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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-03 08:18 AM
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Liberian forces turn back U.S. military mission
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08604240.htm

MONROVIA, July 8 (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Liberian President Charles Taylor turned back a U.S. military survey team before it could get to a refugee camp it had planned to visit outside Monrovia on Tuesday, witnesses said.

A U.S. embassy official said he had no immediate explanation for why the team was turned back from the checkpoint at Iron Gate, three km (two miles) before the turnoff for the refugee camp.

"We got turned around. The military turned us around," the official said. "I don't know why." The humanitarian survey team which got down to work on Tuesday is meant to look at how to bring stability to the broken West African country. The United States is still considering whether to send peacekeepers.

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AnnabelLee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-03 10:26 AM
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1. "The United States is considering
whether to send peacekeepers". I thought our troops were trained to kill people & conquer countries, not keep the peace. Calling Condi...
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