JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: United Nations officials said Friday that more than 300 U.N. peacekeepers and staffers are now being held by armed rebels in Sierra Leone. We go now to CNN senior U.N. correspondent Richard Roth, who's in New York -- Richard.</s>RICHARD ROTH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Judy, among those 300, some 200 Zambian U.N. peacekeepers who were en route to reinforce the U.N. units that under assault, and now they're part of those detained. Also, the U.N. now is plotting what to do, and it doesn't have many options. Some think that Foday Sanko, the rebel leader, is just testing the U.N. to maybe regain full power there, thinking that in Somalia and Rwanda, as soon as you kill a few U.N. soldiers, the world will react by pulling them out. The United Nations officials in New York say there are drug- crazed 14-year-old kids who have challenged these U.N. soldiers. The U.N. soldiers are not equipped to fight, they're not configured to fight, and thus they are turning over their weapons. And right now, the U.N. is focusing on diplomacy. Richard Roth, CNN, reporting live in New York.</s>WOODRUFF: Thank you, Richard.
Rebels in Sierra Leone Holding More Than 300 U.N. Peacekeepers Hostage