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This election back in november, and this was meant to put an end to the strife to the north and south ivory coast. it didn't. even though the community recognized watera as the legitimately elected president, gbagbo said no, refused to step down. there was a standoff between these two men and finally in the last couple weeks, forces loyal to watera essentially swept the country. >> and john, the impact. i mean, this has been severe. because we're talking -- perhaps as many as -- 800 killed, and 1 million displaced. >> and it looks as if most of those displaced, most of those killed, rather, we...

Gbagbo's forces blame watera's forces. what is interesting is that those forces loyal are called the new forces. and watera has maintained his distance from them, saying i don't have any control over these rebel groups. so there is an investigation under way. so if watera does become president, it will be interesting to see if there is any kind of implications for him being involved in the massacre. >> it looks like potentially both leaders have, you know -- >> blood on their hands, absolutely. and what we know right now is that it looks as if it watera will be president, and that gbagbo curre...