Moonlight Graham Posted April 26, 2012 Report Posted April 26, 2012 CBC article Former Liberian president Charles Taylor was convicted today by an international tribunal of aiding and abetting rebels who committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in neighbouring Sierra Leone.Judge Richard Lussick said the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague had unanimously found Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting the commission of a range of crimes. Taylor was convicted Thursday on all 11 charges in the indictment, including terror, murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers. Lussick said Taylor gave weapons, ammunition, communications equipment and planning to rebels who committed atrocities during the 1991-2002 civil war that left more than 50,000 dead and countless survivors with emotional and physical scars. Taylor could face a maximum of life in prison, to be served in Great Britain. Taylor is the first African head of state convicted by an international court. Karl Doenitz, a naval officer who briefly led Germany after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, was tried at Nuremberg and convicted in 1946. He spent 10 years in prison. Sounds good to me. Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
BubberMiley Posted April 28, 2012 Report Posted April 28, 2012 To think I used to wear his sneakers. Quote "I think it's fun watching the waldick get all excited/knickers in a knot over something." -scribblet
Smallc Posted April 28, 2012 Report Posted April 28, 2012 To think I used to wear his sneakers. OMG.... Quote
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