If you've ever spent an entire day trying, and failing, to make one important phone call, as I just did here in sunny Chad, you might understand how tenuous communications are in a place like Central Africa. So it's no wonder that Thuraya satellite phones are among the hottest items in the whole region ... and why these handy little phones are at the top of bandits' and rebels' wish lists. Thefts of cars and phones are among the most frequent security incidents in eastern Chad. The U.N., which oversees scores of aid groups here, has reported more than a hundred in the past couple years. What's funny is that some of Chad's largest rebel groups -- those targeting President Idriss Deby's corrupt regime -- are sometimes quite polite about their crimes. My friend Alfy Burger, who works for aid group CARE in Chad, describes how...
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