RebeldePorLaPAZ
21st July 2003, 18:17
BBC NEWS
FULL STORY
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3084771.stm
The mortar barrage began as people were taking advantage of a 12-hour lull in the shelling to try to find water and supplies.
Many of the dead have been piled in front of the US embassy as a protest against lack of action by the United States, shortly after the arrival by helicopter of about 40 US soldiers to reinforce security there.
About 4,500 other marines have been ordered to the Mediterranean to be ready to intervene in Liberia.
President George W Bush said the US was monitoring the situation very carefully.
The mortars are coming in rapid succession from the general direction of the port area where fighting is taking place, the BBC's Paul Welsh in Monrovia says.
One mortar shell earlier hit a building of the embassy compound in Monrovia.
Hundreds have taken shelter in United Nations buildings.
The rebels, who are seeking to overthrow President Charles Taylor, have denied in a BBC interview that they were responsible for the shelling.
FULL STORY
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3084771.stm
The mortar barrage began as people were taking advantage of a 12-hour lull in the shelling to try to find water and supplies.
Many of the dead have been piled in front of the US embassy as a protest against lack of action by the United States, shortly after the arrival by helicopter of about 40 US soldiers to reinforce security there.
About 4,500 other marines have been ordered to the Mediterranean to be ready to intervene in Liberia.
President George W Bush said the US was monitoring the situation very carefully.
The mortars are coming in rapid succession from the general direction of the port area where fighting is taking place, the BBC's Paul Welsh in Monrovia says.
One mortar shell earlier hit a building of the embassy compound in Monrovia.
Hundreds have taken shelter in United Nations buildings.
The rebels, who are seeking to overthrow President Charles Taylor, have denied in a BBC interview that they were responsible for the shelling.