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...Taylor, who commands the main rebel force and controls most of the Liberian countryside, vowed to resist the West Africans' intervention. He started by launching a new offensive last week to seize control of the divided capital, Monrovia. "We will use guns, machetes, knives," he cried. "We will kill all of them...
...MONROVIA, Liberia--Liberia's rival rebel factions and a representative of President Samuel K. Doe have agreed to meet to try to bring an end to the West African nation's bloody civil war, sources said yesterday...
...Washington, Defense Department spokesperson Pete Williams said the Liberian capital of Monrovia was relatively quiet yesterday...
Taylor's rebels had evacuated most foreigners--but not scores of Guineans and Nigerians--from Monrovia's battlefront in an 18-vehicle convoy on Wednesday. Guinea and Nigeria are participating in the West African peacekeeping force...
...leading Nigerian newspaper, the Guardian, reported yesterday morning that Taylor's rebels shot two Nigerian citizens to death inside their Monrovia embassy during the past week. The report was certain to step up pressure on Nigeria's military government to speed up intervention...