Comments from president, latest scenes

(18 Apr 2006) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of MPS (Patriotic Salvation Movement) party headquarters
2. Mid shot sign on entrance door of headquarters
3. Security in compound
4. President Idriss Deby in press conference room
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Idriss Deby, President of Chad:
"We have already informed the UN Security Council, the Chad government has also informed the African Union and the European Union. I have personally written a letter to President Chirac, President Bush and the president of the European Union and the president of the African Union."
6. MPS party members seated
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Idriss Deby, President of Chad:
"All the prisoners and the material taken are from our enemies. Among the prisoners, 60 percent are Sudanese and among them there are high rank officers from the Sudanese regular army. Among them there were also around 50 policemen who came with this column of mercenaries, let''s say, to secure the town after being taken the morning of the attack."
8. Close-up security
9. Security praying outside press conference room
10. Wide of street with stand selling petrol
11. Bottle filled with fuel
12. Wide of street
STORYLINE
The president of Chad, Idriss Deby, on Tuesday again blamed Sudan for last week''s deadly rebel attack on the capital.
He said among the fighters detained following the attack, "60 percent are Sudanese and among them there are high-rank officers from the Sudanese regular army".
Rebel groups attacked the capital, N''djamena, last Thursday but were repelled by government forces.
At least 350 people were killed in the fighting.
Deby repeatedly accused Sudan of hiring mercenaries to destabilise his government before the May 3 presidential elections.
Sudan denied any involvement with the Chadian rebels.

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