Charles Taylor: Difference between revisions

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As president, Taylor restructured the army, filling it with members of his former militia.

Because of their opposition to Taylor and their affiliation with the previous Doe's regime and with rebel groups like ULIMO, Taylor initiated a crackdown against the Krahn. In 1998, Taylor attempted to murder one of his political opponents, the former warlord Roosevelt Johnson, causing clashes in Monrovia, during and after which hundreds of Krahn were massacred and hundreds more fled Liberia.

Because of their opposition of Taylor and their affiliation with the previous Doe's regime and with rebel groups like ULIMO, Taylor initiated a crackdown against the ethnic group Krahn. In 1998, Taylor attempted to murder one of his political opponents, the former warlord Roosevelt Johnson, causing clashes in Monrovia, during and after which hundreds of Krahn were massacred and hundreds more fled Liberia.

Conflict ensued between Taylor and the opposition, and Monrovia became the scene of widespread gun battles and [[looting]]. Governments around the world accused Taylor of supporting the rebelling [[Revolutionary United Front]] in Sierra Leone, and in 2000 the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions on Liberia. The country was subsequently gripped again by civil war, and Taylor, accused of gross human rights violations, was indicted by an UN-sponsored war-crimes tribunal (the Special Court for Sierra Leone) in 2003. Following widespread international condemnation, Taylor agreed to go into exile in Nigeria. In March 2006, however, the Liberian government requested Taylor’s extradition, and Nigeria announced that it would comply with the order. Taylor subsequently attempted to flee Nigeria but was quickly captured. Charged with [[crimes against humanity]] and [[war crimes]] committed during Sierra Leone’s civil war, he was later sent to The Hague, where he was to be tried before the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

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 As president, Taylor restructured the army, filling it with members of his former militia.
-Because of their opposition to Taylor and their affiliation with the previous Doe's regime and with rebel groups like ULIMO, Taylor initiated a crackdown against the Krahn. In 1998, Taylor attempted to murder one of his political opponents, the former warlord Roosevelt Johnson, causing clashes in Monrovia, during and after which hundreds of Krahn were massacred and hundreds more fled Liberia.
+Because of their opposition of Taylor and their affiliation with the previous Doe's regime and with rebel groups like ULIMO, Taylor initiated a crackdown against the ethnic group Krahn. In 1998, Taylor attempted to murder one of his political opponents, the former warlord Roosevelt Johnson, causing clashes in Monrovia, during and after which hundreds of Krahn were massacred and hundreds more fled Liberia.
 Conflict ensued between Taylor and the opposition, and Monrovia became the scene of widespread gun battles and [[looting]]. Governments around the world accused Taylor of supporting the rebelling [[Revolutionary United Front]] in Sierra Leone, and in 2000 the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions on Liberia. The country was subsequently gripped again by civil war, and Taylor, accused of gross human rights violations, was indicted by an UN-sponsored war-crimes tribunal (the Special Court for Sierra Leone) in 2003. Following widespread international condemnation, Taylor agreed to go into exile in Nigeria. In March 2006, however, the Liberian government requested Taylor’s extradition, and Nigeria announced that it would comply with the order. Taylor subsequently attempted to flee Nigeria but was quickly captured. Charged with [[crimes against humanity]] and [[war crimes]] committed during Sierra Leone’s civil war, he was later sent to The Hague, where he was to be tried before the Special Court for Sierra Leone.