Yes, thank you, your Honour:

Q. Mr Witness, you said that he planned to eliminate him.

So who planned to eliminate him?

A. Tell him that Charles Taylor wanted to kill

Ibrahim Bah. At that time on that trip they said

Ibrahim Bah was at Hotel Africa. That is where ...

What?

So if you didn't form it, who did?

What is LDF?

Mr Taylor, did you form LDF?

How do you know that?

Now, help us, Mr Taylor. Can you explain how it is that you're initiating to attack ULIMO and at the same time asking for reinforcements from Sierra Leone for Gbarnga?

And it's in this context that the witness says, "Charles Taylor made an initiation to attack ULIMO." Yes?

And you recall explaining before that ULIMO were in control of the area at this time.

"Now, remember, tell him that when Mustapha reported at Gbarnga." Now, remember the previous passage we looked at, RUF reinforcement are coming to Gbarnga to reinforce Mustapha Jallow, yes?

I will try to clarify:

Q. Mr Witness, you appear to have said that Charles Taylor

made an initiation to attack ULIMO. What do you mean when

you said that?

A. This is what I am saying. After ULIMO had attacked -

but he must plan it, because if he did ...

Well, the witness went on to say this, page 3518, transcript of 11 February, line 19:

"Q. Now, what, if anything, happened after that?

A. Tell him that when Mustapha reported at Gbarnga,

Charles Taylor told him to go and rest for a while. So

while he was resting, Charles ...

But he is supposed to be the commander of this reinforcement force, Mr Taylor?

Now what about an RUF commander called General Pa Jean?

Now, what about this business of you having communicated with RUF soldiers?

Now help us. In 1994 - and I know this is terrain we've covered on more than one occasion - was the NPFL in contact with the RUF?

Can you think of any circumstance in which Gbarnga would need to be reinforced?

Well, let's break it down and see if we can make any sense out of it, Mr Taylor.

But he begins in this way, Mr Taylor: "Jackson told us that Charles Taylor said that he" - that's you - "communicated with RUF soldiers in Sierra Leone so that they can give reinforcement to Mustapha to come to Gbarnga."

And this incident described by the witness of Mustapha Jallow being reinforced by RUF combatants?

I will attempt to clarify that:

Q. Mr Witness, just before you go on, can you go over that

again and explain during the passing out day what Mr Taylor

used to bring to the recruits?

A. I said he used to bring - he used to give us cattle,

sometimes ...

Right. So perhaps we might want to make a mental note that that is a reference to Musa N'jie, spelt N-'-J-I-E?

Okay. I am looking at what's written on the transcript. And just so that we are clear, because it may be that we can clarify things for further reference, the passage reads as follows:

"Q. General Jackson was among - he was a special bodyguard

to Charles Taylor himself. General ...

Musang Yai, Y-A-I?

What happened to General Jackson?

Who remained even after you became President?

Musang Yai, who we've seen?

General Musa?

And was he Gambian?

Was he a bodyguard to you?

Now, was General Jackson a bodyguard to you?

What's the difference?

So she was a special assistant, not a protocol?

What was that role?

Did such a Lydia have a role within the greater Liberia administration?

Do you know of a Lydia?

Did you have a protocol officer, a lady called Lydia?

Right. Did you have a protocol officer called Musa Cisse?

Right. Let's go on and deal with another aspect of the testimony of this witness, 8 February 2008, page 3460 of the transcript:

"Q. Now, Mr Witness, when you say SSS, do you know what

SSS stands for?

A. SSS, I know it. I know how Liberians call it ...

So help us. How would this man know all of those details to get them right, do you follow me?

And the final destination?

So you can confirm the route taken and the means of transport?

And was that material transported by aeroplane?

Now, did you confirm, Mr Taylor, that in or about October/ November 1991 you did receive assistance in the terms of arms and ammunition from Burkina Faso?

And why were you keeping them quiet in Liberia?

How can you be sure about that?

Why not?

Well, let me assist you, Mr Taylor. From our reading of the transcript of the evidence of this witness, he claims that this incident took place in October or November 1991.

I'm still dealing with the evidence of this man. On that same day, 8 February 2008, at page 3456 of the transcript he goes on to say this:

"Q. When you say that the soldiers who came together, who

were these soldiers?

A. These were his, members of his ...

And did Yanks Smythe have a code name?