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2003-08-06 Africa: East

Liberiaâs Taylor to Announce Resignation of Presidency Thursday

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Posted by Steve 2003-08-06 1:54:11 PM|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yes, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

Posted by tu3031 2003-8-6 2:01:15 PM|| 2003-8-6 2:01:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Should I call the taxidermist? or the hit man???

Posted by SOG475 2003-8-6 2:01:19 PM|| 2003-8-6 2:01:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 tu3031 - The Boston equivalent: Whitey Bulger, still missing.

Posted by Raj 2003-8-6 2:41:39 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-8-6 2:41:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 But it looks like the party's over for Billy...

Posted by tu3031 2003-8-6 3:02:33 PM|| 2003-8-6 3:02:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Liberian President Charles Taylor will Thursday formally announce his intention to resign..

Come Thursday, the following is observed:

Taylor: "I intend to resign."

Reporter: "And when is that?"

Taylor: "Sometime soon. I will make that announcement when the time has come. That is all."

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-8-6 4:18:29 PM|| 2003-8-6 4:18:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I can see Chuckles resignation news conferences as having a life of its own and being a cottage industry. I can see reporters setting up a pool for the date Chuckles actually does resign.

Posted by badanov 2003-8-6 4:41:25 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2003-8-6 4:41:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 He's got more retirements than Barbra Streisand...

Posted by Fred 2003-8-6 5:38:06 PM|| 2003-8-6 5:38:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Chuck just doesn't have a good "feel" for this 'retirement' thing. Somebody needs to give the poor boy a hand - with a grenade in it.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-8-6 7:07:45 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-8-6 7:07:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 At least Clinton had the ships in view of Port au Prince before the VooDoo priests and assorted natives scared them off

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-8-6 10:33:07 PM|| 2003-8-6 10:33:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 NMM -- want to take bets on how this turns out?

Funny how you seem to be so hot to get US troops involved in a foeign country -- thought that was against your =cough= moral principles.

Posted by Steve White 2003-8-6 10:39:54 PM|| 2003-8-6 10:39:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 WRONG Steve--I think we should stay out of it--what the hell is in it for us? Not one American soldier needs to die--even in a traffic accident for them

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-8-6 11:01:18 PM|| 2003-8-6 11:01:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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