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WORD wwsw..toosstruggket ma conrt testres Freet capable of seoding ore were wiuing: Britain and te t.S. ruled out their om. forcen. The raercurial rebet ehiet vrrionsly doniked that bas mnen were holdhng anyone. kost in te bush and clnired t.N.peace keepxrs were foreibiy and llegaly dsarn- ing R.t.r. hghters. U.N. oifeials say thoy heve oroot tant Sardob han been sendhng orters to Rekd units to launch the attacks. The satuaton is very hukd and vooy dol. eate."sad aU.N.spokeywooan Thexe is nothing dokate abont the Huring tike country's eight yoars ofeind e a. Reboks, mone as young xs 1, torrared .od mutilated anestinated foo.Oo aorr.re eace ded sigren by tho gorornoent ad the R F.reonwed Sankoh's45.o0o oen t Peacekeepers in Peril sxrerder thexr weapons xd exthaose i Cabinet seats in 3 govemnment of nationn? unity. They have drrgged tieir fee! aod ? wow, Hnanced by diamond souggting, threy An embatded Amica, terror staks U.N.troops as Yorm unchalknget. Neanwbie.wahin weeks ot the peae rebels go on a ranpage, this time in Sierra Leone dent's siaoiog, rnd sodts brorn anoibet ton knapped 300.Nchas jooma Sy SION ROSNSON NAIROBI Demcerate Regxblc of Congo.U.s.Am- ists rnd pacekecpers arnd oore than 200 Wassador Riehrd Holboke leading a 5c women and chidre. All were eventnslly ye. AAT WA SEEMS TO WRECK curity Cocct deegation secred reluctant leased,bt kdnappings wirgesby vaoous Afrit's hopes xs tat so few of its agreenent last week from corgo's waring rebel groupy and ccessional clashe: with strongnen rxealy iutesested in partien lo sccep poncekeepers. Bot the L.N.sotiers hove emtnaed ever sin. pence. Focay brokoh aid his Rovo How wil tre I.N.do its ob I ent Iotooary Unted Font ranpaged aeross serambling to quell what be caliei Sankoh's protee its cwn sodeers? Its peaeekgers Sierrs Leone for nenrly a deode, hacking. Ragrant volation" of Sierra Lone's poace entered Strra leooe detorrned nt tor- the bnis of cokess civians in a biood acooxd raiseddobts axot U.N.eforisany. peat enbanassing akres in bontmlia. soakod guest for power.Siok of de sag- where.A.. Kwandr sxdAga.Wveobfoe lastwk's teerbers te trnatonsl comm Annan's inexiakorority wa te ree erisis. t anncced plans to deploy an extre oty brokered a pence paet innt iast Ioly ebostges in Siera Leone.Athough te 00o tswhih wo nake the N. ukinarely gave the rebels aooesy,a sbare Biue Helaets aerepowored xekeha NA Re government pover and a piece of the fcce to proteet demselves,they are not country's dianond wealth. It apoaxeudy there to go to war. Arman begged a host ot last week Hobroke akwiedged thn wasr't erugh.s volence nas erted Afrcan lesdes inercke wxth Sokh Sirra Loone cast a poikntial shandow" on al! ga iposhaterederra Len.A and caled fr the deploynent cf a raid U.N.oi as he aod a Seoriy Coom ths boe i bxs enguite the very U.N. reaotioe torcektkstr the8A0 el deogton me wth Deacko toops sent to rontor the peae.Sodkers troopsaiready there.Nooeoftneconioxs I x ot.Couge.Kisident.wrnt.Kakts.m. from tu: unrepeotant a.u. Kin to sigm the wwooped dw ou U.N.per wn t cx3.00 U.N snel actoss tx tny country tops to nortteng last week By Friday, four peace: dead thoxe. Hohwooke Konyan pereekcopors lay ssys the Corg war. whc ead oore than 300 others pits Angoin- and Zimtabwcy Were hed hostage,sed brare backed xoveniner oos rebels were reprtedly"on the agaost Rwanda- and Cgans move' in I3 captured U.N. ar. dback cebeg.w mored persoene carrkers Rocompies fr te t.N.too anoo prq se sanu py. raxchrore thn try kregot fr Sirra Len.But te an e aoorg the wrrrng a tnelyxesunpiionorthtco tes.B s ets inSeo Bet wes a porent warning to Leone o sow k theON.just wsabt a Rrehard Sowrooce kries to tne pence is s long way ko ake on a rxh xger p osK Kegeg R. keeping chailenge in te 48 TEMAS.2000