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2004-11-22 Africa: Subsaharan

WaPo Ivory Coast commentary on why Gbagbo's a nut

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-11-22 12:19:38 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Stable prosperous predominantly christian country attracts large numbers of muslims immigrants and becomes unstable hellhole. Nah, too obvious!

Posted by phil_b 2004-11-22 2:00:30 AM|| 2004-11-22 2:00:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Is it too late to buy cocoa futures?

Posted by Anon1 2004-11-22 9:12:58 AM|| 2004-11-22 9:12:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 At least WaPo called the Muslim insurgents -- some of them, anyway -- "unsavory". It's a start.

Posted by Steve White 2004-11-22 10:32:56 AM|| 2004-11-22 10:32:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Previous accounts had the rebels described as a Moslem movement taking over the North and attacking the non-Moslem South.

What happened to change the story?

WaPo now seems to paint Gbagbo as a clone of Mugabe. What's the real deal?

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-22 11:24:55 AM|| [http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/] 2004-11-22 11:24:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 You probably won't get a real deal from the MSM if it implies that one part of the story here is that France is pursuing a neo-colonialist policy in west Africa. Which has been the case for nearly half a century.

Posted by lex 2004-11-22 11:28:29 AM|| 2004-11-22 11:28:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Article: But the rebels gained a foothold because of Gbagboâs single-minded determination to split his country along ethnic and religious lines while entrenching himself in power.

The Muslim rebels are illegal immigrants imported into Ivory Coast by the French. WaPo calls Gbagbo's efforts to turn back this invasion an attempt to "split the country along ethnic and religious lines". This is just gaspingly arrogant on WaPo's part. Maybe it is WaPo's opinion that they all look alike, but I doubt Ivory Coast's citizens feel that way. I can just imagine WaPo characterizing an effort to close our borders to Mexico an attempt to "split the country along ethnic and religious lines".

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-11-22 12:10:17 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-11-22 12:10:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 NO BLOOD FOR CHOCOLATE!!

Posted by mojo 2004-11-22 3:43:38 PM|| 2004-11-22 3:43:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 No! I say!
Oil is worth fighting for!
and Chocolate is worth Nuclear strikes!

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-22 5:31:23 PM|| 2004-11-22 5:31:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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