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SUNDAY ALAMBA/ASSOCIATED PRESS Arally in Ivory Coast. Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down as president, says theUnitedNations is an “agent of destabilization.” Peacekeepers ordered out of Ivory Coast
Act of defiance is leader’s response to U.N. support of rival
BY MARCO CHOWN OVED
abidjan, ivory coast — The man who refuses to step down as Ivory Coast’s president ordered thousands of U.N. peacekeepers to leave the country immediately Saturday, calling the global body that has endorsed his political rival an “agent of destabilization.” The move was the latest act of
political defiance by Laurent Gbagbo, who has been in power since 2000 and maintains he is the rightfulwinnerof lastmonth’s runoff vote in the West African nation, despite growing interna- tional pressure onhimto concede defeat. The statement read on state
television came two days after as many as30peoplehadbeenkilled in street violence in Ivory Coast. EarlierSaturday,maskedgunmen opened fire on theU.N. base here; no one from the United Nations was harmed in the attack. Gbagbo’s spokeswoman said
Saturday that the U.N. mission, known as UNOCI, has not re- mained neutral in the election dispute and accused it of arming the New Forces rebels allied with opposition leader Alassane Ouat- tara. The United Nations certified
results showingthatOuattarahad won by “an irrefutable margin.” Ivory Coast had invited theworld body to supervise the vote and certify the outcome following a peace accord after the country’s 2002-03 civilwar. “The state of Ivory Coast con-
siders that theUNOCI has shown itself to be guilty of serious mis- conduct, which indubitably proves that it is an agent of desta-
bilization and contributes to the further division of the Ivorian people,” she said. In New York, U.N. peacekeep-
ingchiefAlainLeRoywasholding an emergency meeting of his de- partment’s crisis teamtodiscussa responsetoGbagbo’s request, said a U.N. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity. It remainsunclearwhatweight
Gbagbo’s demand would have since the United Nations doesn’t consider himto be president. There are about 9,000 U.N.
peacekeepers in the country, and about 800 of them have been protecting the compound from whichOuattarais tryingtogovern the country. Gbagbo also called for the de-
parture of about 900 French forc- es who have been supporting the U.N. peacekeepers. Although the United States,
France and the African Union have endorsed Ouattara as the rightful winner of the election,
Gbagbomaintains control of both themilitary and statemedia. —Associated Press
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