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DATE: TUESDAY, July 3, 1990                   TAG: 9007030259
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MONROVIA, LIBERIA                                LENGTH: Short

REBELS ATTACK LIBERIA CAPITAL, ROADS CUT OFF

Rebels attacked Monrovia on Monday in a two-pronged offensive, cutting all major land routes out of the Liberian capital.

Heavy automatic gunfire and artillery fire erupted in the eastern and western suburbs. People streamed from the city center to escape the fighting and headed for areas believed already controlled by the rebels.

In response to the rebel onslaught, President Samuel Doe rebroadcast his June 25 proposal to include the rebels in a broad-based interim administration until early elections next January.

- Associated Press 


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