Comments on: As defense witness payments are questioned, witnesses deny Charles Taylor supplied rebels with arms, also deny rebels recruited child soldiers or raped http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/20/witness-explains-how-ruf-rebels-obtained-arms-and-ammunition-in-sierra-leone/ International Criminal Justice in the Making Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Morris Kanneh http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/20/witness-explains-how-ruf-rebels-obtained-arms-and-ammunition-in-sierra-leone/#comment-29281 Morris Kanneh Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:58:01 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4893#comment-29281 Aki, Can it get sadder than the brutalities that Taylor and his cohorts rained on Liberia and the subregion from 1989-2003? Aki,
Can it get sadder than the brutalities that Taylor and his cohorts rained on Liberia and the subregion from 1989-2003?

]]> By: noko5 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/20/witness-explains-how-ruf-rebels-obtained-arms-and-ammunition-in-sierra-leone/#comment-28850 noko5 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:22:34 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4893#comment-28850 John Thompson, Taylor was not a part of any enterprise of crime either. GET IT. John Thompson,
Taylor was not a part of any enterprise of crime either. GET IT.

]]> By: Harris K Johnson http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/20/witness-explains-how-ruf-rebels-obtained-arms-and-ammunition-in-sierra-leone/#comment-28835 Harris K Johnson Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:36:18 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4893#comment-28835 john thompson I'm sorry to hear that you have given up on this debate of child soldiers and rapes during the RUF/AFRC war in Sierra Leone. But please let me remind you that all of us including Mr. Taylor and his defense witnesses are not saying that those thing did not happened, but they were not ordered by the man Taylor. Again as for this witness, he has not said that there were no child soldiers or rapes. What he has told this court is that he did not see such things. Me and you are no body to challenge is sense of seeing without a proof. Let's keep the debate live and face the facts. Thanks Harris K Johnson john thompson
I’m sorry to hear that you have given up on this debate of child soldiers and rapes during the RUF/AFRC war in Sierra Leone. But please let me remind you that all of us including Mr. Taylor and his defense witnesses are not saying that those thing did not happened, but they were not ordered by the man Taylor. Again as for this witness, he has not said that there were no child soldiers or rapes. What he has told this court is that he did not see such things. Me and you are no body to challenge is sense of seeing without a proof. Let’s keep the debate live and face the facts.

Thanks

Harris K Johnson

]]> By: Jose Rodriguez http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/20/witness-explains-how-ruf-rebels-obtained-arms-and-ammunition-in-sierra-leone/#comment-28746 Jose Rodriguez Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:43:49 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4893#comment-28746 John Thompson, Don't you think, or wouldn't you expect, the prosecution to bring at least one former child soldier who fought on behalf of President Taylor to testify as a child soldier who was recruited by the NPFL? John, if it was the defense team, they would have brought said person on the stand. This is to show you some of the big holes in the prosecution case. You will expect Ms. Hollis /Mr. Koumjian to bring the child soldier. Wouldn't you? But I didn't see it, if it ever happened. So John, all your crying and waning will not help your cause. However, we are in court here. This is no sidewalk talk forum. produce and provide all your evidence in court. As the result, the judges will look at it and determine the final verdict. But the prosecution failed to bring such vital evidence. Who do you blame John Thompson? Taylor again? John Thompson,

Don’t you think, or wouldn’t you expect, the prosecution to bring at least one former child soldier who fought on behalf of President Taylor to testify as a child soldier who was recruited by the NPFL?

John, if it was the defense team, they would have brought said person on the stand. This is to show you some of the big holes in the prosecution case. You will expect Ms. Hollis /Mr. Koumjian to bring the child soldier. Wouldn’t you? But I didn’t see it, if it ever happened. So John, all your crying and waning will not help your cause. However, we are in court here. This is no sidewalk talk forum. produce and provide all your evidence in court. As the result, the judges will look at it and determine the final verdict. But the prosecution failed to bring such vital evidence. Who do you blame John Thompson? Taylor again?

]]> By: Jose Rodriguez http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/20/witness-explains-how-ruf-rebels-obtained-arms-and-ammunition-in-sierra-leone/#comment-28739 Jose Rodriguez Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:32:21 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4893#comment-28739 Andew Jlay, I think Mr. Griffiths was just OUTSTANDING. He touched on every aspect of the case with no reservations.He also came clean. He had a seizure of conscience for mankind and not for money. He exposed the remaking of the grotesque inherently flawed laws and scam of the court. However, History is going to remember him as one of the best international lawyers of contemporary international justice. Maybe, the other side needs to emulate his leadership by example quality. Andew Jlay,

I think Mr. Griffiths was just OUTSTANDING. He touched on every aspect of the case with no reservations.He also came clean. He had a seizure of conscience for mankind and not for money. He exposed the remaking of the grotesque inherently flawed laws and scam of the court. However, History is going to remember him as one of the best international lawyers of contemporary international justice. Maybe, the other side needs to emulate his leadership by example quality.

]]> By: Aki http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/20/witness-explains-how-ruf-rebels-obtained-arms-and-ammunition-in-sierra-leone/#comment-28737 Aki Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:06:45 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4893#comment-28737 John Thompson, Stay tuned it will get sadder for all the anti-taylor people. John Thompson,
Stay tuned it will get sadder for all the anti-taylor people.

]]> By: andrew jlay http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/20/witness-explains-how-ruf-rebels-obtained-arms-and-ammunition-in-sierra-leone/#comment-28731 andrew jlay Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:41:31 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4893#comment-28731 john thompson, I do not recall anyone denying that during the liberian civil war, child soldier existed. What I recall is that the NPFL did not have an organized unit of child soldiers. If you did see one then it was not with the NPFL as a policy, but with other factions ULIMO etc. Whatever children that were part of small boys unit were orphans or orderlies to their elder folks. It was not the NPFL policy, that has been the position here. It is a trial and it is positions and policies that would be evaluated not what john thompson thinks or believes. john thompson,

I do not recall anyone denying that during the liberian civil war, child soldier existed. What I recall is that the NPFL did not have an organized unit of child soldiers. If you did see one then it was not with the NPFL as a policy, but with other factions ULIMO etc. Whatever children that were part of small boys unit were orphans or orderlies to their elder folks. It was not the NPFL policy, that has been the position here. It is a trial and it is positions and policies that would be evaluated not what john thompson thinks or believes.

]]> By: Noko4 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/20/witness-explains-how-ruf-rebels-obtained-arms-and-ammunition-in-sierra-leone/#comment-28713 Noko4 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:27:44 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4893#comment-28713 No MATCH.......Mr. Rapp couldn't defend his position.....lost like a deer in a headlight. His response as to why Pres. Kabbah was not on the stand told the WHOLE game in this trial....get Mr. Taylor at all cost regardless. No MATCH…….Mr. Rapp couldn’t defend his position…..lost like a deer in a headlight. His response as to why Pres. Kabbah was not on the stand told the WHOLE game in this trial….get Mr. Taylor at all cost regardless.

]]> By: john thompson http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/20/witness-explains-how-ruf-rebels-obtained-arms-and-ammunition-in-sierra-leone/#comment-28703 john thompson Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:04:29 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4893#comment-28703 What is this lier talking about, NO CHILD SOLDIERS? is he serious, I'm not going to waste my time debating this issue, if anyone thinks there weren't no child soldiers during the wars all I can say to him or her you're entitle to your opinion, I know what I saw. Oh and there were no rapes? Please this is sad. What is this lier talking about, NO CHILD SOLDIERS? is he serious, I’m not going to waste my time debating this issue, if anyone thinks there weren’t no child soldiers during the wars all I can say to him or her you’re entitle to your opinion, I know what I saw. Oh and there were no rapes? Please this is sad.

]]> By: Harris K Johnson http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2010/03/20/witness-explains-how-ruf-rebels-obtained-arms-and-ammunition-in-sierra-leone/#comment-28698 Harris K Johnson Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:30:36 +0000 http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/?p=4893#comment-28698 andrew jlay, Mr. Griffiths was on to of the moon as usual. He is by far better than Mr. Rapp who was confused and disrespectful in answering some of our questions. I was very impressed when he said Mr. Taylor was judged and found guilty by public options. I guess he was referring to some of the very people on this site. Harris K Johnson andrew jlay,
Mr. Griffiths was on to of the moon as usual. He is by far better than Mr. Rapp who was confused and disrespectful in answering some of our questions. I was very impressed when he said Mr. Taylor was judged and found guilty by public options. I guess he was referring to some of the very people on this site.

Harris K Johnson

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