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...But those UN forces better hurry.

AP MONROVIA, Liberia - Clutching her daughter's photograph to her breast, Rebecca throws back her head and wails. Gunmen burst into her home and raped the child on her 10th birthday, leaving her lying in a pool of blood and vomit — dead.

Every time fighting surges in Liberia (news - web sites), women are raped, aid workers say. But this time, the scale is incalculable. Wild-eyed men are going door to door, ransacking homes, beating and killing people, and raping any women — or girls — they find.

Both sides in the battle are implicated — the fighters of warlord President Charles Taylor, as well as the rebels trying to overthrow him. Women used to be most at risk fleeing through the bush, aid workers say. Now they are not safe in their homes either.

Every time fighting surges in Liberia (news - web sites), women are raped, aid workers say. But this time, the scale is incalculable.

The fighting appears a bit more intense than usual for the region, too.

"Both sides in the battle are implicated — the fighters of warlord President Charles Taylor, as well as the rebels trying to overthrow him. Women used to be most at risk fleeing through the bush, aid workers say. Now they are not safe in their homes either."

That's the root of the problem, isn't it? There are no 'good guys' in this one.

Liberia is yet another African sh*thole where natives slaughter natives. Let me hear Jackson, Mfume, Sharpton, et al wax rhapsodic over "The Motherland". These people deserve each other.........and the quicker Africa is depopulated, the better off the world will be.

Sound harsh? History is on my side in this one.