French Troops Fire on Ivorian Crowds

Rev9Volts · Joined: 10 Jul 2003 Posts: 1327

hmm... dubya is a :langel

chirac... must be one also... :ohno

RonOnGuitar · Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 1916

At least seven murdered and 200 wounded in Ivory Coast in France's latest attack on civilians.

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France continues attacks on former colony's citizens

French Troops Fire on Ivorian Crowds

World in Brief: 10 November 2004, Wednesday.

French forces opened fire Tuesday as thousands of angry loyalists massed outside an evacuation post for foreigners. A local hospital reported seven people killed and 200 wounded in a fourth day of chaotic violence pitting France against its former prize colony. The bloodletting, overshadowing the launch of an African peace mission here, erupted at a one-time luxury hotel that French forces have commandeered as an rallying post for 1,300 French and other foreigners rescued from anti-French rampages across the largest city, Abidjan.