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NEARLY A WEEK.
SEVERAL MORTARS LANDED ON A
SCHOOL PACKED WITH REFUGEES.
AT LEAST 26 PEOPLE DIED IN
THAT ATTACK AND 200 MORE WERE
HURT.
MORTARS ALSO LANDED ON A
NEARBY U.S. EMBASSY.
MANY LIBERIANS WANT THE U.S.
TO SEND PEACEKEEPING TROOPS.
>> WE'RE DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT
THE CONDITION OF THE LIBERIAN
PEOPLE IS GETTING WORSE AND
WORSE AND WORSE.
AID CAN'T GET TO THE PEOPLE.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT
PLANNING ON SENDING TROOPS IN
UNTIL PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR
STEPS DOWN AND A CEASE-FIRE IS
IN PLACE.
NBC 11'S CHRISSY SMITH IS LIVE
IN OAKLAND TONIGHT TO SHOW US
WHY MANY LIBERIANS HERE IN THE
BAY AREA SAY THE U.S. SHOULD
ACT NOW AND NOT LATER.
>> WELL, THAT'S RIGHT.
BAY AREA LIBERIANS ARE GETTING
A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT TONIGHT
HOW BAD THE VIOLENCE REALLY
IS.
SIMPLY PUT, MANY SAY THEY WANT
THE U.S. TO STEP IN FAST
BEFORE MORE LIVES WITH LOST.
>> I'M JUST CALLING TO SEE HOW
THE SITUATION IS DOWN THERE.
>> Reporter: JULIE FEARS THE
WORST.
>> THEY HAVEN'T HE 11 THE
HOUSE SINCE MONDAY AND RUNNING
OUT OF DRINKING WATER AND
FOOD.
>> Reporter: SHE'S WITH THE
LIBERIAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION,
MOSTLY RECENT IMMIGRANTS WHO
GATHERED IN THE EAST BAY
TONIGHT ON WORD PRESIDENT BUSH
IS SENDING TROOPS TO THE
LIBERIAN COAST.
THINK WANT INTERVENTION.
>> I DOUBT THERE WILL BE ANY
MORE, YOU KNOW, LIKE
MINDLESS -- IF THE U.S.
PEACEKEEPERS GO IN THERE.
>> Reporter: THEY'RE HOPING
FOR A CEASE-FIRE AFTER DAYS OF
ESCALATING VIOLENCE.
HENRY KEM BER RECENTLY FLED
LIBERIA.
>> IT'S DEHUMANIZING, YOU
KNOW.
PEOPLE ARE JUST KILLED FOR NO
REASON, ALL BECAUSE OF SOME
ETHNIC DIFFERENCE, POLITICAL
DIFFERENCE.
>> Reporter: THESE PICTURES
ARE FROM THE LAST LIBERIAN
ELECTION IN 1997, WHEN JULIE
DUNCAN'S FAMILY WAS LAST
TOGETHER.
MOST ARE STILL THERE.
MUCH ALMOST AFRAID TO PICK IT
UP, WE MIGHT HEAR THAT SOME
RELATIVE'S DEAD.
>> Reporter: A VERY REAL
POSSIBILITY, BUT THEY'RE
HOLDING OUT HOPE.
>> I
FAITH.
>> TOMORROW WE'RE TOLD IS
LIBERIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.
BUT INSTEAD OF THE USUAL HAPPY
CELEBRATION, WE'RE TOLD MANY
HERE IN THE BAY AREA EXPECT A
SOLEMN AFFAIR.
REPORTING LIVE IN OAKLAND,
CHRISTIE SMITH, NBC 11 NEWS.
>>> FULL SPEED AHEAD TONIGHT
FOR THE HISTORIC OCTOBER 7th
RECALL ELECTION.
THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
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