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Congress seeks $2m for Taylorâs capture
The US Congress has attached to the Bill approving President Bushâs plan to spend $87 billion rebuilding and securing Iraq and Afghanistan, an unexpected $2 million âfor the captureâ of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor.
| Somebody's been paying attention... |
Taylor left Liberia in August after prolonged negotiations, and is currently ensconced in a villa in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt, provided to him by the countryâs President, Olusegun Obasanjo.
| One of those little professional courtesies... |
With his whereabouts far from a secret, the US bounty has raised fears that mercenaries may take up the challenge to kidnap and bring in the exiled Liberian warlord.
| Oh, I'm all a-quiver with fears of just that... |
In June, Taylor was indicted on war crimes charges by the United Nations tribunal that is trying Sierra Leoneans alleged to have committed atrocities during the countryâs long civil war.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-11-02 |
