ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Screaming ``We will kill the French!'' thousands of protesters mobbed a French military base Wednesday, pressing their call for peacekeepers to abandon Ivory Coast so government attacks on rebels can resume.
Demonstrators hurled rocks, and Ivorian and French forces fired tear gas to disperse the crowd of pro-government youths, gathered for a third straight day - 6,000 strong - despite a government ban.
In the rebel-held north, thousands rallied against the government, vowing to support the 4,000-strong French force and demanding the resignation of President Laurent Gbagbo
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