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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| Mobs Loot, Burn in Ivory Coast Cities |
| 2004-11-07 |
| Machete-waving mobs looted and burned in Ivory Coast's largest cities Sunday, laying siege to a French military base and searching house to house for French families after a day of ground and air clashes between forces of France and its former colony. Ivory Coast — its tiny air force destroyed and its airports taken by the French in retaliation for a deadly airstrike on a French peacekeeping position — reluctantly said Sunday it was willing to cease fire and that it was pulling back troops. The move aims to restore a cease-fire with rebels controlling the north that was in place for more than a year until government forces broke it on Thursday. Still, the government took a defiant tone toward France. Ivory Coast will ask the Security Council for action against France, presidential spokesman Desire Tagro declared on state TV, adding, "We are faced with aggression by one country against another country. We are going to inform the entire world ... that France has come to attack us." France's punishing military strikes came in retaliation for the Ivory Coast air force's surprise bombing of a French peacekeeping position on Saturday in the north, held by rebels since civil war broke out in the world's top cocoa producer in September 2002. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Exactly, Kalle. The Phwrench are already bowing to the will of their future Islamizoid masters. I guess they want to get in practice for when the Islaminazis take over Phwrance. Which will be shortly, the way it's going. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-07 9:22:43 AM |
| #2 French troops went in to protect the Moslem rebels. The non-Moslem majority refuses to be told what to do, in particular they want their freely elected president to rule with an executive of his choice, not one infected by the rebels under the supervision of the French. Note also that French troops are in key positions around the country, either shoulder-by-shoulder with the rebels or near airports. Doesn't sound like peacekeeping to me. Sounds like reinforcing the rebels. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-07 9:19:06 AM |
| #1 U.S. to Phwrance: QUAGMIRE! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-07 9:09:32 AM |