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Guerrilla group widely known for horrific crimes, tactics
Washington Times ^
| Tuesday, August 12, 2003
| By Waltraud Kaserer
Posted on 08/11/2003 11:02:09 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:06:11 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The Liberian LURD rebels, a band of several thousand guerrillas known for kidnapping, torture, and rape of women and girls, reached a long-sought goal yesterday when President Charles Taylor stepped down and fled into exile.
"The war is over," said Sekou Conneh, the group's leader who is now in Ghana, where he takes part in peace negotiations.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; charlestaylor; farewell; liberia; lurd; theend
To: JohnHuang2
I am of the suspicion we have no ideas of what we are doing over there. It's hard to see that the torturing of women represents an attitude of betterment of the country. Taylor may have been the only one over there interested and capable of controling these madmen. It's a thankless job. In expelling him we may be condemning that part of Africa to hell. Given the religion of the thug leader, it might be an Islamic hell.
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08/11/2003 11:22:31 PM PDT
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RLK
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