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Frenchman 'had Togo war planes' | ||
2006-01-17 | ||
Togo's army says it has seized combat aircraft from a former French policeman living in the capital, Lome. Two MiG-23 planes and two Mi-18 helicopters had been found from Lome airport, a military spokesman said. An international commission is probing the origin of military materiel used by Ivorian forces in the bombing of a French base in Ivory Coast in 2004. The spokesman said Togo would never be a transit zone for ammunition and arms for Ivory Coast or other countries.
"We don't know if this equipment was going to Ivory Coast," he added. An international commission based in Lome is investigating the origin of military equipment used by Ivorian loyalist forces in the attack on a French military base at Bouake in Ivory coast in November 2004. Nine French soldiers and an American civilian were killed in the aerial bomb attack. | ||
Posted by:Steve |
#1 "OK, Bob, what's the deal with the MiGs?" "I needed an airplane, and these was all I could afford. You seen what the price of a Cessna 172 is these days?" |
Posted by: Mike 2006-01-17 13:49 |