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US Intervention

The United States of America had send a small number of troops to bolster security in Monrovia, which had come under attack. The U.S. Intervention also stationed a marine Expeditionary United. It was around 2300 Marines offshore while Nigeria sent in peacekeepers as part of a Economic community of West African states force. In Junie 4. 2003 in Ghana,Accra, ECOWAS facilitated the inauguration of peace talks among the Government of Liberia, civil society, and the rebel groups called “Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy” (previous civil war (1989-1996). By July 17 2003 the Government of Liberia, LURD, and MODEL signed a cease-fire that envisioned a peace agreement within around 30 days. The three combatants broke that cease-fire repeatedly, which resulted in bitter fighting that eventually reached downtown Monrovia.

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