The battle for Abidjan escalated last night as forces loyal to international pariah Laurent Gbagbo fired on the French ambassador’s residence. It was unclear if there had been any casualties, but French military sources vowed a “strong response”. Attack helicopters were seen leaving the French base soon after the mortar and rocket attack, which was the strongest attempt yet by Mr Gbagbo to force former colonial power France into a fight which would rally Ivorian nationalists. Claims from the UN that Gbagbo’s forces had regained the highly important areas of Plateau and Cocody were unconfirmed. A spokesman for the French forces refused to discuss what he called rumours, with Major Frederic…
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France vows ‘strong response’ as Gbagbo launches fresh attack
The battle for Abidjan escalated last night as forces loyal to international pariah Laurent Gbagbo fired on the French ambassador’s residence. It was unclear if there had been any casualties, but French military sources vowed a “strong response”. Attack helicopters were seen leaving the French base soon after the mortar and rocket attack, which was the strongest attempt yet by Mr Gbagbo to force former colonial power France into a fight which would rally Ivorian nationalists. Claims from the UN that Gbagbo’s forces had regained the highly important areas of Plateau and Cocody were unconfirmed. A spokesman for the French forces refused to discuss what he called rumours, with Major Frederic…
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France vows ‘strong response’ as Gbagbo launches fresh attack
The battle for Abidjan escalated last night as forces loyal to international pariah Laurent Gbagbo fired on the French ambassador’s residence. It was unclear if there had been any casualties, but French military sources vowed a “strong response”. Attack helicopters were seen leaving the French base soon after the mortar and rocket attack, which was the strongest attempt yet by Mr Gbagbo to force former colonial power France into a fight which would rally Ivorian nationalists. Claims from the UN that Gbagbo’s forces had regained the highly important areas of Plateau and Cocody were unconfirmed. A spokesman for the French forces refused to discuss what he called rumours, with Major Frederic…
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