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2003-07-22 Africa: West

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-07-22 14:34|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Shelling again rocked the devastated Liberian capital Monrovia on Tuesday as rebels refused to sign a west African brokered peace pact to end a ruinous four-year civil war. One rocket landed near the US embassy in Monrovia's Mamba Point area and near the office of the British aid organisation Merlin, causing two injuries and one death, according to witnesses. LURD and a second rebel group, the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), faulted the plan for failing to propose three vice presidencies in a power-sharing transitional government for the west African state. However a rebel official attending peace talks in Ghana told AFP that LURD had ordered the rebels to halt their offensive on Monrovia. The order was made 48 hours ago, and has been repeated, but "every time they (rebels) intended to leave an area or do a tactical withdrawal, Taylor's forces opened fire, making the situation very difficult for us," said the official, Kabineh Ja'neh.
If your gonna get shot, might as well push forward.

Posted by Steve 2003-7-22 2:57:11 PM|| 2003-7-22 2:57:11 PM|| Front Page Top

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