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stated that the weapons used for training of FACT by the Wagner group were supplied by the United Arab
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398:, announced the army's victory over FACT. Crowds in N'Djamena reportedly cheered on as soldiers returned from the front line in a column of tanks and armored vehicles. At an army base in N'Djamena, dozens of captured FACT members were shown to the assembled press.
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was fatally wounded by FACT gunfire on the front lines of the conflict, just over a week after he was re-elected
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587:"Libyan strongman bombed Chad rebels, his forces say"
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