May 13, 2008...5:02 pm
Remains Of Civil War in Lofa
The civil war graffiti above is still visible on a house in a small town along the road in Lofa. The extreme stupidity of the message, the childish painting, all of that would be funny, if it were not for the case that these were exactly the people who killed and maimed without aim or mercy.
The scribble above is still on the wall of an administration building in Lofa, on the border to Sierra Leone. What surprises most is that no one has bothered to paint over it. “Col.” Bristol was most likely a boy of sixteen, high on drugs, who would not even have passed the most basic infantry training. After seeing photos and Videos from the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, one is no longer surprised by the massive impact that professional mercenary outfits like Executive Outcomes or Sandline had in these wars.
Still, no one knows how many unfortunate people were killed or maimed by “Col.” Bristol and his comrades.
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