The World - News from Sept. 8, 1985
Chadian guerrillas rebelled against their Libyan allies controlling the northern town of Faya-Largeau and hundreds were killed or wounded in the fighting, the Chad Information Ministry said, but a rebel spokesman in Paris denied the report. The ministry said the casualties occurred in fighting Sept. 4 in Faya-Largeau. There were no further details of the battles and no independent confirmation. Faya-Largeau has been the main Libyan stronghold in northern Chad since rebels fighting the government of President Hissene Habre launched an offensive in 1983 with Libyan backing.
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