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May 23, 2008

BAD GUYS
Bandits come from Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan. They are always heavily armed, carrying AK- 47s and usually wearing army fatigues. They terrorixe civilians, raping, murdering, plundering and burning villages
We are just 7 kilometers from the Chad border.

I should have included the Chadian military on the list of perpetrators.
Some are former mercenaries who helped Bozize come to power. Now they are armed and roaming in and out of Chad.. In this area they have attacked three villages since January.

Today I visited the town of Betoko- just 12 miles from the border. Until 2006 this was a huge market town for Chadian goods. Today it is nearly empty, with animals roaming through, rebels relaxing, smoking, their weapons at their sides. The ruins of burned homes are being overrun by vegetation.
I was looking at all this, as we headed toward a seed distribution. Suddenly we got the message to turn around. There was shooting near the distribution site- it was believed to be Chadian military. The more than 100 women and children who had gathered to receive seeds, fled.
 
 
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