tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37121640.post4562362698792481054..comments2023-10-28T06:57:37.613-04:00Comments on "Cheap Priceless Editions": Breaking News: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: EU Diplomat MurderedBlogaulairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373333970371845109noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37121640.post-33529544844678714172007-02-08T15:35:00.000-05:002007-02-08T15:35:00.000-05:00Thanks for making important points in your comment...Thanks for making important points in your comment. The forced importantion of workers from former Upper Volta, people with ties to Burkina Faso and Mali, is, I agree, the historic back-drop.<BR/><BR/>I think European and American powers would like an African pyramdidal control of Western Africa through key ports and control centres for commodities and natural resources. But the 'backcountry' they want other African compradors to control is not putting up with it.Blogaulairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14373333970371845109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37121640.post-87026770158974594252007-02-07T20:19:00.000-05:002007-02-07T20:19:00.000-05:00The French article fails to mention that the Frenc...The French article fails to mention that the French opened fire on peaceful demonstrations (they were not affrontements) in Adidjan, killing several unarmed Ivorian men and women. The Muslim-Christian divide is overplayed - the issue is more one of many immigrants in the North who came to work in the agricultural sector.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com