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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is funding a small army and meddling with his country's politics ahead of upcoming elections, a clear violation of the terms of his exile in Nigeria, an independent watchdog group said Wednesday.
There is evidence to suggest that Taylor's confidantes and sometimes their wives are smuggling him money that he illicitly stashed away during the years he plundered Liberia's diamond and timber industries, as well as its national treasury, the Coalition for International Justice said in a report.
Taylor has used that cash to arm a "small but potent" military force that threatens to destabilize all of West Africa, according to the report by the Washington-based group that supports war crimes tribunals.
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