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| Boetie 5/06/2008 23:41:07 IP: 24.206.230.64 |
 Subject: Cannabilism in Africa--EISHMessage: Witnesses Give Account of Cannibalism at Trial of Former Liberia President Thursday, March 13, 2008 E-Mail Print Share: DiggFacebookStumbleUpon AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Grim tales of cannibalism highlighting the brutality of West Africa's civil wars emerged in testimony Thursday at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Joseph "Zigzag" Marzah, who described himself as Taylor's chief of operations and head of the death squad before Taylor became president, said African peacekeepers and even United Nations personnel were killed and eaten on the battlefield by Taylor's militiamen. Prosecutors described Marzah as a key witness with inside knowledge of the former Liberian president's operations in Liberia and neighboring Sierra Leone, where he is accused of responsibility for the widespread murder, rape and amputations committed by soldiers loyal to him. Taylor, 59, has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He is accused of orchestrating violence in Sierra Leone's civil war, which ended in 2002, and trading in illegally mined diamonds to finance the conflict. The trial by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, in The Hague, Netherlands, began last June but adjourned after one day when Taylor fired his lawyer. It reconvened in January, but many prosecution witnesses have testified behind closed doors for fear of retribution. Marzah appeared in open court after lengthy negotiations involving protection for him and his family. Prodded under cross-examination by defense lawyer Courtenay Griffith, Marzah gave a sometimes-graphic description of cannibalism that altered between the ritual taking of vengeance and the practical need for food. He repeatedly said nothing was done without Taylor's instructions, and that anyone who violated Taylor's orders would be executed. "Did Charles Taylor order you to eat people?" Griffith asked. "Yes, to set an example for the people to be afraid," Marzah replied. He appeared unfazed by Griffith's blunt queries, and responded in matter-of-fact tones to such questions as "How do you prepare a human being for the pot?" Marzah then described the splitting, cleaning, decapitating and cooking of the corpse with salt and pepper. "We throw your head away," he said. He said the victims were usually from the ethnic Krahn, the tribe of former Liberian President Samuel Doe whom Taylor set out to topple in 1989. But they also included peacekeepers from the Nigerian-led ECOMOG, the African peacekeeping force sent to the area in 1990, and some U.N. people, he said. "How many ECOMOG soldiers did you eat?" the attorney asked. "We ate a few but not many. But many were executed, about 68," the witness said, and several U.N. personnel also were captured. The time and location of the incident were unclear. "Which ones taste best?" Griffith asked. "There was no alternative but to do it your own way," Marzah replied. Enemies, he was told, "are no longer human beings." Taylor, then head of the National Patriotic Liberian Front, said in interviews at the time that he considered ECOMOG to be just another warring faction in the multisided civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Later, ECOMOG helped stabilize the region, allowing elections in Liberia in 1997 that Taylor won. | |
| waresuidafrikaner 5/06/2008 23:48:31 IP: 121.219.160.63 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Boetie PROTECT YOUR PRICK AND TESTICLES | |
| Expat 5/07/2008 01:34:55 IP: 86.45.240.154 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: "Boetie PROTECT YOUR PRICK AND TESTICLES" Ja, just look what happened to Waredoos. No balls, no prick, no spine, and to add absolute insult to injury, he now has to call himself an Arsetralian! | |
| waresuidafrikaner 5/07/2008 01:48:02 IP: 121.219.160.63 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: he he he | |
| Jayare 5/07/2008 05:16:41 IP: 196.8.104.59 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Enemies, he was told, "are no longer human beings." This explain a lot about the CULTURE. | |
| rainbow 5/07/2008 07:20:30 IP: 193.219.228.60 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: What does this explain about the culture of Europeans? "Former war crimes prosecutor alleges Kosovan army harvested organs from Serb prisoners· 300 killed in 'house-clinic' in Albania, says Del Ponte Ian Traynor, Europe editor The Guardian, Saturday April 12 2008 Carla Del Ponte, the ex-chief prosecutor for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, has unleashed a storm of recrimination with allegations of a trade in human body parts in Kosovo and Albania after Nato bombed Serbia in 1999. Del Ponte claims, based on what she describes as credible reports and witnesses, that Kosovan Albanian guerrillas transported hundreds of Serbian prisoners into northern Albania where they were killed, and their organs "harvested" and trafficked out of Tirana airport." http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/12/warcrimes.kosovo | |
| rainbow 5/07/2008 07:24:15 IP: 193.219.228.60 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: ...and Jayre you might want to comment on the CULTURE of this: "In the book, Del Ponte writes that her investigators visited a house in the remote mountainous region outside Burrel, Albania, which was allegedly being used as an impromptu clinic for the butchering of 300 young Serbs captured by the Kosovo Liberation Army and transported in lorries across the border from Kosovo to Albania. According to witnesses - including one who said he had driven some of the organs to Tirana airport, and a team of unnamed journalists who investigated the allegations - the victims had their kidneys removed before being killed later and having other organs taken. "Prisoners were aware of the fate that awaited them, and according to the source pleaded, terrified, to be killed immediately," Del Ponte writes." | |
| 5/07/2008 07:30:48 IP: 196.207.33.197 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: During the "struggle" in the '80s, there were cases documented of cannibalism practised by UDF supporters after they have killed their political opponents, mostly via the barbaric necklace method. We may have cannibals as Ministers, definitely as MPs. | |
| s 5/07/2008 07:57:08 IP: 196.207.35.245 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: were aware of the fate that awaited them, and according to the source pleaded, terrified, to be killed immediately," Sounds like Farm Genocide in South Africa | |
| Sifiso Pikoli 5/07/2008 09:14:46 IP: 196.4.141.12 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Boetie and your fellow arseholes go to this site and read about cannibalism in Russia...... yes Russia where there are no black people. www.ogrish.com | |
| Jayare 5/07/2008 09:17:32 IP: 196.8.104.59 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: rainbow - there is a BIG difference between "harvesting organs" and "eating organs". | |
| 5/07/2008 09:29:52 IP: 196.207.33.197 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Syphiliso - mad white people eat humans. Sane but savage black people eat humans. | |
| Ray 5/07/2008 09:43:00 IP: 66.251.102.206 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: UN personnel finally contribute to solving the hunger problem. | |
| Snowy Smith 5/07/2008 10:35:42 IP: 196.207.35.245 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Raping Children, Sex with Goats and now eating people. Disgusting Blacks. It must be a BLACK CULTURAL thing. | |
| Sifiso Mthuthimunye 5/08/2008 02:56:53 IP: 196.4.141.12 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: "Syphiliso - mad white people eat humans. Sane but savage black people eat humans." You choose to remain anonymous cause you know you're talking kak........... "Raping Children, Sex with Goats and now eating people." Snowshit Do yourself a favour and visit that "ogrish" site. You'll see white women bonked by horses. He he he. Imagine how big a horse's dick is! Eish those women are strong. | |
| Boetie 5/08/2008 06:45:14 IP: 24.206.230.64 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: I see all you black bastards will DEFEND your Bruthas at all costs...even if they are cannibals...well done...it just confirms how USELESS you all really are... | |
| Sifiso 5/08/2008 06:48:08 IP: 196.4.141.12 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: What are you talking about boetie? | |
| rainbow 5/09/2008 11:33:32 IP: 193.219.228.60 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Jayre: "rainbow - there is a BIG difference between "harvesting organs" and "eating organs".' Not for the victim there isn't. ...so what does this say about the CULTURE of Europeans? | |
| Expat 5/09/2008 14:51:26 IP: 86.45.240.154 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: So Rainbow, why do you wish you were European then? | |
| Boetie 5/09/2008 19:35:53 IP: 24.206.230.64 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Binga binga bonga I'm so happy in the Conga...let them eat Liver... | |
| waresuidafrikaner 5/09/2008 20:08:59 IP: 124.180.54.210 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Boetie "Man ?" ......for a so called WHITE (AFRIKANER) you really are a stupid PRICK | |
| waresuidafrikaner 5/09/2008 21:03:35 IP: 124.180.54.210 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Boetie "Man ?" ......for a so called WHITE (AFRIKANER) you really are a stupid PRICK | |
| rainbow 5/12/2008 04:13:38 IP: 193.219.228.60 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Cowpat: "why do you wish you were European then?" I don't wish to be anything but what I am. Now answer the question. What doea this tell you about European Culture? | |
| Jayare 5/12/2008 07:19:51 IP: 196.8.104.59 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Rainbow - the hands of the European's are not clean either - just think back to WWII and what the Nazi's did - but as I said before: there is a BIG difference between "harvesting organs" and "eating organs" | |
| rainbow 5/17/2008 08:37:00 IP: 196.2.124.251 | RE: Cannabilism in Africa--EISH Message: Jayre, the point is you can't make such gross generalisations about people. Not all Europeans are bad. Not all are good either. There is still not a BIG difference to the victims, is there? | |
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