LIBERIA: SECURITY SITUATION WORSENS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06861502
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2020
• Case Number: F-2017-02018
• Publication Date: July 31, 1990

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Director of Central Intelligence
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Tuesday, 31 July 1990
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Contents
Japan: Holding Down Defense Spending Increase
Notes USSR-EC: Political Dialogue Expanding
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Liberia: Security Situation Worsens
Islamic States: Foreign Ministers To Convene
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Egypt: Cracking Down on Islamic Extremists
Fiji: New Constitution Portends Renewed Ethnic Tensions
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In Brief
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Special Analyses
Vietnam: Leadership Edgy About Problems at Home 13
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LIBERIA: Security Situation Worsens
Prince Johnson's forces continued to strengthen their position in
Monrovia, gaining control of Mamba Point and driving army soldiers
back toward the Barclay Training Center. Johnson's rebels say they
expect to capture the Training Center today. The army and Charles
Taylor's troops exchanged artillery fire in the Paynesville area. Army
soldiers attacked the Lutheran church compound, spraying the
refugees there with automatic weapons fire.
as many as 200 people were killed and another 80 were wounded.
Several hundred people surged from the church into the USAID
compound, but soldiers later forcibly removed them. An
international aid representative claims soldiers also killed roughly
150 civilians and wounded another 100 in a refugee camp near
St. Joseph Hospital. Taylor's spokesman yesterday told reporters the
US probably was supporting Johnson's forces. He claimed Johnson
had communicated directly with the US Ambassador.
Comment: The Embassy now is directly behind rebel lines, making
US officials more vulnerable to stray gunfire if the army attempts to
retake the area. Accusations by the army, and now by Taylor's group,
that the US is supporting Johnson's forces may cause army hostility
toward US citizens to increase.
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