Johannesburg — MONROVIA President Charles Taylor vowed to fight to the last man
yesterday as rebels pushed into Liberia's war-torn capital, dashing hope
that a quick deployment of international peacekeepers could avert more
bloodshed.
Speaking on the balcony of his executive mansion overlooking the sea, he
repeated his pledge to step down and accept asylum in Nigeria, but only
after international peacekeepers arrived in sufficient numbers.
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