Meet Black Diamond, Woman Fighter In Liberia's War

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Meet Black Diamond, Woman Fighter in Liberia's War

Sat August 30, 2003 07:23 AM ET

TUBMANBURG, Liberia (Reuters) - A 22-year-old woman in embroidered jeans, a bright top and heeled shoes sips a soft fruit drink through a thick smudge of lipstick.

Meet Black Diamond, one of the most feared woman fighters in Liberia's civil war.

"Mortars are my favorite weapon," she says in a matter-of-fact way, adding that they dispose of even the most obstinate government troops.

"They are the most damaging for those good commanders on the government side," she said, sitting on a veranda on the outskirts of Tubmanburg, where the rebel Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) have set up their headquarters.

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