Chad mission on hold as fighting in the country worsens

And this is not our duty but the duty of the French who have their troops in Chad," said Defense Minister Bogdan Klich. Poland was to participate in the EU peace mission comprised of about 4,000 persons as the second largest group sending almost 2,500 military police and two choppers. Due to street fights, the mission has been suspended, while the first soldiers from Ireland and Austria who are already on the way were turned back. Chad guerilla troops attacked the capital city to conquer it before European troops landed there, as in their opinion the mission envisages not the defense of refugees, but to strengthen the power of country's president Idrys Deby Itno.