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	Online NewsHour: Liberia's Uneasy Peace \| Charles Taylor Biography \| PBS
		Blah and Taylor were brought together by their opposition to then-president Samuel Doe.
		Blah was released, but two deputies who were arrested with Blah died in custody.
		Blah was born on April 18, 1947, in Toweh Town, near the Liberia-Ivory Coast border.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/africa/liberia/blah-bio.html (418 words)

	Guardian \| Moses Blah: unassuming, dress-down mechanic with an appetite for war
		Blah trained with Taylor in Libya for three years during the late 1980s and was among the first 200 forces who crossed from neighbouring Ivory Coast to launch the uprising against President Doe.
		Blah has always insisted he has no political ambitions and expresses nostalgia for his army days when he was "very close to the action".
		Blah said he would invite the rebels to his house after taking office and that he was "100% sure" he could bring about peace.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4731261-103681,00.html (375 words)

	Boston.com / Latest News / World
		Blah, 56, trained with Taylor in Libya for three years during the late 1980s and was among the first 200 forces who crossed from neighboring Ivory Coast to launch the uprising against then-President Samuel Doe.
		Blah is expected to succeed Taylor, although a technicality could get in his way.
		Blah, despite his fearsome reputation, is a quiet, unassuming man in flowing African robes who drives himself around Monrovia in a Jeep, in contrast to the flashy motorcades of other government officials.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/07/blah.htm (611 words)

	Liberia’s President Blah Gets an "A" for Effort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Moses Blah would hold office for only a little over two months, it was agreed.
		Blah was taking the oath of office, it was quite re-assuring to note that he would be making history, but not the kind that politicians and other public figures aspire towards.
		Blah would go down in history in the negative column, that is, he would hold the dubious distinction of being Liberia’s shortest reigning president.
	www.theperspective.org /mosesblahpraised.htm (708 words)

	Epochtimes English Edition-
		However long Moses Blah is in office, he tells VOA that he will spend much of that time appealing for more American aid and for the United States to play a bigger military role in efforts to stop the cycle of violence in Liberia.
		Blah said he is committed to seeing government forces and rebel groups put down their weapons immediately and negotiate a power-sharing deal for a unified post-Taylor government.
		Moses Blah has been an ally of Charles Taylor since they trained together in guerrilla camps in Libya and launched the 1989 insurgency that toppled then-president Samuel Doe.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/3-8-11/2355.html (504 words)

	Blah's warring past: Africa: Features: News24 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In a historic ceremony that signalled the end of Taylor's domination, the 56-year-old former animal-feed plant operator and father of 14 shrugged off anonymity and was sworn in as president on Monday.
		Blah will take theoretical charge of an embattled government that holds only around a fifth of Liberian territory, and only part of its own capital, which has been trapped in a rebel choke-hold for two months.
		Blah speaks Arabic - along with English, French and his native Dan - and his role must have been an important one as Taylor attempted to shore his regime against Lurd's revolution, now almost five years old.
	www.news24.com /News24/Africa/Features/0,,2-11-37_1400615,00.html (606 words)

	Worldandnation: Liberia's new leader was top Taylor ally
		Blah, 56, trained with Taylor in Libya for three years during the late 1980s and was among the first 200 forces who crossed from neighboring Ivory Coast to launch the uprising against then-President Samuel Doe in 1989.
		Blah and Taylor are so close that rebels who control much of Liberia initially said they wouldn't accept him.
		Blah became Taylor's inspector general in charge of discipline during the war - reputedly a euphemism for executions.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/08/12/news_pf/Worldandnation/Liberia_s_new_leader_.shtml (303 words)

	Searching for Moses
		But Moses taught Ira not to blame parents when their children married outside the faith; to cease threatening students who declined to be confirmed; and, mostly, to ignore the hyper-materialism that afflicted many of the Temple flock.
		Moses finally stood up to his wife on social matters: he would pay only obligatory calls, for shiva, a baby's briss, a bar mitzvah.
		Moses was left to stuggle uncomprhendingly with why they disliked him so much that they took his work away from him.
	www.arockinmyshoe.com /moses.html (3464 words)

	New Liberian leader asks for U.S. aid
		President Moses Blah told The Associated Press that U.S. Ambassador John Blaney agreed late Monday to try to contact rebels in hopes of engineering a true cease-fire in the interior.
		Blah inherited power after President Charles Taylor resigned and flew into exile in Nigeria because of pressure from West African leaders, the United States and rebels laying siege to the capital.
		Blah said force leaders assured him they would be able to deploy in the north after troops from Ghana arrive in the next few days.
	www.collegiatetimes.com /news/1/ARTICLE/1539/2003-08-26.html (487 words)

	blah-ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There are reports that Liberia's Vice President Moses Blah was influntial in the recent raid carried out by Ghanian security forces on the Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana.
		Blah said that he was convinced that recruitment and training were being conducted in the camp.
		Blah said the camp is not only the home of refugees, but also former fighters from the various warring factions in the Liberian conflict.
	runningafrica.com /blah-ghana.html (302 words)

	Sierra Leone: President: State House: Liberia's President Moses Blah pays visit to Sierra Leone
		President Blah expressed profound gratitude and appreciation on behalf of all Liberians, to the sister Republics of Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea and all Ecowas member states, South Africa and the United States of America for their support in ensuring that the transfer of power in Liberia on 11th August 2003 was peaceful and successful.
		Kabbah congratulated His Excellency President Moses Blah on his assumption of office as Head of State of the Republic of Liberia and commended him for his sincerity and commitment to peace in his country.
		President Blah expressed deep and sincere appreciation to President Kabbah, the government and people of Sierra Leone for the warm fraternal hospitality accorded him and his delegation during their stay in Sierra Leone and invited His Excellency Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to visit Liberia at an early date.
	www.statehouse-sl.org /mosesblah-visit-august22.html (642 words)

	CNN.com - Liberian president invites rebels into government - Aug. 12, 2003
		Blah, who was Taylor's vice president, said he would follow the tradition of Liberians in which they solve their disputes by meeting in a hut in a village.
		Blah is expected to hold the presidency until October, when a transitional government to be formed at the peace talks will take power.
		Still, Blah said, a few thousand troops are probably all that would be needed to ease the plight of the 3.5 million Liberians.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/africa/08/11/liberia/index.html (1142 words)

	Government, rebels trade accusations over Wednesday shootout (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Blah was vice president under former Liberian president Charles Taylor.
		Blah is expected to hand over on 14 October to a broad-based transitional government, in accordance with an 18 August Peace Agreement signed in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, by all Liberian warring parties.
		Blah however extended an olive branch to the rebels and announced an investigation: "We are open to peace and prepared to receive our brothers [LURD] again," he told reporters.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=36980 (975 words)

	Epochtimes English Edition-
		Blah is unacceptable because he was a former guerrilla fighter alongside Mr.
		Liberian Vice President Moses Blah tells VOA that he received a phone call early Saturday from a top-level official of the rebel Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy.
		Moses Blah is a former guerrilla fighter and a long-time ally of Charles Taylor.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/3-8-9/2335.html (624 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		BLAH: After the, the rebels will lay down their arms and they will come to town, then we will have to organize a government.
		But I think this -- Blah's ascension to power needs to be viewed as a temporary measure to allow some semblance of peace, and then for the peace talks to really lead to some fruition in Ghana in a way that can bring about a more permanent political leadership for the country.
		RAJPAL: President Blah was saying that he wants to invite representatives from LURD and MODEL to be a part of his government, not even wait for six to eight weeks, on October 1, when an interim government is supposed to take shape.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0308/11/i_ins.01.html (2926 words)

	Taylor names his successor - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Vice President Moses Blah said the handover is expected to take place Monday, but rebel leaders warned yesterday that they will not accept any ally of Taylor holding power.
		Blah told The Associated Press he received a telephone call yesterday morning from Taylor, who said Blah would be sworn in as president Monday.
		Taylor indicated yesterday that he would go into exile "very shortly," said Blah, who was a feared Taylor ally in the 1988-96 civil war that killed 100,000 people and put Taylor in power over a nation left in ruins.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_148669.html (635 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Moses Blah
		Blah joined with Taylor because of a shared hatred of then-president Samuel Doe, who killed his wife along with hundreds of others in an ethnic-related massacre.
		As Vice President, Blah was known as a quiet and unassuming man, driving his own jeep around town rather than using a motorcade and driver, and wearing flowing African robes instead of the normal olive green military uniform.
		In June 2003, Blah was allegedly urged by the United States to take power from Taylor while the latter was absent for peace talks in Ghana (during the course of which Taylor was also indicted by the war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Moses_Blah (407 words)

	Can Blah be Trusted? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In Blah’s view, Sierra Leone has no authority to try a fallen crook for hacking the limbs of thousands of Sierra Leoneans and other nationals.
		Blah allegedly craves peace in Liberia and has traveled to Accra, Ghana to entice his rivals with public service jobs under Blah's, Emmanuel Shaw's, Samuel Jackson's and Benoni Urey's watch.
		Clearly, Moses Blah should have never ascended to that level because his government has earned a "vote of no confidence" by war-weary Liberians.
	www.copla.org /blah.htm (650 words)

	The world press on Liberia - Salon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Two months ago Moses Blah was under arrest for attempting to mount a coup against Liberian President Charles Taylor.
		Mr Blah's arrest this summer apart, the present and previous presidents are considered firm allies...
		Vice President Moses Blah was sworn in as Taylor's successor at a ceremony held in the presidential palace and attended by African leaders keen to ensure a smooth transition in Monrovia, a hub of instability in the region for decades.
	dir.salon.com /story/opinion/world_press/2003/08/12/world8_12/index_np.html (1393 words)

	News: West Africa, Liberia: Interim president vows to hand over office on 14 October
		Blah vowed to clamp down on rampant corruption, a difficult task since most civil servants have been unpaid for months and his administration has little or no cash with which to pay wages.
		Blah told Liberians that he had met ECOWAS officials and paramount chiefs to discuss stopping "the reckless discharge of arms in Liberia".
		Blah said that during a recent tour of neighbouring states he had agreed with President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire, who is believed to support MODEL, to re-open the border.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/920f98a8b014463285256d9000589349 (913 words)

	WXIA-11alive.com - Print Article - Atlanta,Georgia,11Alive,ATLANTA,News,Weather,Doppler,sports,events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Blah is to hand over power in October to a transition government meant to lead Liberia into elections, Kufuor said.
		Blah told CNN on Monday that Taylor will hold no sway over his government while in exile.
		In his CNN interview, Blah also appealed to the U.S. Marines offshore: "Please come to Liberia and save us because we are dying.
	www.11alive.com /news/printarticle.aspx?storyid=35168 (776 words)

	The Daily Texan - Liberia's Taylor names successor, troops enter capital
		Vice President Moses Blah said the handover is planned for Monday, but rebel leaders warned they will not accept any ally of Taylor holding power as Liberia tries to find a way out 14 years of bloodshed.
		Blah told The Associated Press he received a telephone call Thursday morning from Taylor who said he would be sworn in as president Monday.
		Taylor indicated he would go into exile "very shortly," said Blah, who was a feared Taylor ally in the 1988-96 civil war that killed 100,000 people and put Taylor in power over a nation left in ruins.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=d5f3c05e-3a7e-4dc2-9ce7-927a4ffba1cf (917 words)

	Liberian president plans to step down, but what next? \| csmonitor.com
		Blah, a former Taylor general and party insider - and there are not yet enough peacekeepers on the ground to hold the peace if fighting resumes.
		In theory, Blah's presidency would be only temporary, a transition between Taylor and the new government being finalized in Accra.
		Blah, who was known as a tough guerrilla commander under Taylor, was appointed vice president in 2000.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0811/p07s02-woaf.htm (969 words)

	SABCnews.com - africa/west_africa
		Moses Blah, the new Liberian president, offered his rebels an olive branch and urged the United States help to maintain a fragile cease-fire.
		Blah, who was until yesterday Taylor's deputy, offered the vacant vice-president's job to rebels who hold about three quarters of the country.
		Blah said he had asked the rebels to lay down their arms and join him for talks in the capital.
	www.sabcnews.com /africa/west_africa/0,2172,63796,00.html (391 words)

	Moses Blah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blah joined with Taylor because of a shared hatred of then-president Samuel Doe, who killed his wife along with hundreds of others in an ethnic-related massacre.
		In July 2000 Blah was appointed as vice president after the death of Enoch Dogolea, which many suspected was a poisoning.
		As Vice President, Blah was known as a quiet and unassuming man, driving his own jeep around town rather than using a motorcade and driver, and wearing flowing African robes instead of the normal olive green military uniform.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moses_Blah (400 words)

	President Blah tells Liberian exiles to stop meddling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Blah, who is due to hand over power to a broad-based transitional government on 14 October, directed that none of the Liberian government's overseas properties, including embassies, residences and vehicles should be sold.
		Diplomatic sources in Monrovia told IRIN on Monday that Blah was himself believed to have received some calls from Taylor, but had come under pressure from the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ghanaian President John Kufour, to stop taking instructions from his former boss.
		Last week, Blah, was flown to Accra in a Ghanaian government aircraft to meet President Kufuor.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=36741 (867 words)

	Moses Blah Booed in Ganta
		Former President Moses Blah over the weekend reportedly received a shock of his life in the Commercial City of Ganta, Nimba County when he was part of a campaign team of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC).
		Accordingly, the reported cold reception accorded the CDC in Ganta made the convoy to quietly sail to the capital city, Sanniquellie where the city hall door was said to have been locked in front of the presidential candidate of the CDC and his team when they went to address citizens of the county.
		Blah’s affiliation with the CDC, it is now clear that what The FORUM reported has come to light.
	www.theperspective.org /forum/1105200503.html (321 words)

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