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ECOMOG arrest rebel collaborators

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    West African ECOMOG troops have made an undisclosed number of arrests in Freetown in an effort to crack down on rebel collaborators, AFP reported citing an ECOMOG spokesman.

    Speaking on local radio the spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Chris Olukolade, said the troops seized a large quantity of weapons on Friday in its “cordon and search” operations in the centre and west of the city.

    ECOMOG also struck rebel hideouts in the south and southwest of Freetown, AFP said quoting military sources. It gave no casualty figures. The agency said ECOMOG officers were convinced that Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) rebels, who are former Sierra Leone army soldiers, were still hiding in the homes of relatives in the capital after their invasion of the capital 6 January. The AFRC has joined the RUF in trying to oust Kabbah.

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