Mon, Jul 28, 2003 - Page 1 News List

Skepticism over US pledge

PROMISES, PROMISES The US president might have promised peacekeepers for Liberia but few believe he will risk American lives amid the current mayhem

THE OBSERVER , MONROVIA

A decision by the Economic Community of West African States to send peacekeepers which was due last week is now scheduled for tomorrow.

Liberia has been wracked by conflict for 14 years, much orchestrated by Taylor, a warlord turned elected president who has been indicted for war crimes by a UN tribunal in neighboring Sierra Leone.

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