Another thousand people or so to be slaughtered this week?
BBC
Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's UN-recognised president say they have captured the besieged incumbent's residence in the main city of Abidjan.
Alassane Ouattara's spokesman said his troops had overrun the home of Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down, though his whereabouts are unclear.
Heavy weapons fire rocked the city early on Tuesday.
Hours earlier, UN and French helicopters attacked targets around the presidential residence.
Mr Ouattara's representative in Paris, Ali Coulibaly, told French media that Mr Gbagbo was now negotiating his surrender.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Ivory Coast: Presidential residence 'taken' in Abidjan
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I don’t think France’s action has much to do with the UN or anything such. The fact was that there was a modus Vivendi between France on one side and both Gbagbo and Ouattara on the other side. More or less, France would not engage its forces on either side and would remain neutral as long French citizens and interests in Ivory Coast were left alone and safe. The point was that France would not tolerate a repeat of the 2004 events. It pretty much held well but Gbagbo out of control thugs broke that “agreement” in the past couple of days and France is sending Gbagbo the bill, one rocket at a time.
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