France Strikes Ivorian Airbase

World | November 6, 2004, Saturday // 00:00

French forces in Ivory Coast have attacked an airbase and destroyed two government warplanes and a military helicopter after the aircraft bombed their position and killed a French peacekeeper. Another 20 Frenchmen were wounded. Ivory Coast is a former French colony where there are currently about 10,000 peacekkepers from France and the United Nations (UN).

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