A BBC report on France’s unilateral intervention in Ivory Coast says that the principled, nuanced French have apparently killed dozens of unarmed civilians—for revenge: French ‘killed Ivorian civilians’. (Hat tip: McKinnon of that Ilk.)

Ivory Coast has accused French troops of killing unarmed civilians to avenge the death of nine French peacekeepers.

Parliament speaker Mamadou Coulibaly said the French had killed 30 people and wounded more than 100 in the main cities of Abidjan and Yamassoukro.

The French have denied this - saying they fired warning shots on protesters near Abidjan airport and a French base.