The World - News from Feb. 20, 1986
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French soldiers and warplanes were positioned around Chad’s main airport at N’Djamena, which was damaged earlier in the week by a bomb, apparently dropped by Libyan warplanes. French sources said the airport was reopened to civilian jets after workmen filled a 50-foot-wide crater in the runway. In Paris, External Relations Minister Roland Dumas said France expects its intervention to restrict further assaults by Libyan-backed rebels. An estimated 500 French troops have been sent to Chad.
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