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The President of Chad has died....in battle
Posted on 4/20/21 at 7:54 am
Posted on 4/20/21 at 7:54 am
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A truly Chad way to go
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Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno has died on the battlefield after three decades in power, the army announced on state television on Tuesday.
The stunning announcement came just hours after electoral officials had declared Deby, 68, the winner of the April 11 presidential election, paving the way for him to stay in power for six more years.
Deby "has just breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield" over the weekend, army spokesman General Azem Bermandoa Agouna said in a statement read out on state television.
Deby's campaign said on Monday that he was headed to the frontlines to join troops battling "terrorists".
The circumstances of Deby’s death could not immediately be independently confirmed due to the remote location. It was not known why the president would have visited the area or participated in ongoing clashes with the rebels who opposed his rule.
Rebels based across the northern frontier in Libya attacked a border post on election day and then advanced hundreds of kilometres south across the desert.
A truly Chad way to go
Posted on 4/20/21 at 7:56 am to Stealth Matrix
His replacement
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Four Star General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, 37, son of the slain Chadian President Idriss Déby, seen here in N'djamena on April 11, 2021, will will replace his father as head of a military council, the army announced on April 20, 2021. © Marco Longari, AFP
Posted on 4/20/21 at 7:56 am to Stealth Matrix
You would never see Biden do this.
Posted on 4/20/21 at 7:56 am to Stealth Matrix
For a second I thought this was about the chaz territory
Posted on 4/20/21 at 7:57 am to Stealth Matrix
“I’m a combat pilot...I belong in the air.”
Posted on 4/20/21 at 7:57 am to Landmass
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You would never see Biden do this.
Die in battle? Has a US president ever done this?
Posted on 4/20/21 at 7:58 am to Stealth Matrix
who knew Chad was in the middle of a war?
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:00 am to hubertcumberdale
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Die in battle? Has a US president ever done this?
There’s probably some statute that says a President must resign any officer commission they have in the military prior to assuming office. Technically, the U.S. Commander-in-Chief must be a civilian.
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:01 am to hubertcumberdale
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Die in battle? Has a US president ever done this?
No.
Only a handful have died in office.
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:02 am to Stealth Matrix
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The circumstances of Deby’s death could not immediately be independently confirmed due to the remote location. It was not known why the president would have visited the area or participated in ongoing clashes with the rebels who opposed his rule.
I mean this is definitely a military coup, right?
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:02 am to Landmass
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You would never see Biden do this
Well duh, no little girls on the battlefield
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:02 am to Stealth Matrix
Well that’s one way to give the Rebels hope. There is a reason leaders don’t go to battle.
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:02 am to Captain Crown
A 4 star General at 37?
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:03 am to MFn GIMP
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I mean this is definitely a military coup, right?
Someone needs to see what the hyenas were up to at the time.
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:04 am to Emteein
Gotta keep them black people in chains
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The practice of slavery in Chad, as in the Sahel states in general, is an entrenched phenomenon with a long history, going back to the trans-Saharan slave trade in the Sahelian kingdoms, and it continues today. As elsewhere in West Africa, the situation reflects an ethnic, racial and religious rift.[36] IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks) of the UN Office for the[37][38] Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs[39][40] reports children being sold to Arab herdsmen in Chad by their parents due to poverty.[41]
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:04 am to roobedoo
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Hanging?
Wonder how many missed the reference.
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:05 am to UndercoverBryologist
Madison led soldiers in battle while President
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:06 am to Stealth Matrix
Time to select a new leader.
Posted on 4/20/21 at 8:07 am to Captain Crown
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Four Star General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, 37
HMMMMM
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