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Army chief warns

[Chad] A Chadian soldier wanders the streets in the border town of Adre, where security has been stepped up. [January 2006] Claire Soares/IRIN
Soldat tchadien se promenant dans les rues de la ville frontalière d'Adre
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    Meanwhile, Guinea Bissau’s new armed forces chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Verisimo Siabra Correia, said on Monday the government would not tolerate any attempt by outside forces to destabilise the country. He was speaking at a ceremony marking the anniversary of the army mutiny that finally ousted Vieira, AFP reported. Local analysts interpreted this remark as a reference to the intervention by Guinea and Senegal in 1998.

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