Posted on 11/07/2004 9:26:33 AM PST by JingoJim
Ivory Coast has accused French troops of killing unarmed civilians to avenge the death of nine French peacekeepers. Parliament speaker Mamadou Coulibaly said the French had killed 30 people and wounded more than 100 in the main cities of Abidjan and Yamassoukro.
Les grenouilles sont odieuses.
I was just wondering where the international outrage is? If we were within a 100 miles of this it would have been on every major new outlet in the world......what a bunch of hypocrites.
FRENCH KILLED IVORIAN CIVILIANS...
Do you think the F. are trying to draw us into war on another front? Let the UN handle this, but too bad for the Ivory Coastians!
Time for that courageous journalist Dan Rather to don his safari jacket and dig into this.
Time to lament over the cycle of violence and engage in some moral equivalence and cultural relativism. Oh the horrible assymetry of it all !!!
Did they get permission from the UN, and did this slaughter of innocents pass Kerry's Global test.
GW should send Kerry over to investigate this for a couple of years.
Security Counsil must condemn the Frogs, this is an outrage.
I'm assuming that there are going to be global riots soon to protest this attacking of civilians. END WAR NOW!!!!
Why aren't Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton protesting the killing of innocent Africans?
What?? France is acting unilaterally? NO WAY.
Last time I heard news from this region, the Ivory Coastians were marching with signs asking the US to come save them from the French.
The French. What a pack of whores.
Where is all the world's outrage about France going into the Ivory Coast? Why aren't the Dems whining about France not building a coalition?
These and many more important questions will remain unaddressed by the MSM.
Last time I heard news from this region, the Ivory Coastians were marching with signs asking the US to come save them from the French.
The French. What a pack of whores.
Right on! But origins can sometimes be forgotten in the heat of battle. Let's not fall for it.
Or better yet, we could let a big one drop on France.
ping for later
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Thanks for your post, but i have the feeling, that nobody wants to hear you.
Salutations
AUCUN SANG POUR L'HUILE
The oil industry of the Ivory Coast is one of the key elements in the economy of the country. In particular the downstream industry is well developed with an oil refinery at Abidjan and 8 oil companies engaged in the distribution and marketing of petroleum products.
Based on a government decision in the 1980's, the oil, gas, and energy sectors of the economy are and will be the main driving engines of the economy in future decades. Offshore discoveries, including gas finds in the Gulf of Guinea provide opportunities for hydrocarbon exploration in the Ivory Coast.
In addition to its oil industry, the Ivory Coast has an active chemicals industry, as well as being one of the larger markets in the lubricants industry in the West African region. The country's mining industry is another important sector in the country's economy. Electricity is provided by the parastatal utility, Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricite (CIE).
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