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Liberian Forces Block U.S. Military Mission
EFL and News
Gun-waving Liberian gunnies troops blocked a U.S. military team from entering a refugee camp on Tuesday as President Bush vowed to work with the United Nations and Africans for peace in the country.
| I'd call that an unfriendly act, myself... |
Bush said he had still not decided whether to send U.S. peacekeepers into the West African state. The U.S. reconnaissance mission to Liberia got off to a bad start on Tuesday when the Americans, who arrived a day earlier, were halted by forces loyal to Liberian President Charles Taylor outside the capital Monrovia.
Note that: "loyal to President Charles Taylor"? Evicting him will not change the situation on the ground. Killing him will help, but it's a CIVIL WAR. We shouldn't be there til there's achance for peace
The Liberians stopped the U.S. convoy at the Iron Gate checkpoint as it headed for a camp housing thousands of refugees. "We got turned around. The military turned us around," a U.S. embassy official told Reuters. "I don't know why."
| The gunnies were showing they could do it â a little demonstration of who's in charge... |
There was no immediate comment from Liberian officials.
| Because they're waiting for us to react to the provocation... |
Posted by: Frank G 2003-07-08 |
