ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE CHADIAN ARMED FORCES AND SUDANESE REBELS FROM DARFUR PROVINCE

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06706280
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RIPPUB
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U
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2
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March 8, 2023
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April 26, 2019
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F-2016-01687
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January 9, 2004
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Approved for Release: 2019/04/22 C06706280 SEATHNOFORN (S//NF) SUBJ: ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE CHADIAN ARMED FORCES AND SUDANESE REBELS FROM DARFUR PROVINCE Identifiers: Document Number Dates: Date Published: 09-Jan-2004 07:49:00 Date Received: 09-Jan-2004 07:48:00 Warnings: (S//NF) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE (U) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (U) SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED. ANY TRANSMISSION OR REVELATION OF THIS INFORMATION IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED. VIOLATORS MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, INCLU ING UNDER THE ESPIONAGE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. REPORT CLASS SE VRET --NOFORN DIST: 9 JANUARY 2004 (U) REPORT CLASS S EA/R E T--NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS (b)(3) ALL (b)(3) PORTIONS CARRY c LASSIFICATION AND CONTROLS OF OVERALL DOCUMENT. END OF MESSAGE SECJA(ET. (S//NF) 1. DURING THE NIGHT OF 22-23 DECEMBER 2003, ELEMENTS OF THE SUDANESE ARMED MILITIA, KNOWN AS THE JINJAWEED, ENGAGED TROOPS FROM A CHADIAN ARMED FORCES (ANT) POST ON THE BORDER NEAR ADRE (13-28N, 022-12E). THE ANT SUFFERED ONE KILLED AND ONE WOUNDED AND THE SUDANESE MILITIA LOST SIX KILLED AND THREE WOUNDED. THE ANT ALSO CAPTURED SEVEN SUDANESE ' JINJAWEED. THE CHADIAN MILITARY HAD ESTABLISHED OUTPOSTS ALONG THE BORDER WITH SUDAN WITH TROOPS FROM THE BASE AT ADRE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE CHADIAN SIDE FROM THE FIGHTING IN DARFUR PROVINCE IN SUDAN. (S/NF) 2. FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT AND THE REBELS FROM THE SUDANESE LIBERATION ARMY (SLA) IN NDJAMENA ON 16 DECEMBER, THE CHADIAN GOVERNMENT REMAINED CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIGHTING IN WESTERN SUDAN. THE CHADIANS WERE PREOCCUPIED WITH THE INFLUX OF REFUGEES AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE FIGHTING WOULD SPILL OVER INTO CHAD, BUT, AS OF EARLY JANUARY 2004, THE CHADIANS HAD NOT YET IDENTIFIED A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. FROM 10-31 DECEMBER 2003, OVER 5,000 REFUGEES HAD ARRIVED IN EASTERN CHAD. COMMENT: THE CHADIAN GOVERNMENT WOULD LIKELY ALLOW THE REFUGEES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE BORDER, BUT WOULD FIRST HAVE TO ESTABLISH SOME TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO RECEIVE THEM. IN ADDITION, THE CHADIANS WOULD WANT SEIIETHNOFORN 1 (b)(1) (b)(3)1) (b)(3) Approved for Release: 2019/04/22 C06706280 Approved for Release: 2019/04/22 C06706280 SECRETHNOFORN TO SCREEN THE REFUGEES TO ENSURE THAT NO REBELS WERE ATTEMPTING TO HIDE AMONG THEM.) Distribution List: (b)(1) (b)(3) SECRET//NOFORN 2 Approved for Release: 2019/04/22 C06706280