Talk:Revolutionary United Front

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Contents 1 al-Qaida 2 Integration into article 3 Lacks Sources 4 Questionable Content 5 Child Soldiers

[edit] al-Qaida

The claim that the RUF supported and traded with al-Qaida is controversial, and the 9/11 commission presents contradictory info.

Similarly, we have seen no persuasive evidence that al Qaeda funded itself by trading in African conflict diamonds.

[1] 69.77.238.12 16:27, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I've reworded this sentence and added references to the current state of things.Scott5834 14:32, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Integration into article

This was on a previous RUF page I just found. It looks dated but the details of the Lome accord should be integrated into the existing article.

Revolutionary United Front (RUF) of Sierra Leone is a rebel movement which started a bush war against the Sierra Leonean government in the early 1990s. Through diamond trade it grew to a sizeable force that became notorious for the brutality of its drugged teen soldiers. RUF used the policy of intimidation by amputating limbs of civilian population in the areas of their influence. In 1999, the Lome peace accord brought an end to the civil war and the RUF leader Foday Sankoh was granted amnesty, and became a member of the government. In May 2000, Foday Sankoh was arrested under charges of inciting violence and will be tried for crimes committed after the signing the peace accord (2001)

SpeakerFTD 00:59, 17 Aug 2003 (UTC)

What about Sam 'Maskita' Bockarie? - Sigg3.net 12:47, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Lacks Sources

Needs some sources. There is a more elegant way to indicate this than to slap citation tags on every sentence in the article. Kensai Max 01:07, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Good job. Cigsandalcohol 18:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Questionable Content

The section about Child soldiers claims "officers reportedly rubbed cocaine into open cuts on their troops to make them maniacal and fearless." This is referenced to 4. That link, http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4247 , only says "The RUF also became notorious for its use of child soldiers, many of whom it kidnapped and conscripted, often forcing the children to inject cocaine before sending them off to fight." Attys 00:35, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I've added references better describing the cocaine treatments. Scott5834 14:18, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Child Soldiers

The part of the article that talks about that makes it seem like only boys were child soldiers, but girls were also child soldiers, and they were used for many of the same things the boys were (prostitution, etc.). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.217.176.2 (talk) 02:52, 5 November 2007 (UTC)