[Shadow_Group] Machete-Waving Mobs Attack French Targets In Ivory Coast

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Machete-Waving Mobs Attack French Targets In Ivory
Coast
Red Cross: 150 Injured In Abidjan

POSTED: 11:54 am EST November 7, 2004
UPDATED: 12:06 pm EST November 7, 2004

FROM:
http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/3897888/detail.html<http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/3897888/detail.html>
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- France is sending more
reinforcements to Ivory Coast, where rioting mobs have
been attacking French targets and vowing to kill
French nationals.

(PHOTO)
French troops in armored vehicles pass through the
town of Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. 

A Red Cross official says about 150 people have been
wounded in Abidjan (ah-bee-JAHN') -- the largest city
in France's former colony in West Africa. 

An Associated Press reporter saw an armed mob enter an
area near a French military base, demanding to know if
any French lived nearby.

One rioter shouted "it's better to kill the whites
than steal their stuff."

French military helicopters have been plucking trapped
citizens from buildings, even as other helicopters and
armored vehicles confront rioters with tear gas and
percussion grenades.

Travel Warning Issued For Americans

The U.S. State Department is warning Americans to
avoid traveling to Ivory Coast because of widespread
violence in the West African nation.

Mobs have been roaming the streets in the city of
Abidjan after the country's warplanes attacked targets
in rebel-held northern cities, including a French
peacekeeping outpost.

The State Department said many attacks have been aimed
at foreigners. Individuals have been pulled from
vehicles, and businesses and schools have been looted
and burned.

The government warning also said telephone
communications are spotty, and many areas are without
water. All flights remain canceled at Abidjan's
airport.

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