Chadian Troops Pursue Libyans to Border Strip From: The Washington Post | Date: April 2, 1987| Author: | Copyright 1987 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Chad's lightly armed desert forces pursued thousands of retreating Libyan troops today, determined to force Col. Moammar Gadhafi's invaders out of the contested Aozou Strip that runs along the frontier between the two countries.

Dispirited by successive Chadian victories that have cost an estimated 3,655 Libyan battle deaths since Jan. 1, Gadhafi's forces were reported setting up defensive lines in the far northwest, just south of the 42,000-square-mile strip that Libya annexed in 1973.

But western diplomats reported that President Hissene Habre, buoyed by his victories in the past two ...

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