Machete-waving mobs looted and burned French targets in Ivory Coast’s largest cities on Sunday, laying siege of a French military base and searching houses for French families. France’s military responded in force, sending helicopters to rescue trapped expatriates from buildings as other French helicopters and armoured vehicles moved out to confront the mobs. Numerous French families contacted French authorities in Ivory Coast, saying their homes were being attacked and looted, French military spokesperson Henry Aussavy said. Full Story