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Fri 01 Jan 2009EU Chad mission faces 'difficult period' - Nash
REBEL GROUPS in the border area between Chad and Sudan have increased their capabilities in recent months and that could lead to a "very difficult" period for the EU mission deployed to the region, its Irish commander, Lieut Gen Patrick Nash, has warned.
Some 400 Irish troops are participating in the 3,500-strong mission known as EUfor which has a UN mandate to help protect civilians and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid in Chad's restive eastern borderlands.
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