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Created
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08STATE10826
2008-02-02 13:12:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Secretary of State
Cable title:
MGCD01: CHAD MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT
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UNCLAS STATE 010826
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
SUBJECT: MGCD01: CHAD MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT
NO. 3
FIGHTING IN N?DJAMENA AND AROUND EMBASSY
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UNCLAS STATE 010826
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
SUBJECT: MGCD01: CHAD MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT
NO. 3
FIGHTING IN N?DJAMENA AND AROUND EMBASSY
--------------
1. (SBU) ARTILLERY AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE ERUPTED NEAR
THE EMBASSY AS FIGHTING BETWEEN CHADIAN MILITARY FORCES
AND REBELS SPREAD INTO THE CAPITAL, EMBASSY N?DJAMENA
REPORTS. COMBAT CONTINUES AROUND PRESIDENT DEBY?S PALACE,
WHICH IS NEAR THE CHANCERY. THE SITUATION IN EASTERN CHAD
REMAINED CALM, ALTHOUGH SOME AREAS ARE REPORTING INCREASED
LAWLESSNESS.
2. (SBU) FRENCH MFA SOURCES REPORT DEBY LOYALISTS DEFECTED
TO REBELS LED BY DEBY?S COUSIN, TIMAN ERDIMI, OF THE UDFF.
THE AU IS DISCUSSING CHAD AT ITS SUMMIT; FRENCH SOURCES IN
ADDIS ABABA EXPECT A STATEMENT THAT WOULD REINFORCE FRENCH
GOALS OF GETTING DEBY TO LEAVE, AGREEING ON A TRANSITION
ARRANGEMENT THAT WOULD GIVE THE GOVERNMENT SOME
LEGITIMACY, AND PERMITTING EUFOR DEPLOYMENT.
EMBASSY N?DJAMENA DRAWS DOWN, STAFF IN SAFE HAVEN
-------------- --------------
3. (SBU) DS REPORTS NINETEEN NON-EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND
FAMILY MEMBERS ARRIVED IN YAOUNDE VIA U.S. MILITARY
AIRCRAFT. TWENTY-FOUR USG EMPLOYEES REMAIN AT POST AND ARE
HOLDING FAST IN THE CHANCERY AND AT TWO OTHER SAFE-HAVEN
LOCATIONS, POST REPORTS.
4. (SBU) AN ADDITIONAL U.S. MILITARY PLANE IS DUE TO
ARRIVE IN N?DJAMENA FEBRUARY 2 AFTERNOON TO EVACUATE
ADDITIONAL STAFF AND PRIVATE AMERICANS AS REQUIRED.
AMCITS SAFE, PARTICIPATING IN EVACUATION
--------------
5. (SBU) THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF AMERICAN CITIZEN
CASUALTIES FROM THE FIGHTING, POST REPORTS. NO AMERICANS
REQUESTED TRANSPORTATION ON THE FIRST U.S. MILITARY
FLIGHT, ALTHOUGH SIX HAVE SINCE CONTACTED THE EMBASSY TO
COORDINATE EVACUATION.
6. (SBU) FRENCH AUTHORITIES INVITED THEIR CITIZENS,
AMERICANS, AND OTHER FOREIGNERS TO CONGREGATE AT SIX
GUARDED ASSEMBLY POINTS IN THE CITY. THE FRENCH HAVE NOT
YET DECIDED TO EVACUATE, BUT HAVE SECURED THE AIRPORT;
APPROXIMATELY 30 AMERICANS HAVE REPORTED TO THE FRENCH
SAFE-HAVEN AREAS.
RICE
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
SUBJECT: MGCD01: CHAD MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT
NO. 3
FIGHTING IN N?DJAMENA AND AROUND EMBASSY
--------------
1. (SBU) ARTILLERY AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE ERUPTED NEAR
THE EMBASSY AS FIGHTING BETWEEN CHADIAN MILITARY FORCES
AND REBELS SPREAD INTO THE CAPITAL, EMBASSY N?DJAMENA
REPORTS. COMBAT CONTINUES AROUND PRESIDENT DEBY?S PALACE,
WHICH IS NEAR THE CHANCERY. THE SITUATION IN EASTERN CHAD
REMAINED CALM, ALTHOUGH SOME AREAS ARE REPORTING INCREASED
LAWLESSNESS.
2. (SBU) FRENCH MFA SOURCES REPORT DEBY LOYALISTS DEFECTED
TO REBELS LED BY DEBY?S COUSIN, TIMAN ERDIMI, OF THE UDFF.
THE AU IS DISCUSSING CHAD AT ITS SUMMIT; FRENCH SOURCES IN
ADDIS ABABA EXPECT A STATEMENT THAT WOULD REINFORCE FRENCH
GOALS OF GETTING DEBY TO LEAVE, AGREEING ON A TRANSITION
ARRANGEMENT THAT WOULD GIVE THE GOVERNMENT SOME
LEGITIMACY, AND PERMITTING EUFOR DEPLOYMENT.
EMBASSY N?DJAMENA DRAWS DOWN, STAFF IN SAFE HAVEN
-------------- --------------
3. (SBU) DS REPORTS NINETEEN NON-EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND
FAMILY MEMBERS ARRIVED IN YAOUNDE VIA U.S. MILITARY
AIRCRAFT. TWENTY-FOUR USG EMPLOYEES REMAIN AT POST AND ARE
HOLDING FAST IN THE CHANCERY AND AT TWO OTHER SAFE-HAVEN
LOCATIONS, POST REPORTS.
4. (SBU) AN ADDITIONAL U.S. MILITARY PLANE IS DUE TO
ARRIVE IN N?DJAMENA FEBRUARY 2 AFTERNOON TO EVACUATE
ADDITIONAL STAFF AND PRIVATE AMERICANS AS REQUIRED.
AMCITS SAFE, PARTICIPATING IN EVACUATION
--------------
5. (SBU) THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF AMERICAN CITIZEN
CASUALTIES FROM THE FIGHTING, POST REPORTS. NO AMERICANS
REQUESTED TRANSPORTATION ON THE FIRST U.S. MILITARY
FLIGHT, ALTHOUGH SIX HAVE SINCE CONTACTED THE EMBASSY TO
COORDINATE EVACUATION.
6. (SBU) FRENCH AUTHORITIES INVITED THEIR CITIZENS,
AMERICANS, AND OTHER FOREIGNERS TO CONGREGATE AT SIX
GUARDED ASSEMBLY POINTS IN THE CITY. THE FRENCH HAVE NOT
YET DECIDED TO EVACUATE, BUT HAVE SECURED THE AIRPORT;
APPROXIMATELY 30 AMERICANS HAVE REPORTED TO THE FRENCH
SAFE-HAVEN AREAS.
RICE