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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Military action planned against I. Coast |
| 2010-12-30 |
| [Iran Press TV] West African defense chiefs have met in Nigeria to draw up a possible military strategy against Ivory Coast, as the incumbent Ivorian president refuses to step down. "The meeting of chiefs of defense of ... ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) member nations started yesterday in Abuja and it is expected to end today," AFP quoted ECOWAS director for political affairs and external relations, Abdel-Fatau Musah, as saying on Wednesday. Nigeria's defense ministry front man, colonel Mohammed Yerimah, has said that the African armed forces chiefs are discussing "the military planning and the logistics" of any final operation. The meeting comes as West African mediators declared that they have failed to persuade Gbagbo to step down. West African leaders from Benin, Sierra Leone and Cape Verde, returned from Ivory Coast on Wednesday. They announced that their meeting with Gbagbo had yielded no result. Gbagbo has already warned that any attempt to overthrow him could trigger another civil war in the country. Both Gbagbo and Ouattara claimed victory in the November 28 runoff presidential election. However, The infamous However... most members of the international community have recognized Ouattara as the winner. According to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, about 20,000 Ivorians have decamped to eastern Liberia, fearing the political deadlock in the country might lead to a civil war. The United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society has said that over 170 people have been killed in the violence that followed the last month presidential election. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 All this "commitment" from the "UN". How could something be wrong? |
| Posted by: newc 2010-12-30 01:25 |