But it is another image that helps explain why the Liberian will stand trial next week in federal court. Known to Liberians as “Jungle Jabbah,” Jabbateh served as a commander in the United Liberation Movement for Democracy in Liberia, or ULIMO, and in a splinter group known as ULIMO-K. Both rebel groups fought for control of Liberia during the country’s first civil war, which began in 1989 with the invasion of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia. When applying for asylum in 1998, the indictment alleges, Jabbateh failed to disclose his role in ULIMO and ULIMO-K and denied ever committing a crime or harming another person. Read more of this storySource: www.worldpoliticsreview.com(Visited 52 times, 52 visits today)Commentscomments

Source: GNN Liberia September 30, 2017 11:26 UTC