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Former RFI, Reuters correspondent testifies against Taylor |
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Written by Wellington Geevon Smith
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Monday, 22 September 2008 |
A former correspondent of Radio France International and Reuters has taken the stand against former detained President, Charles Taylor in The Hague.
Mr. Stephen Smith said he was humiliated by Taylor’s forces in 1990, and later expelled from Liberia by Taylor himself.
Mr. Smith told the court he covered all sides of the Liberian Civil war from Samuel Doe, Charles Taylor and then to Prince Johnson.
Mr. Smith is now a professor at the Duke University in America.
The American Professor said the Sierra Leone civil war was an offspring of the Liberian Civil war.
Mr. Smith interviewed the accused former Liberian President in Paris in November 2000.
He said Mr. Taylor in that interview described the Sierra Leone Civil war as a war for diamonds.
The retired journalist told the court Mr. Taylor blamed the war on the British’s desire for diamonds.
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