Emmanual Macron has once again proposed working with Nigeria to fight insecurity in the Lake Chad basin and the entire stretch of the Sahel region. Such effrontery after the Maskirovska!! For those wondering what the Maskirovska is, let us revisit the period when dozens of Boko Haram fighters attacked a Chadian army base in Boma, killing 100 Chadian soldiers in an attack that spanned eight hours....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Attempts to reinforce the base with hundreds of troops and rein in air support were supposedly thwarted by Boko Haram, who after 8 hours carted away from a cache of weapons and escaped on speedboats. It’s hard to pick which is more incredulous, Boko Haram attacking a Chadian army base for 8 hours with Chadian and French forces powerless to stop it, or the fact that people believed this well-timed maskirovka.
To bring clarity to this argument let’s use the February 2019 incident as a template. A convoy of 50 heavily armed pickup trucks from Libya was en route to Ndjamena, Chad intending to overthrow Idris Derby. They never made it to Chadian soil. Mirage fighter jets, launched from bases in N’djamena intercepted the rebels in the Libyan desert. About 50 pickup trucks were destroyed in the operation.
The ability of France to timely and effectively respond to threats anywhere in West Africa is due to its myriad of forwarding deployed military bases. The number of French military bases in West Africa is a staggering TWELVE. In Chad alone France has two forward operating bases in Faya-Largeau with one eye on the border with Libya. These military bases represent the symbol of the French sphere of influence in Africa.
They have strengthened France’s ability to protect her economic, political, and security interest and has shown its willingness to use military force to ensure its interests are not put at risk. France also has a Reaper drone base in Niger purportedly to help tackle Boko Haram. Entre Lac Province, Chad. The hitherto capital of ISWAP. For years ISWAP found a haven on this island. The distance between Lac Province! Chadian and French outposts is so close you can see Lac Province right across the body of water.
