Comments on: Defense Witness Says Prosecution Witnesses Lied, Says Charles Taylor Did Not Have Child Soldiers http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/02/26/defense-witness-says-prosecution-witnesses-lied-says-charles-taylor-did-not-have-child-soldiers/ International Criminal Justice in the Making Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:58:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jose Rodriguez http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/02/26/defense-witness-says-prosecution-witnesses-lied-says-charles-taylor-did-not-have-child-soldiers/#comment-26114 Jose Rodriguez Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:27:34 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4788#comment-26114 Ms. Teage, Where did you get that number from, "300000"? By the way, how do you read this number? Please put it in words for me. NO CASE TEAGE. Ms. Teage,

Where did you get that number from, “300000″? By the way, how do you read this number? Please put it in words for me. NO CASE TEAGE.

]]> By: Ms. Teage http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/02/26/defense-witness-says-prosecution-witnesses-lied-says-charles-taylor-did-not-have-child-soldiers/#comment-25681 Ms. Teage Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:17:04 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4788#comment-25681 I'm not sure how this became about me promoting Mr. Weeks. You all always amaze me with your leap of logics.... I even contemplated not using his name and I wish I had listened to my instinct. You clearly missed the point I was trying to make...when I mentioned Mr. Weeks. You have twisted everything around to some how make it about Mr. Weeks and my personal support (WHAT??????) I most definitely promote Mr. Weeks...in other ways this was absolutly not an attempt to support him... By the way You know and I know that you DO NOT know the whole entire story and that you were not there when Mr. Weeks printed that report SEVEN years AFTER Fendall, you managed to some how digress from 1997 which is the time period I was speaking about to 1990 when Mr. Weeks was 7 yrs old....im not even sure what 1990 Fendal has to do with a 1997 report written to the international community by 14 year old Weeks. But when you are ready to discuss the real issue I brought up and not my support for Mr. Weeks then we can have a real conversation...until then this will be my last response to you... -Cheers I’m not sure how this became about me promoting Mr. Weeks. You all always amaze me with your leap of logics…. I even contemplated not using his name and I wish I had listened to my instinct. You clearly missed the point I was trying to make…when I mentioned Mr. Weeks. You have twisted everything around to some how make it about Mr. Weeks and my personal support (WHAT??????) I most definitely promote Mr. Weeks…in other ways this was absolutly not an attempt to support him…
By the way You know and I know that you DO NOT know the whole entire story and that you were not there when Mr. Weeks printed that report SEVEN years AFTER Fendall, you managed to some how digress from 1997 which is the time period I was speaking about to 1990 when Mr. Weeks was 7 yrs old….im not even sure what 1990 Fendal has to do with a 1997 report written to the international community by 14 year old Weeks. But when you are ready to discuss the real issue I brought up and not my support for Mr. Weeks then we can have a real conversation…until then this will be my last response to you…
-Cheers

]]> By: Aki http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/02/26/defense-witness-says-prosecution-witnesses-lied-says-charles-taylor-did-not-have-child-soldiers/#comment-25679 Aki Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:31:19 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4788#comment-25679 Justice Lib, If all what you have said about Taylor using child soldiers is true. My question is how come none of these former Liberian child soldiers went to testify against Mr. Taylor ? Justice Lib,
If all what you have said about Taylor using child soldiers is true. My question is how come none of these former Liberian child soldiers went to testify against Mr. Taylor ?

]]> By: Helen http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/02/26/defense-witness-says-prosecution-witnesses-lied-says-charles-taylor-did-not-have-child-soldiers/#comment-25617 Helen Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:25:41 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4788#comment-25617 Ms Teage, I can see you are really here to promote your friend Kimmie weeks right. Well I do not just surmise that his story is untrue, i know so. I know the man very well and also know the story. You ned to go back and recheck the story told you by your friend. I was also at Fendell for a period and know that certain things did happen but not with the complicity of Mr Taylor or by any instructions from him. I was also aware of Taylor coming to Fendell to reassure the people and in many cases disciplined the soldiers for any misconduct. Do you deny this? Ms Teage,

I can see you are really here to promote your friend Kimmie weeks right. Well I do not just surmise that his story is untrue, i know so. I know the man very well and also know the story. You ned to go back and recheck the story told you by your friend. I was also at Fendell for a period and know that certain things did happen but not with the complicity of Mr Taylor or by any instructions from him. I was also aware of Taylor coming to Fendell to reassure the people and in many cases disciplined the soldiers for any misconduct. Do you deny this?

]]> By: Ms. Teage http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/02/26/defense-witness-says-prosecution-witnesses-lied-says-charles-taylor-did-not-have-child-soldiers/#comment-25592 Ms. Teage Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:23:42 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4788#comment-25592 Noko4, You really have out done yourself this time you know I would have choose a normal childhood any day over America.....You think it was fun getting news that my uncle was burned alive or another was tortured and murder, or loosing so many people in the war, all of this was worth going to the western world? Many people who are now in the western world probaly went to school or vacationed in the western world....This is one of the most cruel, unintellient...sensless comments I've read from you. While were thanking Charles Taylor for our asylum statuses given by the almighty western world can we thank him for the child soldiers he allowed to fight for him and the over 300000 of our relatives who are mostly in mass unmarked graves tooo........ WOW...you Taylorist never cease to amaze me...... Noko4,
You really have out done yourself this time you know I would have choose a normal childhood any day over America…..You think it was fun getting news that my uncle was burned alive or another was tortured and murder, or loosing so many people in the war, all of this was worth going to the western world? Many people who are now in the western world probaly went to school or vacationed in the western world….This is one of the most cruel, unintellient…sensless comments I’ve read from you. While were thanking Charles Taylor for our asylum statuses given by the almighty western world can we thank him for the child soldiers he allowed to fight for him and the over 300000 of our relatives who are mostly in mass unmarked graves tooo……..
WOW…you Taylorist never cease to amaze me……

]]> By: Ms. Teage http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/02/26/defense-witness-says-prosecution-witnesses-lied-says-charles-taylor-did-not-have-child-soldiers/#comment-25591 Ms. Teage Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:14:55 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4788#comment-25591 Noko 4, I need to say the same to you...not only did Charles Taylor have child soldier but I believe he along with many other of his general personally recruited them trained them armed them and drugged them to fight.... I find it shameful and disgraceful of you to actually make such a bogus claim as 'they followed their older brothers' to pardon Taylors actions of training innocent children. To me this act is one of the painful and devastating realities of the sensless war this madman and many others waged in Liberia. Maybe you don't remember the accounts of the hundreds of child soldiers who passed through Pheobe hospital/morgue shortly after the 90 war...Accounts of your Taylor coming to villages bringing goodies and leaving with peoples sons and even daughters. Come on tell that story you just wrote to someone who doesn't know the truth. I submit to you that Taylor was aware that children were being used and did nothing for 14 years to stop it because it was him who ordered it startin in 89. SBU child soldiers child rebel etc...Taylor used them. For all the people who know Taylor very well how many of you remember the incident in early 1991 on cuttington when one of Charles Taylors general daughter a girl about 8 year old girl picked up her dads buretta and was playing with it and mistakenly blew of her head...the general I speak of lived not too far from the late D. Museleng Coopers house and close to father Jelico Brights episcopal church....How many of you were there that day when your boss man came to give his condolences and he came with his entourage of SBU...Come on Noko4 save your speech about confusing the issues for someone else better yet yourself. This is one of the worse things that could have happen to a child and it happened in our country sadly its still happening in our continent (Joseph KonY LRA)....This is a touchy subject for me and its just appaling for you to tell me that these children 'followed love ones'. BY THE WAY THE WHOLE EVERYBODY IS LYING on Taylor act is gettin old..seriously Noko 4,
I need to say the same to you…not only did Charles Taylor have child soldier but I believe he along with many other of his general personally recruited them trained them armed them and drugged them to fight….
I find it shameful and disgraceful of you to actually make such a bogus claim as ‘they followed their older brothers’ to pardon Taylors actions of training innocent children. To me this act is one of the painful and devastating realities of the sensless war this madman and many others waged in Liberia. Maybe you don’t remember the accounts of the hundreds of child soldiers who passed through Pheobe hospital/morgue shortly after the 90 war…Accounts of your Taylor coming to villages bringing goodies and leaving with peoples sons and even daughters. Come on tell that story you just wrote to someone who doesn’t know the truth. I submit to you that Taylor was aware that children were being used and did nothing for 14 years to stop it because it was him who ordered it startin in 89. SBU child soldiers child rebel etc…Taylor used them. For all the people who know Taylor very well how many of you remember the incident in early 1991 on cuttington when one of Charles Taylors general daughter a girl about 8 year old girl picked up her dads buretta and was playing with it and mistakenly blew of her head…the general I speak of lived not too far from the late D. Museleng Coopers house and close to father Jelico Brights episcopal church….How many of you were there that day when your boss man came to give his condolences and he came with his entourage of SBU…Come on Noko4 save your speech about confusing the issues for someone else better yet yourself. This is one of the worse things that could have happen to a child and it happened in our country sadly its still happening in our continent (Joseph KonY LRA)….This is a touchy subject for me and its just appaling for you to tell me that these children ‘followed love ones’.
BY THE WAY THE WHOLE EVERYBODY IS LYING on Taylor act is gettin old..seriously

]]> By: Noko4 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/02/26/defense-witness-says-prosecution-witnesses-lied-says-charles-taylor-did-not-have-child-soldiers/#comment-25477 Noko4 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:28:35 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4788#comment-25477 Helen, I always tell them to THANK Mr. Taylor also....as EVIL or WICKY the situation was, many many Liberians are now benefitting from the war; 95 percent of the present crew in the Western world wouldn't and couldn't have had the opportunity to be where they are. And that's the FACT!!!! Helen,
I always tell them to THANK Mr. Taylor also….as EVIL or WICKY the situation was, many many Liberians are now benefitting from the war; 95 percent of the present crew in the Western world wouldn’t and couldn’t have had the opportunity to be where they are.

And that’s the FACT!!!!

]]> By: Noko4 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/02/26/defense-witness-says-prosecution-witnesses-lied-says-charles-taylor-did-not-have-child-soldiers/#comment-25475 Noko4 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:24:53 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4788#comment-25475 Ms Teage, Please STOP confusing the issue....this SMALL UNIT was NEVER EVER sanctioned by Mr. Taylor or NPFL....both the prosecutor and defense witnesses have told us how those UNDER AGE BOYS got involved in the war. Some followed their older relatives and became HELPERS; other were orphans and attached themself to whoever they felt comfortable around. Did they act under INSTRUCTIONS from Mr. Taylor??? NO!!!! Ms Teage,
Please STOP confusing the issue….this SMALL UNIT was NEVER EVER sanctioned by Mr. Taylor or NPFL….both the prosecutor and defense witnesses have told us how those UNDER AGE BOYS got involved in the war.

Some followed their older relatives and became HELPERS; other were orphans and attached themself to whoever they felt comfortable around. Did they act under INSTRUCTIONS from Mr. Taylor??? NO!!!!

]]> By: Noko4 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/02/26/defense-witness-says-prosecution-witnesses-lied-says-charles-taylor-did-not-have-child-soldiers/#comment-25473 Noko4 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4788#comment-25473 Orjay, Are you truly following this trial?? Just in case you didn't see or read WHY the Gambians were guarding Mr. Taylor....NPFL splitted into two groups and his friend, Dr. Manni suggested the help and Mr. Taylor took the offer. No there weren't any SMALL BOY UNIT gaurding Mr. Taylor and I don't believe anyone testifying for either side has said such. The question was/is...were there SMALL BOY or UNDER AGE BOYS fighting on behave of NPFL?? Yes if you ask me but were they SANCTIONED by Mr. Taylor?? NO!!! Even Mr. Blah didn't say NPFL had such a unit within her fighting force but more of relatives or orphans hanging around. Orjay,
Are you truly following this trial?? Just in case you didn’t see or read WHY the Gambians were guarding Mr. Taylor….NPFL splitted into two groups and his friend, Dr. Manni suggested the help and Mr. Taylor took the offer.

No there weren’t any SMALL BOY UNIT gaurding Mr. Taylor and I don’t believe anyone testifying for either side has said such. The question was/is…were there SMALL BOY or UNDER AGE BOYS fighting on behave of NPFL?? Yes if you ask me but were they SANCTIONED by Mr. Taylor?? NO!!! Even Mr. Blah didn’t say NPFL had such a unit within her fighting force but more of relatives or orphans hanging around.

]]> By: Tracey Gurd http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/02/26/defense-witness-says-prosecution-witnesses-lied-says-charles-taylor-did-not-have-child-soldiers/#comment-25314 Tracey Gurd Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:56:53 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4788#comment-25314 Fabulous news! That's made my day! Fabulous news! That’s made my day!

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