His Drug-Crazed Child Soldiers Butchered Tens of Thousands. Now, As He Goes On Trial, Will Africa's Cannibal Despot Finally Get His Just Deserts? [Eire Region]
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DRESSED in an expensive, impeccably tailored suit and a pair of designer sunglasses, Charles Taylor could pass for a diplomat or businessman discreetly attending to his affairs in The Hague, the Dutch administrative capital. And yet Taylor is an alleged cannibal with a penchant for eating the hearts and livers of his enemies.
He stands accused of masterminding one of the most macabre, blood- spattered episodes in African history.See the full content of this document
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His Drug-Crazed Child Soldiers Butchered Tens of Thousands. Now, As He Goes On Trial, Will Africa's Cannibal Despot Finally Get His Just Deserts? [Eire Region]
Helped by his teenage son 'Chuckie', Taylor allegedly orchestrated the slaughter of up to 250,000 people, many of whom were tortured and raped before being cooked and eaten by Taylor's troops.
In a wave of terror that horrified the world, Taylor also left tens of thousands of people maimed for life after ordering his drug- crazed fighters to hack off the arms and legs of civilians with machetes.Rape was widespread. Thousands of women were kept as sex slaves, after the tendons in their feet were slashed so they wer...See the full content of this document
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