Tuesday, April 18, 2006

We Can't Even Begin to Figure Out What This Means, But It's Damn Weird

The Daily Trust:


The [Liberian] Embassy yesterday denied helping the former president currently facing charges of crimes against humanity. Eyewitnesses of Taylor’s arrest last month said the diplomatic plate number of the jeep was 81 CD 85, as reported by Agence France Presse (AFP) and the Liberian newspaper The Analyst.


The Daily Trust can today confirm that this is a Liberian diplomatic number plate.


Embassies are designated specific numbers for their car registrations by the consular department of the Foreign Affairs ministry in Abuja. Number plates beginning with 81 are exclusively for the use of the Liberian government, an embassy staff mem-ber confirmed.


But the Charge d’ Affairs of the Liberian embassy, Manfred Peters, said yesterday the car was not offic-ially given to Mr Taylor by the embassy for his use.

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