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Created
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08STATE12549
2008-02-06 22:58:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Secretary of State
Cable title:
TFCD01: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 12
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UNCLAS STATE 012549
SIPDIS
SIPDIS, SENSITIVE
YAOUNDE PASS TO NDJAMENA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
SUBJECT: TFCD01: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 12
SECURITY SITUATION IN N'DJAMENA IMPROVING RAPIDLY
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UNCLAS STATE 012549
SIPDIS
SIPDIS, SENSITIVE
YAOUNDE PASS TO NDJAMENA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
SUBJECT: TFCD01: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 12
SECURITY SITUATION IN N'DJAMENA IMPROVING RAPIDLY
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1. (SBU) Post reports government forces are extending
their control within the city, with traffic circulating
and people on the streets. Looting has subsided, and UN
staff are moving around N'Djamena. The Embassy local
guard force mobile surveillance team has returned to duty
in the city but private travel to the airport is still not
safe.
USG PROPERTY REPORTEDLY NOT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED
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2. (SBU) Local-hire Embassy staff report the Chancery,
EMR, DCMR, MSG quarters and some residences appear largely
intact, and are now under the protection of the local
guard force. The state of other USG properties remains
unknown.
FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS CHAD, SUPPORTS DEBY
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3. (SBU) Ambassador Nigro met with French Defense
Minister Morin at the N'Djamena airport. Nigro thanked
the Minister for French assistance to U.S. citizens,
reports the Embassy. The Minister carried a "message of
support" for "Chad's integrity," according to the media.
"THOUSANDS" OF REFUGEES IN NIGERIA, CAMEROON BRIDGES OPEN
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4. (SBU) ICRC reports 2,423 refugees from Chad currently
in Nigeria. Local Nigerian officials expect several
thousand more to arrive in the next few days, media
report. Embassy Yaounde reports bridges between Chad and
Cameroon, previously blocked by the Chadian military, are
now open.
19 MORE AMCITS LEAVE ON USG FLIGHT
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5. (SBU) Nineteen Americans departed Chad aboard USG
flight to Yaounde carrying Embassy staff rotating out of
N'Djamena.
EMBASSY N?DJAMENA ROTATES STAFF
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6. (SBU) Ambassador Nigro and two staff members arrived in
Yaounde. Six staff remain in N'Djamena.
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
RICE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS, SENSITIVE
YAOUNDE PASS TO NDJAMENA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
SUBJECT: TFCD01: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 12
SECURITY SITUATION IN N'DJAMENA IMPROVING RAPIDLY
-------------- --------------
1. (SBU) Post reports government forces are extending
their control within the city, with traffic circulating
and people on the streets. Looting has subsided, and UN
staff are moving around N'Djamena. The Embassy local
guard force mobile surveillance team has returned to duty
in the city but private travel to the airport is still not
safe.
USG PROPERTY REPORTEDLY NOT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED
--------------
2. (SBU) Local-hire Embassy staff report the Chancery,
EMR, DCMR, MSG quarters and some residences appear largely
intact, and are now under the protection of the local
guard force. The state of other USG properties remains
unknown.
FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS CHAD, SUPPORTS DEBY
-------------- --------------
3. (SBU) Ambassador Nigro met with French Defense
Minister Morin at the N'Djamena airport. Nigro thanked
the Minister for French assistance to U.S. citizens,
reports the Embassy. The Minister carried a "message of
support" for "Chad's integrity," according to the media.
"THOUSANDS" OF REFUGEES IN NIGERIA, CAMEROON BRIDGES OPEN
-------------- --------------
4. (SBU) ICRC reports 2,423 refugees from Chad currently
in Nigeria. Local Nigerian officials expect several
thousand more to arrive in the next few days, media
report. Embassy Yaounde reports bridges between Chad and
Cameroon, previously blocked by the Chadian military, are
now open.
19 MORE AMCITS LEAVE ON USG FLIGHT
--------------
5. (SBU) Nineteen Americans departed Chad aboard USG
flight to Yaounde carrying Embassy staff rotating out of
N'Djamena.
EMBASSY N?DJAMENA ROTATES STAFF
--------------
6. (SBU) Ambassador Nigro and two staff members arrived in
Yaounde. Six staff remain in N'Djamena.
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
RICE