(NOTE: This entry guest blogged by jaime)
In a stunning piece of journalism, The Boston Globe has uncovered a long history of ties between former Liberian dictator and U.S. ally, Charles Taylor.
American intelligence and United Nations investigators had detailed many meetings with Al Qaeda operatives and Taylor’s government even after September 11, 2001. Some in the U.S. even considered taking action.
-Boston Globe, Aug 4, 2004
Liberia’s big business, diamonds, were a top earner for Al Qaeda and their various acts of terrorism.
-Boston Globe, Aug 4, 2004
These revelation are stunning enough, but what is even more appalling is not just fact that Mr. Taylor was on the C.I.A. payroll, or that it took a great public outcry to get him removed from his post as President of Liberia, or that Christian Pharisee/ Mullah Pat Robertson derided the outcry against his blood money partner because President Bush was “undermining a Christian, Baptist president to bring in Muslim rebels”, no…
The Terror Warriors in the Bush adminstration pledged to dismantle the terrorists and the nations that harbor them in September, yet ignored the CIA asset that funded the terrorists and the nation that harbored them. So, Mr. President? What happens when a Dictator is both with us AND against us?
Please forgive my piss poor html skills…Here are the links:
Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/worl...n_probe_finds/
And Mullah Robertson
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/...in562915.shtml
jaime,
this is so interesting. i knew that Pat was in bed with Taylor (no pun intended) but had no idea about al Qaeda. it sort of makes his remarks on 911 a bit more interesting and demonstrates a little more affinity of rightist Christians in this country for rightist Muslims elsewhere. It really seems like the media have forgotten all about those ties that bind since bin Laden became an enemy.