Liberian leader delivers farewell speech

Monday, August 11, 2003

MONROVIA, Liberia -- President Charles Taylor delivered a farewell address Sunday to a nation bloodied by 14 years of war, declaring himself "the sacrificial lamb" to end what he said was a U.S.-backed rebel war against his besieged regime.

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