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  • Siege of Monrovia
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  • In early 2003, a rebel group, the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), emerged in the south, and by the summer of 2003, Taylor's government controlled only a third of the country. Despite some setbacks, by mid-2003 LURD rebels controlled the northern third of the country and was threatening the capital.
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Partof
  • the Second Liberian Civil War
Date
  • --07-18
Commander
  • Unknown
  • Charles G. Taylor
Casualties
  • 1000
  • 1500
  • 2500
Result
  • Charles G. Taylor resigns, peacekeepers arrive and rebels lift the siege
combatant
  • Armed Forces of Liberia
  • LURD rebels
Place
  • Monrovia
Conflict
  • Siege of Monrovia
abstract
  • In early 2003, a rebel group, the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), emerged in the south, and by the summer of 2003, Taylor's government controlled only a third of the country. Despite some setbacks, by mid-2003 LURD rebels controlled the northern third of the country and was threatening the capital.