A wounded man seeking medical assistance is helped down the street, after early-morning mortar attacks in the Liberian capital Monrovia Friday, July 25, 2003. [AP]

A Liberian woman cries after losing three relatives in shelling which killed at least 14 people in Monrovia July 25, 2003. President George W. Bush ordered US troops on Friday to take up positions off Liberia as mortar bombs pounded Monrovia in fighting between the government and rebels that threatens a humanitarian disaster.[Reuters]

A wounded Liberian man is given help at the MSF clinic in Monrovia after shelling on July 25, 2003. President George W. Bush ordered US troops on Friday to take up positions off Liberia as mortar bombs pounded Monrovia in fighting between the government and rebels that threatens a humanitarian disaster. [Reuters]