Posted on 01/31/2008 11:53:48 AM PST by HAL9000
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Rebels in Chad are advancing from the east of the country towards the capital, N'Djamena, after seizing a strategic central town, officials say.Armed forces have gone to intercept a column of 300 rebel vehicles, advancing along the main road to the capital.
Security has been stepped up in N'Djamena, where most children have been sent home from school.
The rebels want to drive the president from power. Two years ago they reached the capital before being repelled.
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Sudan.
Just turn the road signs around and lead them off a cliff.
Does this mean that there will be some hanging Chads?
T.I.A.
If those rebels take over the capitol, they might have hanging chads.
Sorry, it was too easy.
Had moments like that myself.
Would it be unreasonable to suggest we get all the babies out of Africa and then blow it up?
Why? It seems like a job that the Africans are willing to do all by themselves...
These stories break my heart.
"You should have bought a squirrel!"
The French will probably bomb the crap out of them and send them back to Sudan.
We can hope.
I've always thought Darfur could be cured with one B52 flown out of Diego Garcia:
"Mr. Bashar, your government installations will blow up at the rate of one per hour until you remove all the Janjaweed from Darfur. Any return of the Janjaweed will have the bombing resume. Any questions?"
Are we to understand that in this conflict, both sides are Moslem? Maybe.
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