The United States has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help regional efforts to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in neighboring Nigeria, President Barack Obama said Wednesday.
“These personnel will support the operation of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for missions over northern Nigeria and the surrounding area,” Obama said in a letter to Congress.
The force will stay in Chad until its support is no longer necessary. Chad shares a portion of its western border with northeastern Nigeria.
The military and security agencies may have received satellite images of what looked like the camps where the abducted Chibok girls are kept by Boko Haram.
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