Day 34: Chad

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cd.html

Discuss.

[WalterMitty]

didnt they whip libya in a 'war'?

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Chad is far too much of a backwater to be in the UN.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

didnt they whip libya in a 'war'?

Yes. Basically there was a dispute over the border. Libya sent a column of tanks just purchased from the Soviets. Chad responded with thier idea of military armor, which was basically a bunch of old trucks outfitted with rocket launchers. Despite that, Chad still won.

[Gabu]

I know a guy named Chad.

Beyond that, I don't have much to say about the country.

[Cubby]

They have one of the highest birth rates in the World, which these days is a good thing. It'll be Chad-ians taking care of the rest of us when we're all 85 with no grandkids. Of course, I shouldn't complain about not having grandkids but, birth rates= very important.

[MODU]

News from Chad:

"Chad Breaks Ties With Sudan After Assault"

Chad broke off relations with Sudan on Friday and ordered Sudanese diplomats to leave the country following a rebel attack on N'Djamena the president said was supported by Sudan.

President Idriss Deby also said he would expel all 200,000 Sudanese refugees now living in Chad if the U.N. and the African Union did not help stop what he said were Sudan's attempts to destabilize his government.

"The international community has been totally deaf and dumb on the situation between Sudan and Chad," Deby said following an emergency Cabinet meeting. They "need to understand the situation and that enough is enough."

The     U.N. Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council both condemned Thursday's rebel attack on N'Djamena and called for Chad and Sudan to take the necessary steps to prevent any more violence or an escalation of tensions.

At least 350 people died during Thursday's assault on Chad's capital. Gen. Mahamet Ali Abdullah said he did not have a breakdown of the dead but said the toll included government troops, rebel forces and civilians.

He said the army captured 271 rebels and 14 pickups they used.

"After the battle yesterday morning, military and security forces mopped-up in the city outskirts, taking out the rebels in their hiding places," he said, insisting there was no immediate threat of another attack.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Now if these two actually go to war Chad should receive tons of of western military aid....

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Chad = a wasteland that's stuck in the iron age

[MasterJedi]

One of the decent countries in Africa.

[WMS]

Now if these two actually go to war Chad should receive tons of of western military aid....

Hey, I agree with BRTD!

[MasterJedi]

Now if these two actually go to war Chad should receive tons of of western military aid....

Hey, I agree with BRTD!

It's because he's talking about something that doesn't have to do with strip clubs, Communists, Communist strippers, suburbs and other crap like that.

[WMS]

Now if these two actually go to war Chad should receive tons of of western military aid....

Hey, I agree with BRTD!

It's because he's talking about something that doesn't have to do with strip clubs, Communists, Communist strippers, suburbs and other crap like that.

Like there's any of those in Chad.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

One of the decent countries in Africa.

Not really. It was tied for the most corrupt country in the worldin some ranking with Bangladesh and it's every bit as much of a third world sh!thole as most countries in the region. It just comes out looking much better because it happens to border possibly the two worst regimes in Africa and can be counted on to kick their asses.

BTW they actually have a military branch called the Nomadic Guard.