Liberia, Feb. 23 -- BELLINZONA, Switzerland - War crimes suspect Alieu Kosiah delivered a forceful rebuke to six plaintiffs who brought the war crimes case against him here in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on Monday. He slammed the plaintiffs and their lawyers for "staging their testimonies" and "lying on him".
By James Harding Giahyue, New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent
"When there is war, the first victim is the truth. That is the only thing I can tell you," he told the three-judge panel.
Kosiah's anger at being on trial here was focused on the plaintiffs' lawyers as they asked him to respond to chilling and detailed evidence the six men had given last week. The men had accused Kosiah of murdering civilians, forcing them to...