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I'm No Cannibal, Former Liberian President Tells War Crimes Trial

Agence France Presse July 27, 2009.
Charles Taylor on Monday denied that he had ever eaten human flesh or ordered his fighters to do so as he answered allegations of cannibalism at his war crimes trial.

War Crimes Court Grills Ex Liberian President About Human Skull Displays

Agence France Presse July 16, 2009.
Charles Taylor told the court Thursday he had seen nothing wrong with human skulls being displayed at checkpoints in Liberia during his 1989-90 "revolution."

The World's Deadliest Diamond Heist

Johann Hari, The Independent UK. February 25, 2008.
The trial of Charles Taylor revisits a classic tale: the poor of the world are murdered and mutilated for the sake of adorning the rich of the world.

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