The European security official told me that "Déby basically blackmails us, saying, "If I fall, there's a direct line between ISIS in the north, Boko Haram in the south, and Al Qaeda in the west." " In a bid to prove his worth to international backers, Déby has been renting out the Army to international coalitions, sending Chadians to fight with U.N. forces in Mali and the Central African Republic.