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| Africa: West |
| Family feud rocks Liberia rebels |
| 2004-01-20 |
| The wife of the leader of Liberia’s main rebels says she has replaced him. Aisha Conneh said that she, unlike her husband, would work with Liberia’s interim leader Gyude Bryant to achieve peace and disarm rebel fighters. However, a rebel spokesman said that Mr Sekou Conneh was still in charge of the Lurd movement. "Don’t listen to that woman! He’s still in charge, really!" Speaking at her residence in Monrovia, Mrs Conneh, who calls herself the "Iron Lady", said she was the "boss lady" of Lurd, so Mr Conneh should do what she said. Don’t mess with Mom. Especially when she’s got her own army. She said she had funded the movement and installed her husband as its leader. "It’s my money, dammit. He kept lying around the hut, drinking beer and watching tv, so I gave him the job to earn his keep." Last week some 30 Lurd commanders said they had replaced Mr Conneh as their leader. "It was in the pre-nup, she gets the group" "I’m ready to work with Gyude Bryant because I want peace in Liberia," she said, accusing her husband of not wanting peace. The BBC’s Jonathan Paye-Layleh says Mr and Mrs Conneh have an on-off relationship but have a baby girl together. Guess that happened during the "on" part. Mrs Conneh, who is still breast-feeding, says she is the adopted daughter of Guinea’s President Lansana Conte. Oh, great. Now I have this mental picture of her addressing the troops with the baby sucking away. Guinea was accused of backing Lurd in their long struggle against Mr Taylor. Shipment of AK’s was the wedding gift from Dad. Mr Bryant was chosen at peace talks to head a power-sharing government of rebel group, members of Mr Taylor’s former administration and civilian political parties. He was Chucky’s pick. "Believe me, if I tell the children (fighters) to bring their arms, they will bring all and I will turn them in. Anyone who will not turn in guns will be turned over to the UN to be dealt with," Mrs Conneh said. She might be able to do it. Nobody sez no to Mom |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 So that explains the dresses and wigs on their fighters. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-1-20 10:12:51 PM |
| #1 And the survey says..... |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-20 8:31:10 PM |