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...external force on the continent-after the Cubans. In addition to the legionnaires in Shaba, Paris has 7,000 troops garrisoned in such former possessions as the Ivory Coast, Senegal, Gabon and Djibouti. French forces also serve with the United Nations in Lebanon and twice recently-in Mauritania and Chad-have come to the assistance of governments facing intense guerrilla pressure. The increasingly visible presence of Giscard's troops has earned them the unflattering sobriquet "the French Cubans" and raised accusations that they represent a new form of colonialism...
...both of two things happen. Either the more out-spoken church leaders are removed (sometimes by assassination, as in the case of Archbishop Luwum of Uganda) or the political system actively encourages the coming to prominence of a traditional religious cult, such as in Kenya in 1969, Chad in 1974, Equitorial Guinea in 1976, and Madagascar at the present time...
...like before, with one eye on Israel and one eye on me. I am asking arms not to attack Israel... because American arms cannot be used against the allies or friends of America. But I have other responsibilities now. I have received alarming reports from Africa, from Somalia and Chad...
Sadat cited "urgent messages" from Somaha and Chad asking for Egyptian aid as the reason behind his request for weapons. He told American Journalists that he has already sent Soviet-supplied arms to Somalia and that he might provide troops for Somalia in its war with Ethiopia...
...took 20 minutes, capped off by a half-dozen blasts from a fire extinguisher to harden the filling (the visual effect was intense--the crease looked like the beginning of "Dark Shadows") and the delay put the then 3-3 game in nerve-wracking perspective. I was waiting for Chad Everett to come out and take Durocher's pulse...