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Negotiating the passage was often done by means of a mobile phone.

FANCI troops offloading ammunition and supplies from a transport plane.
The ammunition boxes identifies this as a box of 7.5mm ammunition in belts for the old AA-52 medium machine-gun of French origin.

A French commando together with a soldier belonging to the loyalist ivorian army (the FANCI).

Another shot of the French commando with a FANCI soldier, armed with an RPG-7. The FANCI group seems to be motorized on a standard civilian 4X4 pick-up.

A unit of the FANCI troops. Here they seem to be armed with the ubiquitous FN FAL and G3 assault rifles.

A French commando posing with two FANCI soldiers. Note the camouflaged P4 jeep belonging to the commandos in the background.

A FANCI soldier armed with an RPG-7 rocket launcher, and with the typical AK-47 webbing on his chest. The RPG-7 is an early model with plain "iron" sights.

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