The Analyst (Monrovia)
19 Février 2008
The trial of Charles Taylor in The Hague continued Friday, February 15, 2008 with lawyers representing the defendant objecting to the Special Court for Sierra Leone admitting into evidence an expert report of Beth Vann submitted to the Court by the Prosecution Counsel.
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I think there is still tension and the heat is still on in Liberia. The other rebels in Liberia are still active in Government. Let Charles Taylor still for now. I also think Charlies deserves some punishment for allowing himself to be used as a dirty worker or a skapegoat.
Charlie case is hard to decide. For the matter of fact, he was in prison in the United State and was said to have broken jail.Breaking Federal jail and getting resources and manpower to distablize Liberia.This is something to think about.If killing Charles is an amicable solution to the problem in Liberia, yea Africa, you are all wise guys to decide. People may say,"Kill him","Don't let him to foot on the African soul", and that and that.For me I am a sinner.Who am I to judge one of the wicked men when others are drinking club beers in Liberia? The Liberian case is just a messy case. And the late Fody Sankor was just another stupid man who mess with the Sierra Leonean.I don't know if this situation is a curse - I am really confused.
Again, others that were part of Charles Taylor's group are in Liberia facing the so called TRC.While must these killers become representatives and senators in government? This is not justice.However,please keep Charlie in jail, because he is of no use to the Liberia people.
I am a Liberian. My life has been messed up too because of the war, but I don't know who to blame, because the the hidden players are yet to come to light. Two of our presidents have been slaughtered-wickedness was never happines. I guess Liberia,like Israel, have been blessed and did not make use of the blessing.Could it be that God used this means to punish us or to learn a high lesson? I wonder sometimes.
Ramsey Liberia
It is unclear how God could be responsible for the hacking of limbs of children in Sierra Leone. Pray tell what sin babies could have committed to deserve the permanent loss of their hands and limbs. Your contention that there may be forces in the dark, while speculative, may have some backbone to it. As in all matters human, only time will tell, however.
For us who saw firsthand the unnecessary destruction meted out on innocent citizens of my country, Sierra Leone,Taylor doest not deserve to be alive by now let alone talk of forgiveness.I know God will not let him see the light of day untill he dies in jail.
Sahid,Freetown.
Did u Sahid ever saw Charles Taylor in Freetown with a gun or matchette killing or hacking of the limbs of anybody? Your answer like all our answers will be no. Your own countrymen, your very brothers and sisters did these things to you. Taylor did not force them. They did what they wanted to do to their own people because they are brutal and heartless by nature. Stop blaming Charles Taylor for what your own children did to you!
A conspiracy to commit crimes Mr. Taylor is alleged to have committd does not include the requirement of his physical presence in Sierra Leone. The contention is that he directed the alleged criminal acts perpetrated in Freetown from Monrovia, Liberia. Personalizing the issue does not advance the clarification of the complex issues implicated by Mr. Taylor's trial.
Hey Hey Hay! If it were your brothers that had this kind of suffering may be you would not have said such rubbish. Charles Taylor has no need to hold a gun and walk into Freetown, but HIS COMMAND AND INFLUENCE made people to do what they did.
Hey Hey Hay! If it were your brothers that had this kind of suffering may be you would not have said such rubbish. Charles Taylor has no need to hold a gun and walk into Freetown, but HIS COMMAND AND INFLUENCE made people to do what they did.So he should be asked for that.
so ur own brothers were not partakers n therefore should not face the wrath of justice like mr.taylor?if u ask me i would say the cammander and the executer of such crimes are both violators,not just the commander
While,arguably, the most heinous acts known to humanity were committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone, and while I emphathize with your loss, it is, perhaps, too hasty to dole out forgiveness or death to Mr. Taylor. It is a fact that Mr. Taylor is accused of having committed an assortment of crimes against humanity. As an accused, under the law, but not under the court of public opinion, which could be as authoritative as a court of law, he is presumed not guilty (not innocent, by the way) until his accusers, acting by and through the prosecution, prove beyond a reasonable doubt, which is the standard of proof in criminal trials, that he is guilty as charged. Please note that I am not contending either that Mr. Taylor is innocent or not. I do not have enough facts to pass on that. Perhaps you have enough and credible facts to assert that he is not innocent; if you do, I would delighted to be informed of the same.
am not going to blame anybody right:: am a born sierra leonean i was in freetown during the war; i saw our own brothers killing cuting limbs of innocent people and there were liberians with the rebels ok;those rebels were sponsord by mr taylor in the exchange of our diamonds; ;;; there own revolution was so stupid without no gain;; but only God can judge them; i belive in God's judgement; i was in freetown few months ago;i saw x combatants in freetown going crazy eating on the ground; so only God can judge ,let mr taylor be free he is too old!
let me ask a honest question,if i were to give u sahid 10,000us dollars as an aid for u and in return u took the money and bought arms n resource a bankrobbery with the funds,am i to be held accountable for those actions?especially when ur way above the legal age of 18?i don't think it's justice,i'm not also saying taylor was right,but alot more ohters were also wrong,so if the special court is a place that enforces justice,why don't it extend it to all justice violators?only taylor?what's the difference from taylor and other war factions leaders?even if his participation was large,it was wrong and a violation of the icc,likewise the others,it's either all the violators face the wrath of justice or they all walk.
The suitation in liberia is still tense because the ar not bringing the fact to light.however anybody who been there during the war and facing wehat this this people did.will never forgive them and real want the TRC to keep on the fight so the will be ponish for it.
The suitation in liberia is still tense because the ar not bringing the fact to light.however anybody who been there during the war and facing what this this people did,will never forgive them and we real want the TRC to keep on the fight so the will be ponish for it.AS for me i will never forgive them because of what i go throug.is a pain that will never go away from me.
Like us forgive charles Taylor?, And like him go home Africa?, Today it is Taylor.