Taylor accused of war crimes

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who is on trial for  war crimes in the Hague is facing charges of rape, murder, mutilation  and recruitment of child soldiers during a 11-year conflict in Liberia.
Taylor, one of Africas most feared warlords, has pleaded not  guilty.
One of the most sensational testimonies in the trial came  from Joseph ZigZag Marzah, Taylors former death squad commander.   Marzah claims that Taylor allegedly ordered his militias to eat the  flesh of captured enemies and United Nations soldiers.
He also  furnished graphic details of atrocities in Liberia and Sierra Leone at  the U. N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Marzah testified  that he killed so many men, women and children that he lost count. He  said that he had slit open the stomachs of pregnant women on Taylors  orders.
More than 200,000 people died in wars in Liberia and Sierra  Leone.
Prosecutors in the case said that Taylors goal was to get  Sierra Leones diamonds and destabilize its government by controlling  and arming rebels.