Liberia: 1997 Arms Shipment Into Sierra Leone Was Not Facilitated By Charles Taylor, RUF Leader Testifies

A former Sierra Leonean rebel leader today again took pains to distance Charles Taylor from a shipment of weapons that prosecutors say was bought with the same batch of diamonds as those he allegedly gave to supermodel Naomi Campbell after a star-studded dinner in South Africa in 1997.

On his third day of testimony, Issa Sesay -- the former interim leader of Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF)- today tied Libyan leader Muamarr Ghadaffi, RUF leader Foday Sankoh, Commander in Chief (CIC) of the Burkinabe Army, General Diendere, and Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) leader, Johnny Paul Koroma, to the flight full of arms and ammunition which landed in northern Sierra Leone in late 1997.

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