Armed with machetes , Ivory Coast mobs burn and loot the largest Ivory coast city. Late Saturday, the french government, launched an attack
destroying the small Ivory Coast air force, in retaliation to Ivory Coast attacks on a French peacekeeping position.
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By PARFAIT KOUASSI, Associated Press Writer
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Machete-waving mobs looted and burned in Ivory Coast's largest cities Sunday, laying siege to a French military base and
searching house to house for French families after a day of ground and air clashes between forces of France and its former colony.
Ivory Coast — its tiny air force destroyed and its airports taken by the French in retaliation for a deadly airstrike on a French peacekeeping
position — reluctantly said Sunday it was willing to cease fire and that it was pulling back troops.
The move aims to restore a cease-fire with rebels controlling the north that was in place for more than a year until government forces broke it on
Thursday.
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Ivory Coast officials said on sunday that they were willing
to cease fire in hopes of restoring a cease fire agreement that was in place
for almost a year until the Ivory Coast forces broke it on Thursday.
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