'Trapped president can leave'
02/02/2008 17:06  - (SA)  

Chadian rebels take capital, head for palace Summit condemns Chad attacks Kenya, Chad top summit agenda Chad army confronts rebels Chad, Sudan leaders hold talks

Ndjamena - A Chadian rebel leader said on Saturday that President Idriss Deby Itno can leave his palace in the capital Ndjamena where he has been trapped by insurgent forces, if he so wishes.

"We suppose that Deby is inside. If he wants to leave we have no problem," Abakar Tollimi said.

"We control the situation, we control the city, there are some pockets of resistance," he said.

Tollimi said that government troops were around the presidential palace and using heavy weapons against the rebels, who military sources said earlier were armed with machine-guns, assault rifles and rocket launchers.

One source said that government tanks had fired on the rebels at Deby's orders in a bid to break their grip.

 

 Yahoo

 

 Digg

 Del.icio.us

 Facebook

What is this?

 News24 on mobile

 News24 on facebook profile