BBC (Saturday): Nigeria to give up Charles Taylor

[Jack Rabbit]

From the BBC Online

Dated Saturday March 25 15:09 GMT (7:09 am PST)

Nigeria to give up Charles Taylor

Nigeria has agreed to hand over to Liberia the country's exiled former leader, Charles Taylor.
A statement from Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said the Liberian government was free to take Mr Taylor into custody.

Liberia formally requested his extradition earlier in March.

A UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone wants to put Mr Taylor on trial. He went into exile in Nigeria in 2003 after standing down as leader.

Read more.

And now let us show how the world that international law is just and right. As we know, there are even bigger fish to fry in the world than Taylor. Let those criminals be warned.

[bemildred]

1. This is good news.

Mr. Taylor deserves a day in court as much as anyone alive today.
(Although it's a very competitive field.)

[WhiteTara]

2. okay. The people of Liberia

have a chance of reckoning with their criminal leader. Take note Americans, we can do this too.

[0007]

3. Isn't Charles Taylor, Pat Robertson's good friend from the

diamond dealing days?

Pat praying for Charles Taylor's health!

[Jack Rabbit]

5. Yes.

!!

[OneBlueSky]

4. love his sneakers . . . :) n/t

.

[pecwae]

6. Is this the Taylor

who was trained at Ft. Bragg by our own Special Forces? He doesn't look to have any grey in his hair, so it may not be the same guy.

[Jack Rabbit]

7. I find nothing about this in his bios

He studied at Bentley College in Massacusetts from 1972 to 1977.

Here's the Wikipedia article.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. I don't know about the training part

but he is the Taylor that escaped from a US Federal Prison. Funny, the Feds don't seem too interested in him?

[pecwae]

9. Answering my own question here

I had him confused with his rival Samuel Doe. Doe was trained by SF http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,970933,00.html

[Eugene]

10. This is good. Maybe someday...

Bush and his henchmen will answer for their crimes too.

[mom cat]

11. You beat me to it!

[FVZA_Colonel]

12. Nigeria OKs Handover of Liberian Warlord

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060326/ap_on_re_af/liberia_s_warlord



Nigeria OKs Handover of Liberian Warlord
By MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press Writer

ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria said Saturday it is ready to hand over Liberian warlord Charles Taylor to be the first former African head of state tried for crimes against humanity, making a reluctant move that will be a strong warning for other warmongers on the continent.

Taylor is accused of starting a civil war in his homeland that brutalized tens of thousands of young boys and girls drafted as rebel fighters. He also is blamed for a savage war in neighboring Sierra Leone where rebels — including child fighters — terrorized victims by chopping off arms, legs, ears and lips.

An international tribunal indictment says Taylor is criminally responsible for the destruction of Liberia and Sierra Leone and for the murder, rape, maiming and mutilation of more than a half million Sierra Leoneans. An additional 2.5 million people were forced from their homes.

Each of the 17 charges he faces in the indictment carries a sentence life in prison.

[Chulanowa]

13. Good

I'd prefer the creep be fed to hyenas, but hey... It's a step in the right direction nontheless.

[sattahipdeep]

14. Robertson praying for Taylor