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

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• Case Number: F-2016-01687
• Publication Date: January 9, 2004

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(S//NF) SUBJ: ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE CHADIAN ARMED FORCES AND
SUDANESE REBELS FROM DARFUR PROVINCE
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Date Published: 09-Jan-2004 07:49:00
Date Received: 09-Jan-2004 07:48:00
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(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
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TO SCREEN THE REFUGEES TO ENSURE THAT NO REBELS WERE ATTEMPTING TO
HIDE AMONG THEM.)
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