Liberia History & Information

General Joe Wylie, Senior Military Advisor and Defense spokesman Joe Wylie of Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) discusses topical subregional issues and his organization’s plans to remove President Charles Taylor in the the future.
In an effort to inform and educate our readership about events unfolding in Liberia, we promised to conduct an interview [...]

March 31, 2003
Monrovia
The United States Embassy says it has noted certain misrepresentation from Government of Liberian spokespersons regarding Ambassador Blaney’s March 20 press conference remarks on upcoming elections in Liberia.
Contrary to Liberian Government statements, according to the Embassy, Ambassador Blaney did not describe the upcoming election as “crooked.”

In a release issued last Friday, the Embassy [...]

RUF Supply Route Blocked, Liberia Airlifts Weapons
[Washington, DC, Oct. 13, 2000] In a telephone interview with Joe Wylie, defense spokesperson and senior military advisor of Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), it was revealed that “since RUF’s supply route has been cut off and their weapons could not get back to Sierra Leone, the [...]