http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/080205-chad-france-deby
Radio Netherlands February 5, 2008 France backs Chad government despite EU unease by Dave McGuire -It's not the first time France has come to the aid of the Chadian president. In 2006, the French sent fighter jets to deter a rebel march on the capital. -"The Europeans say, ‘We didn't want to get involved in EUFOR, you convinced us, but now we understand you have your private war in Chad, and we don't like that'...." French President Nicholas Sarkozy has said that France will come to the aid of the embattled leader of Chad, after the UN Security Council passed a resolution supporting the government of Idriss Déby. President Sarkozy told reporters, "If France has to do its duty, it will. No one should doubt that". It's not the first time France has come to the aid of the Chadian president. In 2006, the French sent fighter jets to deter a rebel march on the capital. But the EU, which has postponed sending troops to eastern Chad to protect refugees from Darfur, is not entirely sure. It's uneasy about the French taking sides in a conflict in which it was supposed to be serving in a peacekeeping role, according to Roland Marchal of Science Po University in Paris: "The Europeans say, ‘We didn't want to get involved in EUFOR, you convinced us, but now we understand you have your private war in Chad, and we don't like that'. So the French are very careful to appear that they are not directly involved, but I would say they have been supporting Déby - but maybe not as much as Déby would like." A warlord, through and through The current violence is reminiscent of the coup that brought President Déby to power in 1990. The rebel groups are offering a ceasefire only if Déby steps down. But according to Paul Simon Handy of the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa, it's unlikely that he will resign: "This man is a warlord, through and through. He will never leave power - neither constitutionally nor after a coup - if he's not been killed." .... =============== Group Moderator: [Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА] page at http://magazine.sorabia.net for more informations about current situation in Serbia http://www.sorabia.net Slusajte GLAS SORABIJE nas talk internet-radio (Serbian Only) http://radio.sorabia.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА] mailto:[Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
