Gadhafi's army taking a real beating in Chad

As the charismatic leader of the newly unified government ofChad and as the resourceful architect of successive militaryvictories over Col. Moammar Gadhafi's invading Libyan army, PresidentHissene Habre of Chad is gaining in respect not only of his ownpeople but of all the moderate regimes in the area that have beenthreatened by the Libyan dictator.

With the American media's attention focused on the rivalry inthe Persian Gulf between the United States and Iran, there has beenlittle news coverage of the remarkable campaign in northern Chadwaged by President Habre this month to follow up his smashing defeatlast march of heavily armored Libyan forces at Ouadi Doum …