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Main Rebel Group Says It's Quitting Peace Talks

IN BRIEF / LIBERIA

June 24, 2003|From Times Wire Reports

Liberia's main rebel group said it was quitting peace talks and accused the top mediator of letting President Charles Taylor renege on a pledge to step down.

Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy demanded that Mohammed ibn Chambas leave the talks, calling him a "spokesman" for Taylor. Chambas is executive secretary of the West African bloc mediating the talks in Ghana.


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The rebels claim Chambas waffled on holding Taylor to his promise to cede power under a cease-fire accord.

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