By Kemo Cham, AfricaNews Dakar, Senegal
DAKAR, SENEGAL: Former Liberian leader, Charles Taylor, has confessed to sending armed men to fight during the civil war in Sierra Leone, informs Africaews Thursday.
The UN Special Court reported: “In a surprising move, Charles Taylor reinforced the truthfulness of his former vice president’s testimony against him earlier in the trial.”
The UN-backed court for Sierra Leone in The Hague quoted him to have said: “To a great extent, Moses Blah (Taylor’s former Vice President) told the court the truth.”
Taylor’s statement was in response to evidence earlier provided by prosecution witnesses, attempting to dispute their claims that he provided support for the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in Sierra Leone after November 1996.
Taylor also concurred with his former vice president’s testimony that as vice president, Blah had no idea that arms and ammunition were been transported from Liberia to Sierra Leone for use by RUF rebels.
