Gaullist France under seige

We read in the Washington Times, French forces "fired on" Ivory Coast citizens, killing 7 and wounding 200 in the latest clash.

You've got love Gaullist France's unilateral brand of international diplomacy: "France, Ivory Coast's former colonial ruler, wiped out the nation's small air force in retaliation, sparking anti-French rampages by mobs of thousands in the fiercely nationalist south ... At least four days of confrontations have killed at least 20 other people, wounded 700." (C'est la guerre.)

Apparently, not only is French quisine delightful, so it seems are its citizens:

"'We are not going to leave,' one loyalist outside the French temporary base said, adding that protesters would take shifts to eat. 'If I get the French, I can eat them,' he said."