Rebels Take Major City; French Soldiers Stand By
From Times Wire Reports
Rebels captured Man, the leading city in Ivory Coast’s coffee-rich west and vowed to continue their push until they reached the commercial capital, the key to controlling what had been West Africa’s most stable and prosperous nation.
As government soldiers fled, French Foreign Legion troops moved in force toward the rebels, ready for orders to intervene.
Ivory Coast’s war erupted with a failed coup attempt Sept. 19 and quickly saw another rebel group seize the northern half of the country.
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