Charles Taylor snubs Nigerian court

[dArKeR]

Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor failed to attend a court hearing on Monday to defend himself against a bid by two Nigerian amputees to force their government to hand him over to international justice.

Emmanuel Egbuna and David Anyaele, who were mutilated by Sierra Leonean rebels in 1999, allege that Taylor had a role in their ordeal and have asked for a judicial review of Nigeria's decision to grant him political asylum.

Taylor has not been summoned to face the court but, along with Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo, he is a respondent in a suit designed to force Nigeria to hand him over to a United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone.

"We are saying, on the basis of applicable law, that Taylor ought not to have been granted asylum," the plaintiffs' lawyer, Mutiu Ganiyu, told the Federal High Court in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=119323


The Terrorist and the Televangelist: Charles Taylor and Pat Robertson
http://www.sullivan-county.com/news/pat_quotes/pat_gold.htm

What, pray tell, does the Good Lord make of Pat Robertson's gold-mining venture in Liberia with Charles Taylor, international pariah and one of the most ruthless, greedy and terror-producing heads of state in all of sub-Saharan Africa?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A7124-2001Sep21

Pat Robertson Slams Bush On Liberia
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/11/national/main562915.shtml

Pat Robertson & Charles Taylor
Defending the Indefensible President of Liberia
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/rr/blrr_rob_taylor.htm

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Shouldn't this be the introduction for the repuke convention?

[mom cat]

1. I can't wait to see this butcher on trial. The sooner, the better!

[ck4829]

2. Most people who give comfort to terrorists get brought to justice

Not Taylor though, he will most likely live the rest of his days quite pleasantly. This monster is not only one who supported terrorists, but was really one himself. I guess it must be because we don't want to put a dictator who killed 1000's of upon 1000's innocent people, who had dealings with Al Qaeda and probably Hezbollah, and who made life miserable for millions of people. Oh wait, that looks just like Saddam Hussein except he probably didn't help the terrorists. It must be because of Pat Robertson's connection to Taylor that the United States is not going after him personally.