Knysna, C?te d'Ivoire - was captured and taken by his rival in custody on Monday, ending strongman of C?te d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, a four month standoff, the hundreds dead links in this once-prosperous west African nation, international diplomacy to a severe test and ultimately dragged the country into a civil war return.
His Chief of staff outside sends helicopters in the sky in the vicinity with French, Mr Gbagbo has shown his rivals as they stormed his residence to his defeat to signal forces.
"The fight over is," said Mr Gbagbo television station to his rival after his arrest. "So he went with a white handkerchief." "The fighting is over."
For months had to African diplomats and heads of State, Abidjan, and her brief commutes Gbagbo step down with Mr after losing a presidential election last year. The United Nations, the United States and the European Union called for his resignation, imposing severe economic sanctions that crippled the economy - but could not of Mr Gbagbo makes transfer.
Instead it took helicopters devastating air attacks by French and United Nations, at the end of Mr Gbagbo play to defy the international community, to help his rival, Alassane Ouattara, combat and to extend his rule.
On Sunday evening and Monday morning the helicopter hovered offices near the presidential election and the palatial residence, where Mr Gbagbo were punctured was with his wife for days, u fire missile blasts, officially to destroy the heavy weapons were made outside, but Mr Gbagbo reduces parts last redoubts in smoking ruins.
The United Nations and French officials regime change, carefully as more than its mandate by force, insisted that their actions for the protection of civilians, no matter capture forces of the final push-to Mr Gbagbo by his rivals were exclusively.
"There was not a single French soldier in the residence," said Cmdr. Frederic Daguillon, a French military spokesman in Abidjan.
But they readily recognized, that suggests the international Mr Gbagbo defence, so that he open to capture had broken.
Alain Le Roy, Director of the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations, said the strike on Mr Gbagbo to clear heavy weapons you the way for his rival to the residence of storm may have contributed to. But he stressed that there no coordination between the United Nations forces and by Mr Ouattara and the United Nations goal quite had focused on the protection of civilians.
Similarly, a French military spokesman, Thierry Burkhard, said Mr Gbagbo enemies had "exploited" which attacks the French and United Nations, to start their own.
"He really was weakened by the strikes," said Hamadoun Touré, a spokesman for the United Nations operation in C?te d'Ivoire.
President Obama praised the French and the United Nations, Mr. Gbagbo say "Illegitimate claim to power has come finally to an end." The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, called the arrest "the end of a chapter, which should never have."
But not the end mean the arrest the crisis, analysts warned. The air raids by France and the United Nations was expected, the many Gbagbo supporters trench fighting anti-Western adopted his passion. Although Mr Ouattara international choice recognized as the winner of last year, Gbagbo supporters now even more reason it as illegitimate, see may be forced upon them without intervention.
Mr Ouattara permanent overseas will also be tested by allegations that forces loyal to him hundreds of civilians, killed when they country, weakening his reputation than with the higher moral ground in the distance.
Mr Ouattara said "Our country only a painful page in its history has made," in a televised speech Monday night. He insisted that Mr Gbagbo guaranteed security, but announced, that he would require that against Mr Gbagbo, his wife and "all those who are arrested." opening legal proceedings You have "dignified treatment" and their rights will be respected, he vowed.
"I urge therefore my compatriots, which include a sense of revenge, any action could be taken retaliation or violence," said Mr Ouattara.
After his arrest, Mr. Gbagbo was for golf hotel, this shabby lagoon-side resort with his wife been where he had blocked Mr Ouattara for four months. Mr. Le Roy said in a strange reversal of other, previously guarded Mr Gbagbo and his wife, Simone, now of the same United Nations officials were Mr Ouattara protection has been had.
Adam Nossiter reports from Abidjan Ivory Coast; Scott Sayare of Paris; and Dan Bilefsky of the United Nations.
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