Ivory Coast - 1000 people killed

[HD Adam]

Aid workers have found 1000 people killed in the Ivory Coast in a battle between supporters of the opposition (who won last Novembers election) and President Gbagbo, who refuses to step down.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/iv...

1000 people? That's probably more than Libya

So, when does the submarine get there to fire Tomahawks and the "No Fly" zone start?

[Bing o]

We won't get involved. Which is both sad and ironic as we'd probably be quite welcomed there, unlike in Librakistan....

[Godzuki]

Plenty of places in the world where murder and massacre is a daily thing. Oddly enough I doubt there is oil there.

[Jasandjules]

Godzuki said:

Plenty of places in the world where murder and massacre is a daily thing. Oddly enough I doubt there is oil there.

Quite a lot of them in Africa too. This is just another one and no, I don't believe there is a sufficient supply of oil to "justify" any Western involvement - it costs money to send in the troops after all.

[elster]

The thing is the Northern African countries have been stable with their dictators and are looking to move into elections.

A lot of Central and Western countries have already had their civil wars and the UN have parachuted their candidates in and run a "fair" election.

The people don't like this and civil war continues.

Not an oil issue, just they are still in the civil war stage much like the Northern African states, however much further on.

There has been a lot of UN involvement in these.

Just because the TV doesn't tell you something is going on, doesn't mean there is nothing going on.

Remember when Gbagbo came to power 10 years ago exactly the same happened.

The 'rebels' go along massacring while the person the UN want in power gets protected by the UN and kept in safety.

[BoRED S2upid]

Isn't it about time we ruled the world again like the good old times, it seems every country outside of Europe is going to the dogs recently.

[dandarez]

We won't interfere there, no oh eye hell, but lots and lots of cocoa beans, so regardless, up'll go the price of your choccy bar now!

Fairtrade won't be happy. Perhaps the 7-year old kids scaling the trees for cocoa pods might get a kit-kat break now?

What a f mad world we live in.

[davepoth]

Technically we're already in the Ivory Coast - The UN has nearly 10,000 troops there. It's actually what a UN mission should look like with 30+ nations involved.

http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/unoci/f...

[Tsippy]

Hasn't there been trouble in the Ivory Coast for a number of years now? One of my team mates was from there, and ten years ago he was telling me about mass killings in his home country.

[elster]

Tsippy said:

Hasn't there been trouble in the Ivory Coast for a number of years now? One of my team mates was from there, and ten years ago he was telling me about mass killings in his home country.

That would be the last election with the UN favourite president taking power and the former ruler not wanting to go, same thing again this time round.

[Tsippy]

Cheers, I know that the troubles were one of many reasons that he relocated his family to France (luckily he had sporting ability so was able to move easily)

[andy43]

Ivory Coast
Terrorists? X
Oil? X
That'll be a no-go then.

[ATG]

Well, it would be intervention on the ground or no intervention at all. They're not using planes and artillery, so there's nothing to attack from the air or with cruise missiles. After Somalia, you're not likely to see boots on the ground except in a peace keeping role.

[elster]

andy43 said:

Ivory Coast
Terrorists? X
Oil? X
That'll be a no-go then.

I would do a bit of reading up.

They are 20 years further on in the process of democracy.

The only issue is the UN deciding who they want in, and getting it wrong.

[Disgusted]

elster said:

I would do a bit of reading up.

They are 20 years further on in the process of democracy.

The only issue is the UN deciding who they want in, and getting it wrong.

This is the trouble: the UN and particularly the French have been on the ground in Ivory Coast for some years (and have been involved in some serious fighting, including the destruction of the IC air force).

Despite this 3/4 of posters above decide that the West and/or the UN "won't" get involved because, apparently, there's no oil.

[Balmoral Green]

Al Jazeera don't pull any punches when it comes to showing graphic news coverage. People being beaten and burnt to death. God that was grim

[Mr Dave]

Balmoral Green said:

Al Jazeera don't pull any punches when it comes to showing graphic news coverage. People being beaten and burnt to death. God that was grim

I think if the BBC was more like this it wouldnt be a bad thing. The worlds a horrible place and we as a society tend to shield ourselves from it, thankfully we usually can in the UK. I just think it leads to a lot of people having a very sheltered view of the world.

[andy_s]

Bagbo now resigning from his cellar; from UN.