Chadian–Libyan ConflictChad / Libya · 1978–1987“The keepers of the atlas wrote this one down so the fire would not forget it.”Gaddafi wanted the Aouzou Strip and a client in N'Djamena, and for a decade his armour and money fought through Chad's factions to get both. What stopped him was the strangest cavalry of the century: Habré's troops in Toyota pickups, machine guns welded to the beds, faster than tanks and cheaper than aircraft.