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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - An insider once close to Charles Taylor will testify that the toppled Liberian president had links to militias who rampaged through Sierra Leone, the chief prosecutor said Friday.
Taylot's war crimes trial, adjourned last June after a chaotic opening session, resumes Monday with a broad sweep of testimony, from a victim to the insider witness, alleging that Taylor was stripping Sierra Leone of its diamonds and resources while orchestrating horrendous atrocities against its people in the early 1990s, said chief prosecutor Stephen Rapp.
Rapp said the prosecution has lined up more than 140 witnesses to testify at the trial, which will mark the first time a former African head of state faces an international court.
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