A friend writes: “Interesting post on your blog today about Liberia. Due to a complex set of circumstances I am somewhat familiar with some of the activities there. A successor to President Taylor has already been chosen by ‘the powers that be.’ His name is Winston Taubman. His son Winston Jr is running around DC right now cutting diamond rights and gold rights deals with various Carlyle Group types. Winston Sr is in Nairobi, Kenya. The US just sent troops to rescue Senior’s wife who was holed up in the American Embassy in Liberia (It’s not clear if it was French troops or US troops that actually moved her out.) Taubman is a cousin of the President of Sierra Leone. The African Union is going to be a very interesting place.”

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