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French troops stand near a dead Ivorian youth as they confront protesters at the entrance of the French military base in the Port Bouet, Abidjan, November 7, 2004. Top generals in Ivory Coast pledged on Nov. 8 to work with France to establish stability in the world's top cocoa grower after three days of violent anti-French riots in the main city Abidjan. Photo by Reuters

A French soldier from Operation Licorne, part of a UN peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast, guards the de Gaule bridge in Abidjan.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)

The headquarters of the 24 Hours newspaper is seen after being burned by a mob in Abidjan in this picture taken on November 5, 2004. The commander of Ivory Coast's ground offensive against rebels in the north ordered troops to withdraw from the front line on Sunday as France flew in more soldiers to its former West African colony. The United Nations and France demanded that President Laurent Gbagbo end fighting after his forces killed nine French peacekeepers and injured 23. Picture taken on November 5, 2004. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Men walk in a street of Yamoussoukro after lootings that took place November 7, 2004. Ivory Coast on Sunday ordered a pullback from an offensive on the rebel-held north after France destroyed its airpower in a retaliatory strike which sparked mob attacks on French citizens and property. Former colonial power France was flying in more troops to protect foreigners from attacks and looting, and there were reports of its forces moving south. A resident said a convoy of French troops in some 30 trucks, 10 tanks and 10 smaller vehicles headed south on Sunday towards the main city of Abidjan from the capital Yamoussoukro. Reuters/Luc Gnago

A vehicle is seen burning on a street in Abidjan in this picture taken on November 5, 2004 as mobs loot and burn in Ivory Coast's largest cities. The commander of Ivory Coast's ground offensive against rebels in the north ordered troops to withdraw from the front line on Sunday as France flew in more soldiers to its former West African colony. The United Nations and France demanded that President Laurent Gbagbo end fighting after his forces killed nine French peacekeepers and injured 23. Picture taken on November 5, 2004. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Ivory Coast government supporters demonstrate at a roadblock just out side the airport at Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, Sunday Nov. 7, 2004. Machete-waving mobs thousands strong 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.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

A French school burns after being looted in Yamouussoukro, Ivory Coast, on November 6, 2004. After Ivory Coast's military killed nine French soldiers in a bombing raid on the rebel stronghold of Bouake on Saturday French President Jacques Chirac ordered warplanes and helicopters used by the West African country in violation of a ceasefire to be destroyed after the air raid, in which 23 French soldiers were injured and a U.S. citizen killed. Mobs of machete-wielding supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo, known as 'Young Patriots', rampaged through Abidjan and Yamoussoukro furious at the French destruction of the planes. Photo by Luc Gnago/Reuters

Men throw water on a blaze at the Librarie de France bookstore in Abidjan's chic Cocody quarter. France was set to send fresh troops to Ivory Coast after a night of fighting in which French peacekeepers clashed with thousands of demonstrators seeking to "retake" Abidjan airport, leaving at least three dead.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)

French gendarmes fire tear gas to dipserse protesters in Abidjan. France was set to send fresh troops to Ivory Coast after a night of fighting in which French peacekeepers clashed with thousands of demonstrators seeking to "retake" Abidjan airport, leaving at least three dead.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)