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Article: France Sends More Troops To Aid Chad;Buildup by Libya Said to Spur Move
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- February 10, 1987
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The French government, reacting to reports of a Libyan buildup,
is reinforcing its military forces in Chad and strengthening
logistics and radar bases near the northern war zones, officials said
today.
The new deployment, which began late last week, raises the number
of French soldiers in that central African country from 1,400 to more
than 2,000, according to official estimates. It particularly expands
the French military presence at Abeche and Biltine, both astride a
key road leading northward up the eastern side of the country, the
Defense Ministry said.
A ministry spokesman emphasized the new deployments were not a
shift in French policy. While backing President Hissene Habre with ...