Sister Ginny
I could not agree with you any better.
Only a new and fair electios will close this ugly chapter
Best regards
Habib
Ginny Quick wrote:
> Well, what can I say abuot this, except that this is an extremely
> unfortunate incident. And that is to me not quite enough to describe it.
> It seems that the only way to resolve the situation in Ivory Coast at
> this point would be to have new and openelections, so that the people do not
> feel that the government has been elected/installed by illegal means.
> Obviously, even though the military government has been driven out,
> there are many people who still are not satisfied with things as they stand
> now.
> Ginny
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "USA Halal Chamber of Commerce" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 8:16 PM
> Subject: ATROCITY in Abdijan
>
> > OCTOBER 28, 14:45 EDT
> >
> > 55 Bodies Found in Ivory
> > Coast
> >
> > By TIM SULLIVAN
> > Associated Press Writer
> >
> > ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast
> > (AP) - Ivory Coast's
> > new government
> > pledged Saturday to
> > track down the killers
> > of dozens of young
> > men whose bodies
> > were found dumped in
> > a field - men who
> > opposition officials
> > and witnesses say
> > were executed by
> > government security
> > forces.
> >
> > The gruesome
> > discovery of the 55
> > bodies Friday, and the
> > allegations that the country's paramilitary
> > police could be involved, cast a shadow over
> > the new government. Less than a week after
> > an uprising drove the military ruler from power
> > and only two days after street fighting here
> > ended, the reports also fueled the uneasiness
> > that regularly sparks rumors of renewed
> > violence in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's main city.
> >
> > The corpses all appeared to be young men
> > who had been shot. They were still tangled
> > grotesquely on top of one another Saturday in
> > a field surrounded by forest on the edge of
> > Abidjan's Yopougon neighborhood. Twisted at
> > obscene angles, most of the bodies were
> > naked or only partially clothed.
> >
> > Officials in white gowns, rubber boots and
> > plastic gloves sorted through the corpses as
> > the country's new interior minister arrived in a
> > large motorcade, accompanied by soldiers and
> > paramilitary police.
> >
> > ``I am
> > ashamed of
> > what we
> > are seeing
> > here,'' said
> > the
> > minister,
> > Emile Boga
> > Doudou, a
> > surgical
> > mask to
> > ward off
> > the stench
> > hanging
> > around his
> > neck.
> > ``The
> > police must
> > do their
> > work to
> > find the
> > author of
> > this
> > atrocity.''
> >
> > But to
> > followers of
> > opposition
> > leader
> > Alassane
> > Dramane
> > Ouattara,
> > who say
> > those
> > dumped in the field were fellow members of his
> > Rally of the Republicans party, Ivorian
> > authorities cannot be trusted to investigate
> > the crime.
> >
> > ``It is security forces that killed them,'' said
> > Amadou Coulibaly, a party spokesman. He said
> > at least 155 Ouattara supporters have been
> > killed in Abidjan since Wednesday, and at
> > least 22 in other Ivorian cities. Those numbers
> > could not be independently confirmed.
> >
> > Coulibaly said that in Abidjan, some of those
> > killed were grabbed by militant supporters of
> > newly installed President Laurent Gbagbo,
> > handed over to security forces and not seen
> > again until their corpses were spotted in the
> > pile.
> >
> > Area
> > residents
> > backed up
> > his
> > account,
> > saying on
> > condition
> > of
> > anonymity
> > that
> > Gbagbo
> > militants,
> > backed by
> > paramilitary
> > police and soldiers, had forced their way into
> > the homes of Ouattara's most ardent
> > followers, beating young men and hauling
> > them away.
> >
> > ``They broke down the door,'' said one man,
> > a taxi driver who said six of his relatives were
> > taken away by Gbagbo supporters backed by
> > security forces. The driver escaped by fleeing
> > the house.
> >
> > The discovery of the bodies followed three
> > days of violence that drove out military junta
> > leader Gen. Robert Guei and then turned to
> > fighting between rival opposition forces. The
> > unrest has left some 200 people dead.
> >
> > Guei had claimed victory in Ivory Coast's Oct.
> > 22 presidential election, a vote that was
> > dogged by fraud and unfair competition
> > charges. In less than a day, he saw power slip
> > from his grasp as thousands of demonstrators
> > took to the streets. Later joined by security
> > forces, they swept Gbagbo, who ran against
> > Guei in the election, to power.
> >
> > Gbagbo's victory, though, set off another
> > round of unrest as Ouattara's supporters
> > launched protests to call for new elections.
> > Those protests led to even more violence,
> > with political fighting turning into horrific
> > sectarian attacks. Gbagbo's mostly southern
> > Christian supporters battled Ouattara's
> > followers, most of them northern Muslims.
> >
> > Ouattara was thought to have more support
> > than Gbagbo, but he was barred from
> > Sunday's vote by the Supreme Court, as were
> > other opposition figures.
> >
> > t
> >
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