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11/01/2004:

"Liberia seizes weapons, arrests rebel leader"

MONROVIA (AFP) - UN peacekeepers arrested a dissident rebel leader and seized weapons in a clampdown on the Liberian capital on the last day of a campaign to disarm fighters in the west African state.

General Philip Kamara of the main rebel Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and one other still-unidentified LURD member were arrested at Kamara's home in Monrovia's Paynesville district, UN military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Brendan Geraghty confirmed.

Two AK-47 rifles were seized, UN mission spokesman James Boynton added.

Ghanaian peacekeepers told AFP in Paynesville that some 80 LURD fighters had been detained along with other weapons.

Full Article : turkishpress.com