Bush's simpleton way of thinking and lack of leadership is making the world into a more dangerous place everyday. We need a clean sweep of this corrupt and vile administration and a strong new courageous leader to engage the world in the complex manner that it needs. That leader is John Kerry.



Chaos, Killing Rock Capital of Liberia
An estimated 90 civilians die in shelling, hundreds more are injured. Angry residents stack bodies outside the American Embassy in Monrovia.

Climate Worsens for Troops
July 22, 2003

By Ann M. Simmons, Times Staff Writer

MONROVIA, Liberia — Mortar shells rained down on this coastal capital Monday, killing and maiming scores of civilians as a small force of U.S. Marines arrived to bolster security at the besieged U.S. Embassy.

Several thousand more Marines were ordered to the Mediterranean for possible deployment in the war-ravaged West African nation.

The exact death toll Monday was unknown, but aid workers estimated that at least 90 Liberians were killed and said the number probably would rise. More than 300 people were injured.

Heavy explosions from shells and grenades rocked the city from midday into the evening as rebels battled government forces, sending terrified civilians scrambling for cover in doorways and damaged buildings. After one shell hit an American housing complex now occupied by refugees, angry residents stacked at least 18 mutilated bodies outside the main gate of the nearby U.S. Embassy.

"G. Bush Killer Liberia," read a sign scrawled on a piece of cardboard and hoisted by a young man outside the embassy. Other screaming citizens hurled rocks and stones at the walls of the fortified concrete compound.

"What do we do now?" wailed Porpor Conneh as she banged her fists on one of the embassy gates. "O God, O God. We're just suffering. We can't die for nothing...





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