Posted on 02/17/2003 5:03:45 PM PST by Robert_Paulson2
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:07 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
BOUAKE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) -- Ivory Coast was on edge on Monday as a rebel deadline for President Laurent Gbagbo to start forming a new government with rebels in key posts, or face more civil war, expired.
Since the rebels fired off the ultimatum last week, they have tempered their threats and a rebel team was still seeking regional backing on Monday for their inclusion in a new government, in line with last month's Paris-brokered peace plan.
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Quickly, please call the experts of democracy... Shredder and She-rock....
The Muslims are at it again......
Translation: We were planning to betray the Christian government and put the Muslims in charge, thus saving our precious cocoa production, but the plan is backfiring and now we are thinking of doing a double-double-cross instead.
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