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yeah, I saw that movie.
it was very ed up.
Well if you haven't.... it involves the following real character...
Sweden, Austria Asked to Hold Taylor By KARL RITTER, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 18 minutes ago
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sweden and Austria have received requests to imprison former Liberian President Charles Taylor if he is convicted of war crimes by a U.N.-backed court, government officials said Wednesday.
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A positive answer by the Scandinavian country would remove a key obstacle to transfer Taylor's trial from the U.N.-backed Special Court in Sierra Leone to The Hague, Netherlands.
Several diplomats at the United Nations told the AP on Tuesday that no country wants to have Taylor for 20 or 30 years — either in jail or in exile.
Court officials have asked that the trial be moved because of fears the 58-year-old Taylor, who has been charged with 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone and was once among the most feared warlords in the region, could still spark unrest in West Africa.
In Vienna, Foreign Ministry spokesman Georg Schnetzer said Austria had been asked about accepting Taylor, but pointed out that "the legal basis for this to happen does not exist at the moment."
He declined to say specifically if Austria had refused the request, and did not clarify what the necessary legal basis would be.
Sweden, a strong supporter of UN-backed international justice that has proved willing to accept imprisoning convicted war criminals before, confirmed Tuesday it had received a request to host Taylor.
"Sweden and other countries have been asked" by the U.N. whether they would be willing to have Taylor serve a prison sentence there, Swedish Foreign Ministry Cabinet Secretary Hans Dahlgren told The Associated Press.
Dahlgren declined to reveal which other countries had been contacted, or what Sweden's position was, saying only that the request was being reviewed. Her declined to say when Sweden would make its decision.
A Dutch Foreign Ministry spokesman said his government was in contact with only one country about accepting Taylor, but would not confirm that it was Sweden.
The Dutch government has insisted it will only allow the trial in The Hague if he is transferred to another country after the verdict, regardless if it is a conviction or acquittal.
Taylor is accused of backing brutal rebels in Sierra Leone during a 1991-2002 civil war and trafficking in guns and diamonds while president of Liberia from 1997 to 2003.
Meanwhile in Miami, Taylor's son was ordered held without bail Wednesday on U.S. passport fraud charges.
Charles McArthur Emmanuel, 29, also known as Charles "Chuckie" Taylor Jr., was arrested last week at Miami International Airport. U.S. immigration officials said he lied about the iden y of his father on his application for the passport.
Emmanuel, a U.S. citizen, was head of Liberia's Anti-Terrorist Unit during his father's term, with responsibilities including training of soldiers on that force and providing security for Taylor.
yeah, I saw that movie.
it was very ed up.
I watched it too.
Very interesting movie.
I hope it gets to On Demand Cable quickly. I can't afford going to the movies (time wise)
That movie has one of the best opening scenes I have ever seen in a movie. Cage does a decent job.
Suprisingly good film.
I agree it was much better than I thought it would be.
Did you see it recently?
http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/12/palm-oil-land-grab-africa#The oil palm tree is actually native to west and central Africa. A century ago, British siblings William and James Lever, whose company would become Unilever, ran a 17-million-acre palm concession in what was then the Belgian Congo. But it’s only in the past few years that the crop has begun to transform the landscape of this continent. For several decades planting was focused in Southeast Asia, with Malaysia and Indonesia together accounting for 85 percent of global output. With worldwide production now approaching 50 million tons a year, however—palm oil is present in half of all packaged food products, as well as in such drugstore staples as lipsticks and body lotions—producers have been scrambling to find new frontiers. Imports of palm oil to the United States alone have increased 485 percent in the past decade.
aside:
same link as aboveIn 2005 Liberians elected Ellen Johnson Sirleaf president, Africa’s first female head of state. The Harvard-educated World Bank alumna took office with an uncommonly high and positive international profile, having both done jail time for her criticism of an earlier regime and served in the nation’s finance ministry. Johnson Sirleaf has continued to garner plaudits for leading her country out of its dark past, and in 2011 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her role in promoting peace, democracy, and gender equality. She has steadily improved the nation’s economy. But she has accomplished this in large part by signing concession agreements with outside investors drawn to Liberia’s natural wealth, which, in addition to rubber and timber, includes rich mineral and agricultural resources. By 2012, Johnson Sirleaf had signed over a full 30 percent of the nation’s land.
nasdrovia!
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