Since Friday have loyal to Mr Gbagbo conquered territory in Abidjan, the economic capital, a French military operation forces repelled, attacked his rival headquarters and State television and radio, the broadcasting of messages recaptured Act of defiance.
Mr Gbagbo was surrounded even rival, Alassane Ouattara, the country's internationally recognized President, supported by troops from France, and the United Nations by forces loyal to his.
But on Saturday night, his troops of the Golf Hotel, where his headquarters has maintained Mr Ouattara, attacked to win since the presidential elections in November. A UN official said it was the first time Mr Gbagbo forces the hotel had attacked.
The hotel was of small mortars, eyewitnesses reported during the hotel staff, guests and Government Mr Ouattara took cover in the basement.
"Gbagbo's mercenaries lost men," said a hotel employee reached by telephone, refused, enter its name, fear for his safety.
A spokesman of the United Nations Mission in C?te d ' Ivoire, Amadoun Touré, declared but no ground troops in the RAID concerned were involved in, and the United Nations of forces artillery fire was returned.
The State RTI television and radio station, which had conquered Mr Ouattara troops 10 days earlier, came back on the air on Friday, returning to his role as the voice of the Gbagbo Government.
The network broadcast statements claimed the French force had attacked Mr Gbagbo residence and brought "Rebel" in the neighborhood to the Hill surrounded, deny claims French officials.
"The regime of President Laurent Gbagbo is still there," read another statement, doodle on the bottom of the screen. "We ask all Ivorians of the strong mobilization."
A French military rescue mission late Friday, defeated his troops. In response to a request for assistance from abroad, which could not identify French officials had French helicopter mounted efforts to save foreign staff from a diplomatic residence in the neighbourhood of Cocody, not far from Mr Gbagbo residence.
However, the aircraft encountered a heavier presence of Gbagbo loyalists as expected, under fire from small and at least an armored vehicle, said the French military destroyed his troops; the rescue operation has been canceled.
"Last night we observed, that they develop for their perimeter," despite a military blockade of Mr Ouattara, announced, Colonel Thierry Burkhard, a French military spokesman said. Pro-Gbagbo forces now surrounded several diplomatic residences take Mr Gbagbo stronghold, said Colonel Burkhard.
He declined to identify who had sought French assistance to the nation, say that it is not "reasonable" to do, because the concerned diplomatic staff were threatened or considered.
Beyond the Cocody neighbourhood have Mr Gbagbo forces again ground elsewhere in Abidjan and the neighbourhood of the plateau, the United Nations of peacekeeping Chief, Alain Le Roy, said Friday taken. Now they seem positions close to the Golf Hotel, picked up Ouattara and his Government for months, have holes in the Lord had been by surrounded by Mr Gbagbo forces and largely not leaving until recently. Mr. Le Roy said Mr Gbagbo was active in negotiations last week as a Verz?gerungsman?ver to his forces to consolidate their position, and had the areas around his connection with weapons even as his envoy to the international negotiations had been reinforced.
The negotiations zuneigte, attempted forces loyal to Mr Ouattara Mr Gbagbo of his residence, where he, to take refuge in a well appointed basement together with family, friends and helpers.
On Friday however, a shift in that seem to restore some semblance of normality in Abidjan has tactic that was by fighting and where water and electricity intermittent, was announced Mr Ouattara, he would close off pin Mr Gbagbo in his residence and him.
But Mr Gbagbo forces - "he is very good," according to Colonel Burkhard - proven so far too clever or also decided.
"they have nothing more to lose," said Colonel Burkhard.
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