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 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - A red T-shirt draped over the statue of a former colonial governor bears a curt message for French peacekeepers in this war-divided West African country: "Get out."
The tenuous relationship between Paris and its former colony suffered another blow Wednesday when the French Defense Ministry confirmed that troops in Ivory Coast suffocated an Ivorian prisoner in an armored vehicle in May, and commanders knew of the killing but did not notify their superiors.
Gen. Henri Poncet, who commanded the peacekeeping mission, was suspended from duty and given an official warning while the investigation continues.
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