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December 6, 2001

Ivory Coast plans to bring back conscription starting in Dec 2003, although relatively few people will be drafted for 18-month tours. The problem is that the Army as currently constituted is virtually a private club and prone to launch coups against the government. Drafting young men from all over the country will make it less likely for one group to get control over the military.--Stephen V Cole