JEM RECRUITING IN CHAD REFUGEE CAMPS

UNCLAS NDJAMENA 000198 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS PARIS AND LONDON FOR AFRICA WATCHERS, PRM FOR MCKELVEY E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PREF SU CD SUBJECT: JEM RECRUITING IN CHAD REFUGEE CAMPS REF: STATE 43042 ¶1. (SBU) On Friday, April 25 the Ambassador raised reftel points with Minister Mahamat Ali Nassour. (Nassour is the outgoing Minister of Defense and was formerly Minister of the Interior). Nassour served as the Chair of the Darfur Cease-Fire Commission when it was based in Chad and continues to be an important interlocutor for Darfur issues. ¶2. (SBU) On Monday, April 28, DCM conveyed the points to Deputy Foreign Minister Djidda Moussa Outman. Outman understood the gravity of the situation and volunteered that such action could very well prompt a military retribution by Sudan. ¶3. (SBU) Post continues to seek a meeting with the Minister of the Interior (who has been out of N'Djamena dealing with student unrest in Moundou). We expect a meeting will be possible next week. ¶4. (U) Tripoli minimize considered. NIGRO