Liberian Rebels Loot Rubber Plantation

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Liberian Rebels Loot Rubber Plantation

MONROVIA, Liberia - Rebels in Liberia (news - web sites) stormed and looted a rubber plantation in the southeast of the country and have begun selling off its assets, the plantation's manager said.

David Saydee said on Monday that he and other company officials were chased out of the 5,500 acre Sinoe Rubber Plantation in Sinoe County last week by armed fighters of the Movement for Democracy in Liberia rebel group known as MODEL.

"When they invaded, there were eight hundred metric tons of rubber sitting to be shipped for sale. They have trucked the rubber away for sale," Saydee said in Monrovia after a weeklong trek to the capital.

MODEL leader Thomas Nimely Yaya, and other rebel officials, could not be reached for comment.

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Liberian Rebels Loot Rubber Plantation