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Gbagbo Forces Attack Ouattara Stronghold

   VOA News  March 12, 2011

Photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell

   Men display the tail fin of a mortar, one of many that had landed in a
   residential  section  of Abobo during earlier bombardments by security
   forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo of Abidjan, Ivory Coast Saturday, March
   12, 2011.

   Security  forces  loyal  to  Ivory Coast's incumbent president Laurent
   Gbagbo  have  launched  an  offensive in the Abidjan stronghold of his
   rival, Alassane Ouattara.
   Officials  said troops attacked the Abobo neighborhood Saturday on the
   ground and with air support.
   A  United  Nations  spokesman  said a staff member had been injured by