Word: chadian
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...Force to provide the state-of-the-art radar planes and escort fighters, as well as to fly in troops from Zaïre. An additional $15 million in emergency U.S. military aid is now arriving, all to fight off an attacking force made up of Libyans and Chadian rebels...
...response, the U.S. has rushed 30 heat-seeking Redeye missiles to the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, along with three U.S. advisers to show government soldiers how to use the weapons against Libyan aircraft. Because it takes only one day for a soldier to learn how to use the Redeye, the U.S. advisers are expected to be out of Chad soon...
...Strengthened by the delivery of more than 400 tons of arms and ammunition from France, however, Habré's army recaptured Abéché last month. After Goukouni lost Faya-Largeau, Gaddafi apparently concluded that only direct Libyan assistance could prevent a total rout of the Chadian rebels. But by sending in his air force and thereby provoking the U.S. to step up its support for Habré, Gaddafi may actually have dimmed Goukouni's chances of recapturing the battle-scarred capital of N'Djamena-and the presidency...
...Goukouni Oueddei, who had seized power with Libyan military backing in November 1981. The other was led by current President Hissene Habre, who was ousted by Oueddei but regained power in a counter-coup five months ago. Gaddafi demanded that the opposition Oueddei group be seated as the official Chadian delegation...
Enter Mitterrand. In an effort to wean Oueddei away from Gaddafi, Mitterrand supported the proposal for an inter-African force, invited Oueddei to Paris, supplied his army with some small arms and repeated an earlier offer to help rebuild the Chadian army in a neighboring country, probably Cameroon. In early October, the French Development Minister, Jean-Pierre Cot, demanded the withdrawal of the Libyans from Chad by the end of the year. Oueddei, bolstered by the French, openly criticized the Libyan presence...