Word: libya
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...jailed since 1982, and to unload "humanitarian supplies," including a Renault luxury sedan, apparently a gift to Deby from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Deby defended freeing the Libyans as a move to help maintain good relations with Chad's northern neighbor. However, the prisoner release, along with reports that Libya provided at least 40% of the equipment for Deby's army, stirred fears that Gaddafi is poised to use Chad as a base to project his influence throughout the region...
...same time, the U.S. began airlifting out of Chad several hundred Libyan dissidents who had served as soldiers in the pro-Western government of ousted President Hissene Habre. Tripoli accused the U.S. of training the dissidents to carry out commando raids in Libya, but Washington refused to comment...
While the full scope of Deby's relationship with Gaddafi remains hazy, it is known that Libya equipped Deby's army with as many as 200 Toyota land cruisers fitted with 23-mm Soviet-made cannons. Deby's army arrived in N'Djamena with other equipment commonly stockpiled by Libya, including Brazilian-made six- wheel armored vehicles with 90-mm guns...
...amity between Deby and Gaddafi does not seem to extend to the Aozou Strip, a mineral-rich area in northern Chad that Gaddafi claims belongs to Libya. Deby made it clear last week that if necessary he will fight to keep the strip out of Libya's hands. That may encourage Gaddafi to assist yet another rebel army with the aim of overthrowing yet another government...
...initially claimed that after leaving Poland, he did not return until last year. But the pro-Solidarity paper Gazeta Wyborcza cited government records that showed he visited the country seven times between 1980 and 1989 -- with the visa for each trip obtained from the Polish embassy in Tripoli, Libya. Tyminski called the reports...