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Calls for U.S. intervention in Liberia intensify.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Ron Hutcheson
WASHINGTON _ Ten years after a disastrous U.S. military intervention in Somalia, President Bush is thinking about sending troops to another African trouble spot: Liberia.
Faced with growing calls for an American peacekeeping force, Bush met with his top foreign policy advisers last weekend and again Tuesday to discuss his options for dealing with a bloody civil war in the West African nation. Britain, France, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and both sides in the conflict have asked for U.S. help in enforcing a cease-fire agreement.
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Bush hadn't ruled out the use of troops, despite ...
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