million have
been driven from their homes. [WP]


The rebels arrived Friday on the capital's outskirts in about 250
pickup trucks mounted with machine guns after a three-day push across
the desert from Chad's eastern border with Sudan. They entered the
city early Saturday, quickly spreading through the streets.[IHT]

Imagine you are in a small impoverished coutry run by a despot and
trigger happy stoned kids with automatic weapons in trucks come
screaming by shooting everything in sight and routing an army. This
has been the plot line of a hundred good and bad movies and it
continues today.[trb]

I bet a lot of big money people are watching this closely.[trb]

The rebel assault may also impact on Chad's position as a major oil
exporter since the completion of a $3.7bn pipeline linking its
oilfields to terminals on the Atlantic coast, run by US and Malaysian
multinationals.[GU]

We seldom think of parts of the world that our feet are not on.
Horrible things are happening in or around Chad region that borders
the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan.How many will die before we
notice.[trb]

Rebel forces cut Chad's capital in two yesterday and laid siege to
the palace where President Idriss Déby was overseeing a last effort
to save his authoritarian 18-year rule.[GU]

Think of machine guns in crowed neighborhoods but now vacant street.
[trb]
...see full article linked above..
...
You could almost feel sorry for Deby until information about how bad
this French puppet is.[trb]
..
The United Nations must be trying to prop up the oil intrests and
save lives.I wonder if we have advisors there.[trb]
...
Chadian rebels said Monday they had voluntarily withdrawn from Chad's
capital overnight, but it was unclear if they succumbed to the
helicopter gunships and tanks deployed by government forces. [WP]


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Posted here by Terry Bankert 2/3/08 http://attorneybankert.com/


–where did this stuff come from---

[IW]
The Independent World
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/chad-president-under-
siege-as-fighting-rages-777693.html

[trb]
Comments of Terry Bankert
http://attorneybankert.com/

[IHT]
International Herlad Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/04/africa/AF-GEN-Chad-
Fighting.php

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[GU]
Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2251816,00.html?
gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

[BBC]
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7224008.stm

[TNYT]
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/world/africa/04chad.html?hp

[WP]
Washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020400251.html?
hpid=moreheadlines

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