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Nigeria warning over Taylor bounty | |
2003-11-10 | |
Nervous, Chuck? Nigerian officials warned the United States on Sunday not to try to capture ousted Liberian leader Charles Taylor, thought to be the target of $2 million bounty posted by the United States. Taylor, a former warlord who was behind 14 years of So maybe we aren’t that friendly.
"We’d also like to think that all those e-mails my Taylor has been restricted from speaking to the media while in Nigeria. One of his close associates said Friday the ex-Liberian leader fears bloodshed if bounty hunters attempt to capture him. Is that a bug or a feature? The United States and a number of African and European leaders had pressed Taylor to step down, seeing him as a prime cause of instability in West Africa. With varying degrees of reluctance, international leaders privately agreed to the asylum offer from Nigeria, seeing it as the best way to remove Taylor and end the bloodletting. Those clucking sounds are the chickens coming home to roost. | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#3 Somebody in State finally figured out a way to shut Taylor up, and he and his Nigerian 'hosts' are angry about it. Expect to see Taylor sink into the sunset and disappear. If you don't make telephone calls, if you don't send emails, if you don't talk on the radio or television, it's easier to hide. This man has two million reasons to want to hide. That seems to be the only way to keep him from interfering in Liberia's still tempestuous political situation. If he gets whacked, it's only icing on the cake. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-11-10 2:57:33 PM |
#2 Tack another zero on the sum, fer cryin' out loud. |
Posted by: Ptah 2003-11-10 10:33:13 AM |
#1 the ex-Liberian leader fears bloodshed if bounty hunters attempt to capture him. he only fears his blood being shed. Why capture him? Kill him |
Posted by: Frank G 2003-11-10 8:41:02 AM |