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Article: FORMER CHAD REBELS ASSIST LIBYAN ROUT.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- December 22, 1986
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Byline: Michael Goldsmith
The government said Sunday its new allies, who until recently were rebels, inflicted a "catastrophic defeat" on Libyan troops in the barren Tibesti mountains of northern Chad.
Western intelligence sources in N'Djamena confirmed that the Libyans suffered a severe setback.
Libyan forces launched a heavy offensive Saturday against three strongholds of forces loyal to Goukouni Oueddei.
Until two months ago, Goukouni's forces were allied with Libya in an effort to overthrow the N'Djamena- based regime of President Hissene Habre.
At Bardai, the administrative center of the Tibesti region and once the ...