Actually, I'm early:
"Liberian ex-warlord cleared for run; Presidential bid OK’d despite past" by Jonathan Paye-Layleh, Associated Press | September 23, 2010
MONROVIA, Liberia — One of Liberia’s most infamous warlords yesterday launched his presidential campaign, a race sure to be overshadowed by his reputation for gruesome acts and a government commission’s quest to try him for crimes against humanity.
The National Elections Commission said Prince Johnson’s party, the National Union for Democratic Progress, met the constitutional requirements to compete in next year’s poll in the West African nation....
The warlord-turned-senator is likely to face stiff opposition from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard-trained economist who became Africa’s first democratically elected female president in 2005.
She smells like CIA to me.
Johnson is best known for the torture and slaying of ousted president Samuel K. Doe in 1990.
Maybe he should come over here and run for president in AmeriKa.
A videotape shows Johnson drinking beer as he ordered his men to cut off Doe’s ears....
Related:
"In the late 1980s, the U.S. became disenchanted with entrenched corruption in Doe's government and began cutting off critical foreign aid to Doe. This placed him in a very precarious position. A civil war began in December 1989, when rebels intent on toppling Doe entered Liberia. Doe's forces were defeated, and in September 1990 he was captured, tortured, and killed."
So Doe was our guy before he wasn't our guy, and then the CIA turned on him with another guy (keep reading).
Liberia is still tending its wounds after a civil war that ravaged the country, turned children into cold-blooded killers, and was marked by cannibalism. The war ended only seven years ago.
And it was ALL BROUGHT to them by AmeriKan CIA! Keep reading!
Johnson’s presumptive running mate, Senator Abel Massassey, warned that the failure of election officials “to do the right things may plunge Liberia into another round of chaos.’’
Rights activists have previously criticized Johnson’s candidacy; yesterday, an activist repeated warnings that his presidency could spark another war....
Translation: better stick with the U.S.' latest tool.
Liberia’s truth and reconciliation commission recommended last year that Johnson and dozens of others be banned for 30 years from holding public office for their alleged roles in the war.
Sirleaf was even on that list.
Oh, so we have TWO CANDIDATES that were in the CRIMINAL EMPLOY of AmeriKa's CIA (keep reading)!!
She has acknowledged giving up to $10,000 while abroad to then rebel leader Charles Taylor’s group, but says it was intended for humanitarian services.
Yeah, sure.
Related: CIA Helped Charles Taylor Escape Custody
Memory Hole: Our Man in Africa
I guess that's why this story was a one-day wonder.
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I guess the U.S. is going to win either way.
