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  Fighting on two fronts in chaotic east   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
AM TIMAN, 30 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - Even as the bloody fallout from fighting between the Chad army and rebels at Am Timan in southern Chad is still being counted, new clashes have erupted nearby, while further north the Darfur war has reportedly spilled into eastern Chad for the second time in a month.
Recalling fighting last week in Am Timan, a soldier who asked not to be named said: “The rebels came on Monday 23 October, the day of the Ramadan celebration.
Colonel Nassour Nouki Charffadine, army chief of operations in Am Timan, said nine soldiers were killed and 10 injured in a firefight that also left 30 rebels dead and 80 injured.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=56124   (1244 words)

  
 Am Timan, Chad
Am Timan is a city in Chad, the capital of Salamat prefecture.
Am Timan means "mother of twins," although the reason for the name is not known.
As the capital of the prefecture, it has the area secondary school and a clinic, and hosts the largest market day and holiday celebrations.
www.creekin.net /c2685-n37-am-timan-chad.html   (233 words)

  
 News: Chad, Chad officials visit southeastern city after rebel offensive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
AM TIMAN, Chad, Oct 27, 2006 (AFP) - A Chadian government delegation Friday visited this southeastern city, now under army control, which was briefly occupied earlier this week by rebels in a renewed insurgency.
Defense Minister Bichara Issa Djadallah, a representative of the territorial administration Ahmat Mahamat Bachir and government spokesman Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor visited a hospital in Am Timan, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) east of N'Djamena, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported.
The rebels had seized control of Am Timan on Monday, only to abandon their positions two days later and retreat toward the borders with Sudan and the Central African Republic.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LZEG-6UYMV7?OpenDocument   (302 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Chad says it drove back rebel attack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
But the government official denied the rebels had ever taken Am Timan and Abou-Deia and said the Chadian army was pushing them back from Haraze-Mangueigne, which lies near the border with Central African Republic.
Over the last few months, rebels who are demanding that Deby quit after nearly 16 years of rule over the landlocked central African oil producer have stepped up military strikes against government positions in the east, near the Sudan border.
A spokesman for the FUC rebels, Abdullahi Abdel Karim, told Reuters on Monday that rebel forces had withdrawn from Haraze-Mangueigne, Am Timan and Abou-Deia for "strategic reasons" after occupying them for a few hours on Sunday.
www.sudantribune.com /imprimable.php3?id_article=14979   (484 words)

  
 ABC News: Chad says rebels attack second southeastern town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Oct 24, 2006 — N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Rebels have attacked a second town in southeastern Chad, government officials said on Tuesday, putting the country's army on alert as the insurgents appeared to be moving toward the capital N'Djamena.
Armed men attacked Am Timan on Monday afternoon, 24 hours after briefly seizing the town of Goz Beida near the Sudan border, Communication Minister Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor said.
A Western diplomat in N'Djamena said the insurgents had moved further west toward the capital since attacking Am Timan.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=2601837   (360 words)

  
 ABC News: Chad says pushes back rebels backed by Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Chad's Foreign Minister Ahmat Allam-Mi summoned Sudan's ambassador to demand an explanation after the rebels briefly seized Goz Beida near the Sudan border on Sunday then attacked Am Timan further west as they moved deeper into the country.
Chad's government said army reinforcements had been sent to the region around Am Timan but that the rebels had withdrawn without putting up a fight.
Communication Minister Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor said Am Timan was now under government control.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=2604688   (357 words)

  
 BakuTODAY.net - Army guards African city after rebel attacks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
After over-running the town of Am Timan on Monday and briefly holding Goz Beida near the Sudanese border on Sunday, the rebels admitted they had fired a ground-to-air missile at a French reconnaissance plane, which was not hit.
The attack highlighted a recent resurgence in violence between rebels hostile to French-backed Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno and the army after a period of relative calm attributed to the rainy season in the central African nation.
The army said it was also sending tanks and helicopters to Am Timan to prevent a repeat attack.
bakutoday.net /view.php?d=28420   (573 words)

  
 Rebel push in east Chad raises fears in the capital - Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune
NDJAMENA, Chad Rebels in Chad briefly seized a town in the east of the country, government officials said Tuesday, amid fears of a renewed attack on the capital.
Rebels entered the town of Am Timan, 590 kilometers, or about 370 miles, from the capital, Ndjamena, a day after the government said its forces had repelled a rebel attack on Adde and Goz Beida, towns about 100 kilometers farther east toward the Darfur region of western Sudan.
The attacks recalled a lightning assault on Ndjamena in April, made from the east by rebels who raced across the desert in pickup trucks from the Sudan border.
www.iht.com /articles/2006/10/24/news/chad.php   (502 words)

  
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Originally posted by herd@Aug 30 2004, 07:45 AM Timan, your design wastes a lot of vertical pixel space, while gaining less
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 BBC NEWS | Africa | Army alert to counter Chad rebels
The BBC's Stephanie Hancock in Chad says there are reports that the outskirts of the capital are heavily fortified with government troops.
On Monday night, the rebels claimed to have seized the town of Am Timan, some 600km from N'Djamena but they are now reported to be just five hours' drive from the capital.
The government has denied that Am Timan had fallen and urged the capital's residents to stay calm.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/6079772.stm   (350 words)

  
 Am Timan, TCD Weather - Current Conditions, Forecasts, and Maps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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Bichara Issa Djadallah denied reports that Chad had purged the military top brass after the rebels briefly seized the town of Goz Beida near the Sudan border on Sunday and then attacked Am Timan further west as they moved deeper into the country.
President Idriss Deby's government, hit by army defections to the rebels during the last year, said on Wednesday reinforcements were sent to the Am Timan region but the rebels withdrew and government troops retook the town without a fight.
The rebels had clashed with a battalion of the Chadian army at Am Timan before taking control of the town, Djadallah said.
www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/L26300507.htm   (505 words)

  
 Am Timan, TCD Weather - Forecasts, Radar Maps, Video, and News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 BakuTODAY.net - Chad blames Sudan for new rebel assault   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Chadian rebels from the recently formed Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) on Monday captured the town of Am Timan and briefly seized the town of Goz Beida near the Sudanese border on Sunday.
The rebels are thought to be within several hours of the capital, N'Djamena, where heavily armed troops were being deployed around public buildings and along main roads.
The army said on Tuesday it was also sending tanks and helicopters to Am Timan to prevent a repeat attack.
www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=28446   (619 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Chad says pushes back rebels backed by Sudan
Oct 25, 2006 (N’DJAMENA) — Chad said on Wednesday it had pushed back a rebel convoy which attacked two towns in the country’s remote southeast and accused neighboring Sudan of backing the insurgency.
A leader of the rebel coalition, the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD), said late on Tuesday its fighters would not advance immediately from the area around Am Timan, some 600 km (370 miles) east of N’Djamena.
Diplomats and government officials said the rebels appeared to be playing a game of cat and mouse, as they did in April, launching small-scale strikes on poorly fortified towns in the former French colony in order to disorientate the armed forces.
www.sudantribune.com /spip.php?article18333   (540 words)

  
 Chad army retakes eastern city as rebels flee
Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Am Timan in October 2006.
The Chadian army has early took back control of Abeche without renewed fighting, as rebel forces deserted the eastern city they had entered the day before in a new offensive against President Idriss Deby Itno.
According to another Chadian military source, the UFDD -- a recently formed alliance of several rebel factions -- left their positions in Abeche around 4:00 am (0300 GMT) and headed toward the towns of Biltine and Am Zoer, some 60 kilometers away near the border with Sudan.
www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=153010   (745 words)

  
 African Muslim News > Muslim World News > Al-Akhbaar / African Headlines
A quarrel in the Salamat prefecture between members of the non-Arab Kibede community and the Darsalim, an Arab group, escalated into a deadly conflict which destroyed homes and granaries last week, the officials said.
In an advance in late October, the anti-Deby rebels briefly seized one Chadian town and attacked Salamat's regional capital Am Timan before being pushed back towards the Sudan border by government forces.
Yenagoa, Nigeria - Kidnappers in Nigeria on Tuesday released an American and a Briton seized by gunmen in speedboats last week from a vessel off this country's oil-rich southern coast, a government official said.
www.esinislam.com /West_Africa_Daily/Dailies_in_West_Africa.htm   (1832 words)

  
 CHAD: Fighting on two fronts in chaotic east
Finally, the rebels infiltrated Am Timan, targeted the local administration, and stole munitions.
New fighting The rebels have engaged the government at another town, Saraf Bogou, according to a government statement on Sunday.
The clash took place Saraf Borgou, close to the Sudan border.
www.isria.info /FILES/2006/OCTOBER/10312006__25.htm   (1187 words)

  
 Sudan: The Passion of the Present: Sudan "is arming rebels" in Chad / Chad capital reinforced as rebels said to be ...
On Monday night, the rebels claimed to have seized the town of Am Timan, some 600km from N'Djamena but the government denied it had fallen and urged the capital's residents to stay calm.
Chadian rebels are once again rearing their heads in the south-east of the country, but as security is stepped up in the capital, N'djamena, it is still unclear if the factions intend to try to overthrow the government.
The Chadian army was quick to announce they had repelled the incursions, but on Wednesday, there were reports that security in the capital was being bolstered by tanks and more soldiers.
platform.blogs.com /passionofthepresent/2006/10/sudan_is_arming.html   (4397 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for language code:kie
East, Salamat Prefecture, Am Timan Subprefecture, and Ouaddaï Prefecture, Goz Beïda Subprefecture.
Northeast of Am Timan and southwest of Goz Beïda.
The dialects listed, including Murru, may be separate languages.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=kie   (80 words)

  
 →    Current time in Am Timan
Standard Time difference compared to UTC/GMT is +1 hours.
The 5 digit city code for Am Timan is TDAMC.
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www.timegenie.com /city.time/tdamc   (421 words)

  
 Am Timan Travel Guide - Am Timan Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
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