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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Fri Jan 16, 2015, 11:14 AM Jan 2015

Chad army vehicles head for Cameroon to fight Boko Haram

Source: AFP

N'Djamena (AFP) - Dozens of Chadian tanks headed out of the capital Friday south towards Cameroon to help fight Nigeria's dreaded Boko Haram insurgents.

The convoy seen by an AFP journalist roared out of the city after Chad's parliament voted to send armed forces to Cameroon and Nigeria to fight against the Islamists.

Cameroon's President Paul Biya had announced Thursday that Chad President Idriss Deby had decided to send "a substantial contingent" of troops to help Cameroonian armed forces who have faced repeated attcks from Boko Haram.

A source close to the army said the force had begun preparing for departure on Thursday.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/chad-votes-send-troops-cameroon-nigeria-fight-boko-111630189.html

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Chad army vehicles head for Cameroon to fight Boko Haram (Original Post) Bosonic Jan 2015 OP

Should AFP "journalists" be reporting on military movements? Renew Deal Jan 2015 #1

The Chadian president already stated they were sending in troops PersonNumber503602 Jan 2015 #2

Renew Deal

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1. Should AFP "journalists" be reporting on military movements?

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Fri Jan 16, 2015, 11:21 AM

Jan 2015

PersonNumber503602

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2. The Chadian president already stated they were sending in troops

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 03:30 PM

Jan 2015

So that is already known by anyone who pays attention to those things. The AFP didn't give any specific troop counts, locations or directions. So I'm not sure what sort of additional information any enemies could have got from the report.

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