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A Visit to the Irish Troops in Chad PDF Print E-mail
I'm just back from a fascinating trip to Chad where I traveled with the Irish troops based there. In all I spent five days in Chad, three of which staying with the Irish Defence forces in Camp Ciara, just outside Goz Beida.

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A EUFOR Irish trooper in a mowag armoured vehicle before going on a quick responce force patrol in Goz Beida, Chad. A EUFOR Irish trooper brushing his teeth while walking between tents among rows and rows of washing in Camp Ciara, Goz Beida, Chad. Cpl. Dessie Butler, Kilkenny, a EUFOR Irish trooper, getting ready before going on patrol in Goz Beida, Chad. A EUFOR Irish trooper on static patrol (behind) during a quick responce force patrol, with young children, in Goz Beida, Chad. A EUFOR Irish trooper on foot patrol during a quick responce force patrol in Goz Beida, Chad. A EUFOR Irish trooper on static patrol during a quick responce force patrol in Goz Beida, Chad. Cpl. Richard Crowe, Clonmel, Co Tipp, a EUFOR Irish trooper on static patrol during a quick responce force patrol in Goz Beida, Chad, with a praying mantis on a tree near by. A EUFOR Irish trooper on foot patrol during a quick responce force patrol in Goz Beida, Chad. Pte. Dan Coady, Carlow, during a EUFOR static patrol, containing all Irish troops, during a quick responce force patrol in Goz Beida, Chad. Two boys sit on a wall during a EUFOR static patrol, containing all Irish troops, during a quick responce force patrol in Goz Beida, Chad. Two boys sit on a wall with a shell of a house behind them in Goz Beida during a EUFOR patrol, containing all Irish troops, during a quick responce force patrol in Goz Beida, Chad. Cpl. Dessie Butler, Kilkenny, a EUFOR Irish trooper, shaking hands with a young boy, on static patrol during a quick responce force patrol in Goz Beida, Chad. A little boy runs after a EUFOR Irish trooper vehicle with one behind also on a patrol during a quick responce force patrol in Goz Beida, Chad. A civilian passes by after and before a EUFOR Irish trooper vehicle on patrol during a quick responce force patrol in Goz Beida, Chad. Capt. Andy Brady, Kildare, on crutches after braking a bone in his foot playing volley ball, in Camp Ciara, Goz Beida, Chad. A young girl on the streets of Goz Beida during a EUFOR quick responce force patrol with Irish troops in Goz Beida, Chad. A women carries goods on her head in Gassire, a Internal Displaced Persons site, in Goz Beida, Chad. Three women carry goods on their head in Gassire, a Internal Displaced Persons site, in Goz Beida, Chad. A boy wears a Podge & Rodge t-shirt in Gassire, a Internal Displaced Persons site, approx. 5000km from Ireland, in Goz Beida, Chad. A mother carries her baby on her back in Gassire, a Internal Displaced Persons site, in Goz Beida, Chad. A mother carries her baby on her back in Gassire, a Internal Displaced Persons site, in Goz Beida, Chad. A young child lies in the shade in Gassire, a Internal Displaced Persons site, in Goz Beida, Chad. A man with two boys lie in the shade in Gassire, a Internal Displaced Persons site, in Goz Beida, Chad. A young girl carries water on her head in Gassire, a Internal Displaced Persons site, in Goz Beida, Chad. Women with their children on donkeys make their way along the road side in Goz Beida, Chad. A man on a camel making his way along the road side in Goz Beida, Chad. A women on a donkey and a man on a camel making their way along the road side in Goz Beida, Chad. Two boys carry straw in Goz Beida, Chad. A women leans against a pilar outside a school in Goz Beida, Chad. A pupil in Dar Ran Naim community school during a tour for some Irish press by EUFOR Irish troops, Goz Beida, Chad. Pupils in Dar Ran Naim community school during a tour for some Irish press by EUFOR Irish troops, Goz Beida, Chad. A pupil in Dar Ran Naim community school during a tour for some Irish press by EUFOR Irish troops, Goz Beida, Chad. Pupils in Dar Ran Naim community school during a tour for some Irish press by EUFOR Irish troops, Goz Beida, Chad. Pupils in Dar Ran Naim community school during a tour for some Irish press by EUFOR Irish troops, Goz Beida, Chad. A man carries water in his village near Goz Beida, where the Irish Defence Forces carried out a routine patrol, Chad. A women in her village near Goz Beida, where the Irish Defence Forces carried out a routine patrol, Chad. A women with her child in their village near Goz Beida, where the Irish Defence Forces carried out a routine patrol, Chad. A women with her child in their village near Goz Beida, where the Irish Defence Forces carried out a routine patrol, Chad.
 
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