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Whether the French presence will be sufficient to create a stalemate in the seven-week-old war will depend on what Gaddafi does next. Western intelligence sources put the number of Libyan troops in Chad at 2,500, while Goukouni has perhaps 3,000 men in his ragtag army. But those combined ground forces are backed by aircraft and heavy weapons, including as many as 400 tanks and armored vehicles on the outskirts of Faya-Largeau, which the government of Chad is unable to match. The Libyan air force has a base for its fighters in the Aozou Strip...
...Mellon grant covers expenses for three years but SPH officials said yesterday that looking for more money or possibly expanding the current timetable would depend on the program's success...
...Luis Obispo County without even consulting the local judicial committee. Reagan subsequently nominated him to the court of appeals and in 1972 to the prestigious state supreme court. Clark was an extremely conservative jurist, competent if not distinguished. Then, as now, he was willing to acknowledge his limitations and depend heavily on a good research staff...
...government's position that France's force de frappe is simply not up for negotiation. "The French nuclear force cannot fail to be taken into consideration," Marchais argued. "How can we believe it is possible to say to the Americans, 'In case of mishap you can depend on us,' and then say to the Soviets, 'You do not have the right to count us, neither on one side or the other...
...come to Japan's aid in case of an attack (Japan did not have to pledge to do the same for the U.S.). In 1976 Japan announced that it would expand its forces so that they could turn back a small-scale invasion, although the country would still depend on the U.S. in case of a major conflict. At the same time, the government imposed a ceiling of 1% of the G.N.P. on military spending...