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LIBYANS SAY SURPRISE GAVE THEM EDGE IN BATTLE JOURNALISTS GIVEN A TOUR OF VILLAGE RETAKEN FROM CHAD
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AOUZOU, Aouzou Strip - The young Libyan colonel looked
across the sandy waste stretching in every direction from a
southern Libyan base and gave a stoic smile.
"Life is very hard here," he said. "As you can see, many men
are sleeping in tents and in trenches. It is very hot . . . and in
the winter it is the coldest in Libya."
The 32-year-old colonel, who said he was not authorized to
speak on the record, spoke to six Western journalists during an
overnight stay at the ...
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LIBYANS SAY SURPRISE GAVE THEM EDGE IN BATTLE JOURNALISTS GIVEN A TOUR OF VILLAGE RETAKEN FROM CHAD
The Boston Globe
; AOUZOU, Aouzou Strip - The young Libyan colonel looked across the sandy waste stretching in every direction from a southern Libyan base and gave a stoic smile. "Life is very hard here," he said. "As you can see, many men are sleeping in tents and in trenches. It is very hot . . . and in the winter
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PRESIDENT OF CHAD WILLING TO TALK WITH KHADAFY ABOUT ENDING WAR
The Boston Globe
; ... be a matter of discussion in any meeting with Khadafy. Libya's ambassador to Paris, Hamed Houdeiri, was quoted by the French news agency Agence France-Presse as saying his government would welcome mediation if it did not address ownership of the Aouzou strip ...
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Libya Loses Border Case
The Washington Post
; Libya lost a World Court bid to take from Chad a border area that has been the site of Africa's longest boundary conflict. The 17-member court ruled that Libya had agreed in a 1955 treaty with France that the Aouzou Strip belonged to the colony of French Equatorial Africa that became independent
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Libya steps up Chad bombing
Chicago Sun-Times
; N'DJAMENA, Chad Libya, stung by the loss of a key town in the disputed border Aouzou strip, stepped up raids in northern Chad Tuesday, dropping bombs and napalm on towns hundreds of miles inside Chadian territory, N'Djamena radio said. A military communique read over the radio said Libyan aircraft
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LIBYAN SOLDIERS REPORTEDLY ATTACK DISPUTED BORDER REGION IN CHAD
The Boston Globe
; ... the fighting, but would not negotiate Chad's borders. Hamed Houdeiri, the Libyan ambassador to France, was quoted by the French news agency Agence France-Presse as saying Thursday that his government would welcome mediation if it did not address ownership of ...
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CHAD SAYS 23 LIBYANS KILLED IN BORDER CLASH
The Boston Globe
; ... radio said Libya had further violated the cease-fire by flying jet fighters over Chad four times in four days. Libya's official news agency, JANA, denied that Tripoli had violated the truce and said the allegations were made by Chad under pressure from the United ...
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Chad's Rout of Libyans Poses Problem for France; Expanded Military Role Is at Issue
The Washington Post
; The Chadian Army's success in routing Col. Moammar Gadhafi's troops in the north confronts France with a difficult decision about the next step in the long war with Libya. Now that French military aid has paid off on the battlefield, Paris politicians are debating whether to extend France's crucial
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Gaddafi's callQSUBHEAD:
The Independent - London
; (First Edition) Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called on France to pull its soldiers out of Chad, saying they were not needed since Libyan troops had withdrawn from the disputed Aouzou Strip, Reuter reports from Tunis.
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Libya Shows Retaken Town To Reporters
The Washington Post
; ... south of the internationally recognized border between Libya and Chad, to see the spoils of war and its victims. Libya's JANA news agency had announced earlier that Libyan forces captured Aozou yesterday after a two-hour fight. State-run Libyan radio also ...
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Chad claims Libyan troop build-up
The Independent - London
; Chad said Libya had increased its troops in the Aouzou Strip since the International Court of Justice this month awarded the disputed territory to Chad, Reuter reports from Ndjamena. Libyan troops have occupied the Strip since 1973, but last year argued that the border had never been legally
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