Posted on 07/30/2003 1:33:39 PM PDT by HAL9000
State Department-AP -- The US has drafted a United Nations resolution that would authorize a peacekeeping force for Liberia. The State Department spokesman says the US is circulating this draft to other UN members today. Richard Boucher says no date has been set for a vote yet, but the US hopes action would be taken "rather quickly."He says the main point is to get the fighting to stop, have a cease-fire take effect and have peacekeepers move into Liberia.
Boucher says the resolution refers to deployments from West African states.
Six African countries have promised a total of 32-hundred troops for an eventual five-thousand-strong peacekeeping force. The African countries want the US, South Africa, Morocco and Ethiopia to round out the force with their soldiers.
The Pentagon expects US ships to arrive soon off Liberia's coast. But U-S officials stress President Bush still must decide whether U-S forces would be used on the ground in Liberia, and if so, how many.
Copyright 2003 Associated Press.
If we're supposed to be against Charles Taylor in Liberia, who are we supposed to be for?
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