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Those of you possessing affluence
and ample wealth should not make
oaths that they will not give to their
relatives and the very poor and
those who have emigrated in the
way of Allah. They should rather
pardon and overlook. Would you
not love Allah to forgive you? Allah
is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(Surat an-Nur: 22)

Israel, together with the CIA, supported Habré's forces and gave
them Soviet-manufactured weapons. In 1983 it emerged from a num-
ber of sources that Israel had military advisors in Chad, and that they
had gone there in August of that year together with 2,500 Zairois
troops to support Habré's forces. Ariel Sharon, the "Butcher of
Lebanon" and one of the main players in the oppression of the
Palestinians, played an important role in the war in Chad as well. He
had paid a visit to Chad in January 1983 just prior to leaving his post at
the Ministry of Defense. According to Hallahmi's account, this visit by
Sharon was an indication that Israel was ready to play a greater role in
Chad.
As we have seen, Israel tried all it could in terms of military and
political support to prevent Muslims from growing stronger.
There was still no peace and security in Chad after the civil war.
External intervention by France and Israel increased the violence of