Nigeria Ready to Hand Over Liberian Warlord for Trial

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › March 26, 2006

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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.

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.

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Nigeria Ready to Hand Over Liberian Warlord for Trial

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 millio...

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