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/ 3 May 2006

A hard X for Chad

In the dusty border town of Adre, battered pickup trucks roar around the quiet streets with clumps of rifle-toting men clinging to the roof. Most wear the distinctive brown camouflage issued to the army, but others sport the gowns and turbans favoured by the local population. In this poor, but oil-rich nation, no one raises an eyebrow at unmarked trucks bristling with machine guns.