Article: From Texas to Chad: why one rebel fights.(WORLD)

Byline: Daniel Pepper Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

ALONG THE CHAD-SUDAN BORDER -- For someone in a position of great responsibility, Chadian rebel officer Beshir Outman can be disarmingly self-deprecating.

"I know that in America 'Chad' is mostly a person's name," he says, before delving into the problems that drove him to leave a decent job managing logistics for Coca-Cola and join the rebellion that reached Chad's capital last week.

Mr. Outman, a tall, lean 24-year-old who studied English at a Houston community college, offers a rare behind-the-frontlines glimpse into Chad's rebel movement. His brothers and cousins still live ...

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