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Much of the world recently focused on the handover of Saddam Hussein to the Iraqi government for trial, but far less attention is given a similar issue involving one of the most notorious African war criminals Africa ever: former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
For more than a decade, Mr. Taylor helped fuel brutal conflicts throughout West Africa. Among other crimes against humanity, Mr. Taylor sponsored the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone which was responsible for torture, mutilation and deaths of tens of thousands of innocent civilians - including children as young as 2.See the full content of this document
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Ex-Despot to the Dock
In response to the Sierra Leone atrocities, the United States worked with the United Nations Security Council to establish, by a unanimous vote, the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). The court's simple mandate is to bring to j...
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