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Sun 03 Mar 2009Irish troops don blue UN beret in Chad
Switching command of the Chad peace enforcement mission from the EU to UN marks an historic day for the Defence Forces, its commander in the troubled African state said today.
As troops donned the familiar blue beret of the United Nations, Lieutenant Colonel Joe McDonagh said it was the first time the Irish were involved in a change of mission control.
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