Afghanistan, Libya, Ivory Coast
Communist Party of the Workers of France
This is the third front in the war in which French imperialism is
engaged: after Afghanistan, Libya, and today, it is the Ivory Coast.
The troops of the ‘Licorne’ force are officially engaged in fighting
against the forces of Gbagbo.
They are involved in a reactionary civil war that has ravaged that
country for years, on one side, that of Ouattara, whose troops are
responsible for mass killings. The officials of the UNOCI [United
Nations Commission in the Ivory Coast], the military coalition which
supports the French armed forces, have asked Ouattara’s supporters to
‘stop the massacres’! The fighting has already claimed hundreds of
victims, mostly civilians.
We reaffirm our opposition to this reactionary war and the
participation of the French army. This war may ‘bury’ the Gbagbo
regime, but it will only widen and exacerbate the divisions, and
aggravate the situation of the popular masses.
With or without a UN mandate, the armies of the imperialist powers
do not bring democracy, much less peace. This is true in all the
countries where French imperialism is at war!
Together with many organisations, in France and in Africa, we demand that the French troops leave Africa.
Paris, April 5, 2011
Communist Party of the Workers of France
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