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Dissident attack reported outside Lofa

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    Liberian dissidents attacked Amtel, a logging site about 190 km north of Monrovia on Tuesday, according to humanitarian sources, but were reportedly repelled by government forces. Amtel is in Gbarpolu, which adjoins Lofa, the county where fighting between dissidents and government forces has been concentrated. The sources said on Thursday that people in and near Amtel fled the area but later returned although, according to reports, some were still unaccounted for. This was at least the second attack reported in Gbarpolu in less than a month. The first was during the second week of August.

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