WORLD IN BRIEF : LIBERIA : Peacekeeping Force Shells Taylor Rebels
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The West African peacekeeping force launched heavy artillery attacks against troops of the main rebel leader, Charles Taylor, in Monrovia. Smoke hung over government buildings in the capital close to the executive mansion, from which soldiers loyal to the late President Samuel K. Doe also fired rockets at Taylor’s guerrillas.
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