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Article: Ivory Coast Army Accuses Liberians
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- February 9, 2003
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Dateline: ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast
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The military claimed it had come under attack from Liberian fighters
at a western border town Sunday, as West African leaders pressed peace
efforts for Ivory Coast.
Attackers "consisting primarily of Liberian fighters" hit Ivorian
army troops in the town of Toulepleu from the north, west and south
early Sunday, Ivory Coast army spokesman Lt. Col. Jules Yao Yao said.
The town is 10 miles east of Ivory Coast's border with Liberia. Yao
Yao said fighting lasted 90 minutes until Ivory Coast troops repelled
the attackers.
Neither rebel groups nor Liberia's military could immediately be reached
for comment on the ...