http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-liberia-usa-troops.htmlSmall Number of U.S. Troops Into Liberia - Officials
By REUTERS
Filed at 9:24 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is sending a small number of Marines into Liberia from ships offshore to provide logistical support for West African military peacekeepers in the civil war-torn African nation, U.S. defense officials said on Wednesday.
A ``liaison element,'' initially composed of six to 10 Marines, will be sent into the capital of Monrovia on orders from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, according to the officials, who asked not to be identified. They said the contingent, which could grow to up to 20 troops, will work with a multinational interim force of peacekeepers from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS.
The troops are being sent in from a task force of about 2,300 American Marines aboard ships off the Liberian coast. <snip>
Comment - Now did anyone doubt Bush's feelings toward stopping death in Africa in Liberia?
We show the flag with "6" who no doubt, like the current 70 at the Embassy, will stay inside the Embassy as folks pile bodies up at the Embassy gate to remind us of the US special relationship with Liberia and Bush's special relationship with a non-oil producing Black country.