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SPECIAL DOSSIER EUFOR CHAD/CAR MISSION : AaCOLOSSAL LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE.

Publication: European Report
Publication Date: 24-APR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Sand, sun and wind are the main elements awaiting the EUFOR troops - the European force being deployed to Chad and the Central African Republic - when they arrive on the ground. "There is nothing or almost nothing" in the camps when they arrive. "We have to drill for water - we've drilled in six different places - and find a water table with enough volume to supply the troops," explains Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Axelos, in charge of information. "The earth has to be packed down and stabilised, drainage and ditches have to be built to be ready for the rainy season, water pipes and telephone lines have to be laid and tank dikes have to be built to protect the camp." Some 6,000 tonnes of cement were brought in for...

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