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April 27th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Dressed in dark suit, with a white shirt and golden cuff links, the former
Liberian president stood motionless as the verdict was read out. He showed
no emotion as he was led away. Taylor will be sentenced on May 30 and is
expected to serve any prison term in a British jail.
Naomi Campbell, the British supermodel, testified two years ago that Taylor’s
aides had given her three diamonds after a dinner party hosted by Nelson
Mandela, then South Africa’s president, in 1997.
Victims of Sierra Leone’s conflict celebrated the verdict, but many expressed
doubt over whether Taylor would be properly punished. Edward Songo Conteh, a
Sierra Leonean, lost his left arm on January 18 1999 when it was hacked off
by Taylor’s rebel allies.
“This is a good signal to show leaders that they will face justice when
they commit war crimes, when they kill or maim people like me,” he said.
But Mr Conteh believes that Taylor will not pay with his family wealth. “I
am one of thousands of amputees in a poor country destroyed by war. My
concern is about people’s future. Will they have a better life without
reparations?,” he asked. “We are worried that the Taylor family
will escape with their wealth, stolen form my country. His human rights will
be looked after in a British prison, that is right, but what about the
rights of his victims?”
Saranba Sillah, who became a refugee after fleeing Sierra Leone’s war, said: “Charles
Taylor is wealthy, most of his victims are poor. He has lived in luxury, his
family still does. He is treated well, as a human being. I just wish his
victims would be treated like human beings too.”
Brenda Hollis, the United Nations prosecutor who helped compile the case
against Taylor, said this “historic judgment” showed that “heads
of state will be held to account for war crimes”.
Taylor, who was tried before a UN Special Court focused on Sierra Leone’s
conflict, benefited from diamonds in return for arming the RUF. Judge
Lussick ruled that “blood diamonds” were mined by the rebels in
Sierra Leone, using slave labour.
“Children under the age of 15 were abducted and conscripted. They had the
letters ‘RUF’ carved into their foreheads and backs to prevent escape,”
he said.
Sierra Leone’s civil war ended after Tony Blair’s government sent 1,500 troops
to defeat the RUF outside Freetown in May 2000. The UN Special Court was
then established at Britain’s insistence. Mr Blair yesterday said that “Britain
as a whole can be immensely proud” of its role in bringing peace to
Sierra Leone and holding Taylor to account.
“The intervention was successful. The country has been struggling – it is
still struggling – but it is on its feet and is able to move forward which
is a great thing,” he said.
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