The US Congress has attached to the Bill approving President Bush’s plan to spend $87 billion rebuilding and securing Iraq and Afghanistan, an unexpected $2 million ‘for the capture’ 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 country’s 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 country’s long civil war. |