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| Liberia seeks end to Taylor exile | ||
| 2006-03-17 | ||
Liberia has formally asked Nigeria to extradite former Liberia President Charles Taylor, Nigeria says.
A UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone wants to put Mr Taylor on trial for backing Sierra Leone rebels. He stood down as Liberian leader and went into exile in Nigeria in 2003 under an international deal to end a 14-year civil war. Mr Obasanjo has always refused to send Mr Taylor to Sierra Leone, saying he would only extradite him following a request from an elected Liberian leader.
Mr Taylor is accused of selling diamonds and buying weapons for Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front rebels, who were notorious for hacking off the hands and legs of civilians during a 10-year war. | ||
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 "Chucky" is still trying to manage some affairs there. |
| Posted by: newc 2006-03-17 12:22 |
| #3 I can only make sense of this in one of three ways: 1) Ellen has reason to believe that Taylor is about to start something unpleasant, and wants to head it off. 2) Ellen thinks that Taylor's supporters are off-balance and won't be able to retaliate effectively. (Or maybe Taylor's party has a strong new leader and they won't care? It'd be news to me.) 3) Somebody is putting huge pressure on her and she doesn't think she has any choice. If I were in her shoes I'd be really leary of having Taylor in the public eye again. |
| Posted by: James 2006-03-17 09:48 |
| #2 Now I expect to be getting emails from Chuck's relatives. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-03-17 08:54 |
| #1 Mr Obasanjo has always refused to send Mr Taylor to Sierra Leone, saying he would only extradite him following a request from an elected Liberian leader. Didn't Liberia just inaugurate a new lady president? Heh. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-03-17 08:42 |