Popular support falling for French CAR military operation - poll


  • World
  • Sunday, 15 Dec 2013

A French soldier holds his weapon as they guard a petrol station in Bangui December 13, 2013. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

PARIS (Reuters) - Domestic support for a French peacekeeping operation in Central African Republic has fallen quickly since the deaths of two young soldiers, a poll showed on Saturday.

Nicolas Vokaer, 23, and Antoine Le Quinio, 22, were killed in a firefight during a patrol in the Central African capital of Bangui early on December 10, days after France deployed 1,600 troops to its former colony.

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