Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! This is a new beginning and a turning point for
Africa. Taylor's bundling to Sierra Leone will net other big fishes in the
fleecing and destruction of that country. For Gambians, let us be ready to
help the tribunal drag Baba Jobe for a hearing. We all know that the fear
of the tribunal dragging Baba to Sierra Leone is behind the hasty
railroading by Yaya. Baba is the key to digging up the mess Yaya, Ghadaffi,
Taylor, and Bout did for the RUF, particularly, the trafficking of arms and
the smugligning of "Blood Diamonds" to finance the assault on Sierra Leone
by Taylor and the RUF. Some of the loot in "Allah's" bank and the "shop
that grew money", of Yaya and Baba, respectively, came from the blood of the
butchered and amputated in Sierra Leone. Gambians will also get to the
bottom of who really own Millennium Air, between Baba, Yaya, and Bout. It
is also going to show us the how far reaching these criminal tentacles have
spread. Thanks to Republican Congressman, Ed Royce for nudging Bush to have
Obasanjo ship Taylor to answer for his crimes.
Chi Jaama
Joe
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>Subject: FWD:UN urged to put Taylor on trial
>Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 08:56:14 -0500
>
>UN urged to put Taylor on trial
>The new chief prosecutor of Sierra Leone's war crimes tribunal says he
>hopes Liberia's exiled former leader Charles Taylor will soon face trial.
>Desmond de Silva said if a UN Security Council resolution was passed this
>month, Nigeria might be persuaded to hand him over to the UN-backed court.
>
>Mr Taylor was offered asylum in Nigeria in return for giving up power in
>2003.
>
>Meanwhile, Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo has discussed the issue
>with US leader George W Bush.
>
>Mounting pressure
>
>Mr Obasanjo said the terms of Mr Taylor's exile had to be borne in mind but
>said he would work with the US to address its desire that Mr Taylor face
>justice.
>
>This week the US House of Representatives passed a resolution calling for
>Nigeria to turn him over to the court.
>
>
> I will do everything in my power to bring that monster of evil Charles
>Taylor to answer his indictment by the special court
>Desmond de Silva
>Chief prosecutor, Sierra Leone Special Court
>
>Nigeria agreed to give him asylum under a deal to end Liberia's civil war
>and has said it will not hand him over to the tribunal, which has indicted
>him on 17 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his alleged
>role in Sierra Leone's conflict.
>"Charles Taylor is our highest potential defendant... having been
>responsible in large parts for the savagery of the civil war that took
>place in Sierra Leone," Mr de Silva told the BBC's Network Africa
>programme.
>
>"I sincerely hope... this month the Security Council will pass the
>resolution ... and with the Security Council on board I think that Nigeria
>might be persuaded."
>
>'Network of warlords'
>
>Mr de Silva, 65, a British lawyer who has been deputy to David Crane, will
>step up in July.
>
>"I pledge to you Sierra Leoneans and the world that I will do everything in
>my power to bring that monster of evil Charles Taylor to answer his
>indictment by the special court," he said following his appointment.
>
>The incoming chief prosecutor of the Sierra Leone Special Court said the
>mounting international pressure on Nigeria to hand over the former Liberian
>president was a good sign that Mr Taylor would face justice soon.
>
>Earlier this week, Mr Crane said that Mr Taylor was behind an attempt to
>assassinate Guinea's President Lansana Conte in January, in revenge for Mr
>Conte's backing of Liberian rebels.
>
>"From exile, Charles Taylor remains in contact with his political network
>in Liberia on a day-to-day basis. He has also mobilised his network of
>warlords and cronies to keep West Africa in turmoil," Mr Crane said.
>
>Mr Taylor has not commented on these latest charges.
>
>Story from BBC NEWS:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/4520855.stm
>
>Published: 2005/05/06 09:40:57 GMT
>
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