Bush Opens Door to Troops, Liberians Trade Charges Mon July 14, 2003 04:49 PM ET
By David Clarke and Steve Holland
MONROVIA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush said Monday he was open to sending a limited number of U.S. troops to Liberia, where rebels and the government accused each other of breaking a fragile truce.
Bush has come under intense international pressure to help end 14 years of almost nonstop war in a nation founded by freed American slaves in the 19th century.
"Any commitment we have would be limited in size and limited in tenure," Bush said in Washington after talks with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Bush also said Liberian President Charles Taylor, a former warlord who has been indicted for war crimes, would have to leave first. Taylor has insisted he will only go after peacekeepers arrive.
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