The Analyst (Monrovia)
3 July 2008
Yesterday, the trial of former president Charles Taylor resumed following days of break with chief prosecution witness co-named TF1-567 currently on the stand alleging that the accused had ordered former RUF head Foday Sankoh to send more men to areas then seized by forces of the United Liberation Movement (ULIMO), to help open the blocked routes.
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The mandate of the court is to trial all who bear the greatest responsibility. To do that, the Prosecutions have to sacrifice some middle fish to get to the big fish and also the victims can not tie the big fish to the crimes as they have no knowledge about the command and control of the organization's headed or formed by by these big fishes. Hence the need for insider witnesses.
For sake of humanity the trial of Mr. Charles Taylor is a mockery to justice anywhere and eveywhere.In fact the trial in itself appears to be a forum for few selected people called judges and lawyers to amass wealth. Where in the world would key players like Moses Blah, TF1-567 etc. be witnesses when they were also individuals who fully executed the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone. If justice is to prevail, let all of these criminals be judged and face the full force of justice.