He has pleaded not guilty on all counts. More than 100,000 people were left dead after Sierra Leone's Civil War, which ended in 2002.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Prosecutors in The Hague have accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of 11 counts of war crimes allegedly committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

He was found guilty on 11 counts of war crimes, relating to atrocities that included rape and murder and described by one of the judges as "some of the most heinous crimes in human history".

BBC: Charles Taylor trial: Investigator guilty of contempt

It found Taylor guilty on 11 counts of war crimes, relating to atrocities that included rape and murder, and described by one of the judges as "some of the most heinous crimes in human history".

BBC: Liberia's Charles Taylor appeals at The Hague

In this type of war, technology counts for less than in conventional conflict.

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