Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia
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Battles and wars | the Liberian Civil War |
The Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) was a rebel group that participated in the First Liberian Civil War under the leadership of Prince Johnson.[1] It was a breakaway faction of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL).
The INPFL was formed by Prince Johnson after a leadership dispute with NPFL leader
Initially estimated at less than 500 troops, the INPFL was a significant force in the early stages of the war. It controlled a number of strategic points within the capital city of
It was the INPFL which captured and murdered President Samuel Doe in September 1990.[2]
The faction disintegrated in the wake of internal wrangling over its level of co-operation with the interim government, ECOMOG and the NPFL. Through 1991, its role in the conflict substantially declined and the faction formally disbanded in late 1992.
References
- ^ National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), April 23, 2007. MIPT Terror Knowledge Base.
- ISBN 978-1850654179.