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ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast): Ivory Coast's embattled leader sounded one of the first conciliatory notes on Tuesday in his West African nation's devastating confrontation with its former colonial ruler, declaring, ``We are not at war with France.'' The Ivorian President, Laurent Gbagbo, looking worn, spoke to The Associated Press at his Abidjan villa, which aides confirmed he had not left since a November 6 air strike killed nine French peacekeepers and an American. Mr. Gbagbo rejected immediate blame for the strike, saying, an ``inquiry must establish responsibility ... If they are Ivorian soldiers, we will punish them — because we are not at war with France.'' The air strike set off a stunning two-week spate of events threatening lasting harm to Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer and the economic anchor of West Africa: French forces destroyed his air force, loyalist mobs took to the streets in rampages that targeted French civilians and troops, and France led a 5,000-plus evacuation of Westerners.
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