Liberian Forces Block U.S. Military Mission (Our next Cake Walk)

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http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3054393

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Gun-waving Liberian troops blocked a U.S. military team from entering a refugee camp on Tuesday as President Bush vowed to work with the United Nations and Africans for peace in the country.

Bush said he had still not decided whether to send U.S. peacekeepers into the West African state, founded by freed American slaves as a haven of liberty in the 19th century.

The U.S. reconnaissance mission to Liberia got off to a bad start on Tuesday when the Americans, who arrived a day earlier, were halted by forces loyal to Liberian President Charles Taylor outside the capital Monrovia.

The Liberians stopped the U.S. convoy at the Iron Gate checkpoint as it headed for a camp housing thousands of refugees.

"We got turned around. The military turned us around," a U.S. embassy official told Reuters. "I don't know why."

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[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. aw, gawd

And all so Pat Robertson can dig for gold.

[AnnabelLee]

2. I thought our troops were only trained

to "kill people & conquer countries". Oh, Condi....