An example of this devastation is the thousands of civilian casualties that were inflicted by Liberian government and rebel forces in Monrovia in June-July 2003 with arms and ammunition supplied in violation of a UN arms embargo. ###>An example of this devastation is the thousands of civilian casualties that were inflicted by Liberian government and rebel forces in Monrovia in June-July 2003 with arms and ammunition supplied in violation of a UN arms embargo.