Thus when Defense Minister Daniel Chea warned during the early days of the incursions that Liberia would take the war into Guinea, he already had the stones in his hands. Undoubtedly, Guinea is now faced with fighting a two frontal war directed and sustained from Liberia. From Sierra Leone is the RUF, under direct control of the Liberian authorities however hard they deny. Most parts of the Sierra Leone-Guinea border are ruled by the RUF, and staging sporadic raids into Guinea from their forests hideouts is an easy affair. One of the frontlines, the commercial town of Forecariah, is just 75 kilometers within reach of Conakry, making it an easy launch pad since the RUF occupies the Kambia and surrounding areas along the main Freetown-Conakry road.
Liberian territory is also at their disposal.
A military observer team, made of troops from The Gambia, Nigeria, Mali and Senegal are expected to be deployed, while another useless meeting of treacherous Taylor and Conte has been announced. Containing rebel attacks along such vast and jungle territory, inhabited by the same ethnic groups and families that cut across porous and indistinguishable borders, the legacy of colonial enclosures, is tasking even for the best trained and equipped army. The hit and run raids, launched from safe bases in Liberia and Sierra Leone, are tapping the nerves of Guinean officers as they lose men. Peace and stability in the region will not be the result of treaties and promises. These previous Agreements between a scheming Taylor and a vulnerable Conte did not stop the suspicion and the incursions.