THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF MONROVIA, LIBERIA
June 27th, 2008A fighter from Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) wearing a life jacket opens fire while running in a frontline street of Monrovia, Liberia Thursday, April 18, 1996. Some fighters believe that a life jacket is similar to a flak jacket, and others wear them to look bigger. Fighting was sporadic in the Liberian capital today. Rampant looting has virtually shut down humanitarian shipments. Food distribution resumed in part Wednesday, but aid officials said the danger of more violence still threatened hundreds of thousands of people dependent on the aid. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)
