Charles Taylor February 11, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 2.00 p.m. …Mansion. In that function, the witness overheard several instances of communications between high ranking NPFL officers and the RUF. In 1995 Morris Kallon, who was at Cobra base, remained there…
Charles Taylor February 5, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte Prosecution Completes Redirect Examination of TF1-371; Begins Examination of Former RUF Radio Communications Officer …communications training himself, including radio installment, voice procedure, coding and decoding. • After 1 month the training was broken off, because ULIMO and Sierra Leonean government forces pushed them out…
Charles Taylor January 23, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte Prosecution Witness Abu Keita Connects Taylor to RUF Abuses …When they returned, they said they saw Taylor. During these operations, Yeaten supplied ammunition directly to the RUF. Abuses Against Peacekeeping Forces Keita spoke of two instances involving peacekeeping forces:…
Charles Taylor January 23, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 4:35 Prosecution ends direct examination of Abu Keita …the Cotonou Accord that created the Liberian Interim Government. August 1995: Abuja Accord was agreed. Transitional period in Abuja Accord was subsequently extended in August 1996, until the installation of…
Charles Taylor January 22, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte “So you think the accused has blood on his hands?”: Defense Challenges Prosecution Witness Corinne Dufka’s Impartiality; Prosecution Calls Linkage Witness Abu Keita …Liberians within RUF forces. This percentage decreased as aggressive recruiting of Sierra Leoneans began and as disputes between the Sierra Leonean and Liberian components of the RUF increased. Further instances…
Charles Taylor January 22, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 11:30 continued testimony from Corinne Dufka …stage of the conflict in Sierra Leone and went on to document involvement of Liberians in later stages of the conflict? Wit: Yes. Other instances of Liberian involvement I heard…
Charles Taylor January 21, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 5:00 Corinne Dufka discusses atrocities in Sierra Leone …of the city, there were mass abductions by the rebels. The SL government and UNICEF report that there were over 1,000 abductions. Pros: Did you catalogue any instances of amputations?…
Charles Taylor January 18, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 2:00 …RUF bore in mind something that had happened 10 years earlier? Wit: I have no evidence that NPFL suggested this to the RUF. Def: History is rife with instances of…
Charles Taylor January 17, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte Dr. Ellis Details the History of Conflict in Liberia; United States Influence in Liberian Politics Described …NPFL. The common term “SBU” suggests that the RUF took that name from the NPFL. Dr. Ellis discussed two defining instances in the relationship between Charles Taylor and ECOMOG. First,…
Charles Taylor January 17, 2008March 5, 2014 by Eric Witte 5:00 Cross-examination of prosecution witness Stephen Ellis begins …his connection to the war in Sierra Leone. There are two specific instances where you identify that role. One is in the signing of the Lome Peace Accord following this…
