RUF spokesman Omrie Golley has warned of another rebel offensive unless the government “acts quickly” to advance the peace process. He told AFP the RUF was beginning to think the government was not serious about the peace process and “unless the situation changes...we will have little alternative but to commence the offensive”. He added that rebel field commander Sam Bockarie had told him the fighters were on an “increased state of alert”. He also said Major Johnny Paul Koroma, who led the rebel Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) that toppled Kabbah in 1997, was now considered the RUF number two.
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