Thanks Again Mr. Camara.
African leaders must defend their people from such atrocities regards
to their political conscience.What is happening in the Ivory coast is very
unfortunate as the security forces killing people indiscriminately.The
oppositions are targeted everywhere other African nationals including
Gambians might be killed.I think the president is paranoid and should
enforce law and order to protect every life.Perhaps is time we have an
African NATO to cross any military coup and defend our people from
dictators on the continent.Once again thanks keep up the good work and
have nice sunday.
Respect
Fye Samateh.
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From: "Momodou Camara" <[log in to unmask]>Is
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Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 11:41 AM
Subject: FWD:Polician's home ablaze as France sends troops to Ivory Coast
> ABIDJAN, Sept 22 (AFP) - The home of a key opposition leader was set alight
> overnight in continuing violence following a coup bid in Ivory Coast prompting
> France to send troops to its former west African colony, officials said on
> Sunday.
> AFP correspondents saw smoke and flames billowing from the residence of
> opposition leader Alassane Ouattara.
> "Mr Ouattara's residence, in the upmarket Cocody district of Abidjan, was
> set alight by elements of the security forces there," Aly Coulibaly, spokesman
> for Ouattara's Rally of Republicans (RDR) party told AFP by telephone.
> Ouattara, 60, who served as prime minister from 1990 to 1993, has sought
> refuge at the French embassy in Abidjan with the approval of Ivorian
> authorities.
> Outtara said: "The German ambassador told me that it (Ouattara's home) was
> on the point of collapsing".
> The opposition leader said that the arson attack "could only be the work of
>
> the security forces because there is a curfew in place. I called the fire
> brigade but so far no one has arrived".
> Ouattara confirmed that he was still staying in the French embassy, where
> he has taken refuge since the rebel uprising which began on Thursday.
> With the country's second city, Bouake, in central Ivory Coast, and the
> northern town of Korhogo still under rebel control and tensions high in
> Abidjan, France dispatched troop reinforcements to ensure the security of
> French citizens and the international community, the French army chief of
> staff said early Sunday.
> More than 100 reinforcements arrived in the west African nation aboard a
> transport plane, accompanied by helicopters, from other French bases in Africa.
>
> "Under precautionary measures decided by the French authorities to assure
> the security of French citizens and the international community, the army
> chief-of-staff has reinforced the military unit stationed in Abidjan," the
> army said in a statement.
> France already had a 600-strong contingent in the main Ivorian city of
> Abidjan. It also has bases in Chad, Senegal, Gabon and Djibouti, with a total
> of some 6,000 troops.
> With an estimated 20,000 French citizens living in Ivory Coast, officials
> in Paris said the reinforcements were being sent in as an implicit message to
> rebels that they will take quick action in the event of an attack on the
> French community.
> French officials also made it clear that the deployment did not mean France
>
> intended to intervene in the crisis in any way, which the French defence
> minister, Michele Alliot-Marie called a "purely internal affair".
> In a statement on Friday, the defence minister added, "it appears that
> there is no threat at all" to the French community or other Westerners.
>
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