A Glimmer of Hope?

Justice appears to be on the horizon. Charles Taylor, a modern day maniac likened to Hitler, was captured today in Nigeria. Check out the story here and see some pictures here. He is the former president of Liberia, Sierra Leone's neighbor to the east. He has been charged with aiding the rebel forces that committed the horrible atrocities that have become synonymous with Sierra Leone. He and his government traded weapons for the "blood diamonds" mined in Sierra Leone during its civil war. He has also been charged with laundering money for Al Qaeda by trading cash for diamonds. Diamonds are much harder to trace which comes in handy when the bank accounts are frozen. So, long story short, Charles Taylor is a bad guy.

Educational Link: Learn more about Charles Taylor at Wikipedia.

Please pray for justice in his trial and that Sierra Leoneans would be given a sense of hope in seeing justice in action.

Side Note: I believe that I saw the helicoptor that carried Charles Taylor to Sierra Leone fly over my house today. Crazy. We live about two miles from the UN compound where it landed.
2006
03/30
CATEGORY
sierra leone
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    • peter b.
    • April 4th, 2006

    Keep us updated with the Taylor case. I’ll be reading about through my internet news sources, but its always good to have the unedited version. One question I have is, is there still intense rivalry between Sierra Leone and Liberia, and especially the pro-Taylor Liberians?

    • r trego
    • April 4th, 2006

    praise God, eh? thanks for the inside scoop…

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