Habib.
I hope so as well this Tycoon shares the same cell with Foday rather than being a president.
Liberian people deserves better,who knows the next indictment might be Yahya Jammeh.He
better watchout too.
Regards
Fye.
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From: Habib Ghanim
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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: FWD:Arrest warrant for Liberia leader
I hope they do as it will not be in Ghana's interest not to.with the world bank and many international institutions putting pressure on him.
Maybe he will share the same cell as Phoday Sonko . who knows
>From: Momodou Camara
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: FWD:Arrest warrant for Liberia leader
>Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:32:14 -0500
>
>This is a very interesting development. The question is whether Ghana will
>arrest Charles Taylor and han him over.
>
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>
>Arrest warrant for Liberia leader
>Liberian President Charles Taylor has been indicted for war crimes by a
>United Nations-backed court in Sierra Leone.
>Mr Taylor is currently in neighbouring Ghana, where peace talks with rebels
>started on Wednesday.
>
>A warrant for his arrest has been served on the Ghanaian authorities and
>sent to Interpol, said the court's chief prosecutor, David Crane.
>
>Mr Taylor is accused of being the principal backer of Sierra Leone rebels
>during a brutal 10-year civil war which ended in 2002.
>
>The Special Court for Sierra Leone accuses Mr Taylor of crimes against
>humanity and violations of international humanitarian law.
>
>However, Ghana's interior and foreign ministers have both told the BBC that
>they have not officially been asked to arrest Mr Taylor.
>
>The BBC's Paul Welsh at the peace talks in Accra says Mr Taylor strode
>confidently onto the platform to take his place next to South African
>President Thabo Mbeki.
>
>Mr Taylor is already the subject of UN sanctions for his alleged role in
>the civil war, in which tens of thousands of people were killed.
>
>Many more had their limbs hacked off with machetes.
>
>Sanctions
>
>The BBC's World Affairs correspondent, Mark Doyle, says that under
>President Taylor the country has become something of a pariah state.
>
>
>The UN has imposed sanctions against the leadership because of their role
>in the recent war in Sierra Leone, and there have been allegations of
>Liberia's involvement in diamond trafficking.
>
>The UN renewed the sanctions last month, widening them to include the
>logging industry - the largest source of government revenue.
>
>The head of the UN refugee agency, Ruud Lubbers, has called for the
>president's removal from office.
>
>Mr Taylor, in turn, says the Liberian rebels are former warlords who have
>also committed gross human rights violations.
>
>
>Compromise
>
>Our correspondent says that the peace talks in Ghana have been overshadowed
>by Mr Taylor's indictment.
>
>Several African leaders are there but neither rebel group has yet arrived,
>he says.
>
>
>Western and African diplomats say Mr Taylor had agreed to take part in the
>talks because of the huge gains made by the rebels in recent months.
>
>But he says the talks - brokered by the Economic Community of West African
>States (Ecowas) - are about compromise, not about his standing down.
>
>The latest in the country's long history of civil wars began in 1999, when
>a group called the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (Lurd)
>accused Mr Taylor of dictatorship and launched a rebellion in the north.
>
>The fighting spread to other parts of the country. Now Lurd rebels hold
>more territory than the government and can even launch attacks on Monrovia.
>
>Mysterious death
>
>The head of the former Sierra Leone Revolutionary United Front rebels,
>Foday Sankoh, is among the nine people previously indicted by the Special
>Court.
>
>Seven of these are in custody.
>
>Last month, the court urged Mr Taylor of harbouring one of Mr Sankoh's
>deputies, Sam Bockarie.
>
>Shortly afterwards, the Liberian authorities said he had been killed in a
>shoot-out with their forces.
>
>
>TAYLOR TIMELINE
>1989: Launches rebellion
>1991: RUF rebellion starts in Sierra Leone
>1995: Peace deal signed
>1997: Elected president
>1999: Lurd starts rebellion to oust Taylor
>
>Story from BBC NEWS:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/2961390.stm
>
>Published: 2003/06/04 13:35:23 GMT
>
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