Manhunt for Students, several arrested President Charles Taylor has unleashed his security forces for a manhunt of university students attacked Wednesday for staging a solidarity march to support detained journalists. Reports say many have been taken to unknown destinations and that their fate is yet uncertain. Other unconfirmed reports say there were a number of deaths when the security men invaded the campus Wednesday. Unknown number of students were severely wounded. Several homes in Jallah Town, a poor neighbourhood near the university campus where many students live, were destroyed, broken into, and looted by marauding security men searching for students who had planned a solidarity rally for four detained journalists on espionage charge.
Unconfirmed reports speak of a number of deaths.
The two-month deadline given to Liberia to comply, with UN ultimatum of totally disengaging from its admitted involvement with Sierra Leone rebels, is gradually fading. But while West African leaders were pleading with the UN to save this destabilizing enclave within the region, many ignored how useful Taylor has been to a number of those West African leaders who have lobbied at the UN on his behalf. Many are indebted to the Liberian ruler, the undisputable Godfather of anarchy and violent politics in the region for helping them gain and retain power. Bishop Diggs recently read the interview and subsequently sent the following response to The Perspective. For a drowning people seeking any rope to hang on, the recent US Congressional Hearing on the region's collapse engenders optimism among West Africans that Truth will triumph over Deceit once American politicians, among others, gain a better understanding of the calamity and its human woes, preparing them to contribute in closing the curtain on the beneficiaries of terror.