The French have landed and all is... Well?

Space Daily ^ | Dec 15, 2002 | ABIDJAN

[sonofatpatcher2]

French roop reinforcements arrive in troubled Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN (AFP) Dec 15, 2002
The first contingent of French troop reinforcements to the Ivory Coast with powers to enforce a failed ceasefire between the army and rebels arrived in Abidjan late Saturday, a French military official said, amid anti-French protest in the country.
"The troops have landed in Abidjan," Commandant Frederic Thomazo told AFP from Abidjan's Felix Houphouet-Boigny international airport. He said the plane landed just after 11:00 pm (local and GMT)....

...the French soldiers opened fire on the crowd and wounded four marchers, but this was denied by the spokesman for the French forces in Ivory Coast.

Lieutenant Colonel Ange-Antoine Leccia said the French had merely fired in the air to calm the excited crowd, which he estimated at 10,000 people.

[sonofatpatcher2]

And the crowd became very calm.

Oh them Frogs!

};^)

[error99]

"...the French soldiers opened fire on the crowd and wounded four marchers..."

One of the marchers responded to the gun fire by rudely shouting a a frightening threat to toss a rock at the French soldiers, whereupon the French soldiers, all shouting, "Ah, si vous plais, non! Pas une roche! Nous rendons!", immediately threw down their weapons and surrendered to the crowd unconditionally.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: One of the marchers responded to the gun fire by rudely shouting a a frightening threat to toss a rock at the French soldiers, whereupon the French soldiers, all shouting, "Ah, si vous plais, non! Pas une roche! Nous rendons!", immediately threw down their weapons and surrendered to the crowd unconditionally.

As I said, "...the crowd became very calm."