President Laurent Gbagbo approved deployment of French and West African troops to Ivory Coast's lawless west, where rebels, militias and mercenaries have flourished during the country's 8-month-old civil war. The force is charged with trying to restore law and order on Ivory Coast's border with Liberia, where gunmen have preyed on civilians. The decision came as the U.N. envoy for Ivory Coast, Albert Tevoedjre, met Friday with Gbagbo in the commercial capital of Abidjan.
| The problem with peace keepers is that, to work they've got to be armed and more dangerous than the bad guys who're trying to break the peace. Otherwise they're nothing but a new target set... |
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