General. Kanneh further testified that Bockarie said that it was "President Taylor, Pa Taylor" (a.k.a. Charles Taylor) who had given him these promotions. 14750 Prosecution Witness TF 1-516 6532. Witness TFl-5l6, an RUF radio operator,14751 testified that after the 1998 ECOMOG Intervention, Bockarie immediately retreated to Buedu. Right after TF 1-516 arrived in Buedu, Bockarie called a muster parade "right to the MP" and announced that " I am just here from the other side" and that he had been promoted "by the Chief, Charles Taylor" to the rank of General, and that everyone should now take their instructions from him. Bockarie had a new combat fatigue with the insignia of a general, and with the military jeep that "the Chief' had given to him. The military fatigue was the same type offatigue that was worn by the Liberian Anti-Terrorist Unit (a.k.a. ATU), who the witness understood to be the body guards to Charles Taylor. 14752 Prosecution Witness Albert Saidu 6533. Witness Albert Saidu, an RUF adjutant from 1991 to 2001,14 753 testified that when he was assigned to Koindu in March 1998 an RUF junior commando named Selasie showed him a radio message they had received from Buedu from Charles Taylor with the subject line "promotion", which stated that Taylor had promoted Sam Bockarie to the rank of General. 14754 Prosecution Witness TF 1-585 6534 . Witness TFl-585, an RUF radio operator,14755 testified that prior to Johnny Paul Koroma's arrival in Buedu in the period after the February 1998 ECOMOG Intervention, Sam Bockarie travelled to Monrovia and returned with a green tactical jeep, new arms, and a combat suit with a crown or badge that signified the rank of General. TF 1-585 testified that Bockarie "told us" that it was the "Pa", or Charles Taylor, who promoted him, and that there 14750 Kannoh Kanneh, Transcript 8 May 2008, pp. 939 2- 9396. 14751 TF 1-516, Transcript 8 April 2008 , p. 6845. 14752 TFI -516 , Transcript 8 April 2008, pp. 6854- 6856 . 14753 Albert Saidu, Transcript 4 June 2008, p. 10895. 14754 Albert Saidu, Transcript 4 June 2008, pp. 11 004-11005. 14755 TF 1-585,Transcript 5 September 2008, pp. 15582-155 84, 15589-15592 (PS). 2276 Case No.: SCSL-03-01-T 18 May 201 2 were documents to that effect. Bockarie took this trip to Monrovia before Johnny Paul Koroma arrived in Buedu.14756 Prosecution Witness Perry Kamara 6535. Witness Perry Kamara, an RUF radio operator,14757 testified that when Johnny Paul Koroma arrived in Buedu sometime after the ECOMOG Intervention, that Koroma immediately met with Sam Bockarie. During that same week , Koroma transmitted a message over the radio for all ofthe AFRC, RUF, and STF, announcing that because he did not understand jungle exercise, that all of the AFRC and RUF were to take commands from Bockarie (a.k.a. Mosquito), and that from that date onwards Bockarie should be the "leader for the movement". 14758 Prosecution Witness Isaac Mongor 6536. Witness Isaac Mongor, an RUF senior commander,14759 testified that after the AFRC/RUF fighters were pushed out of Freetown in February 1998, and after he had taken Johnny Paul Koroma to Koidu Town, that the command of the " People' s Army" was restructured. Among other changes, Koroma promoted Sam Bockarie to "defence chief ofstaff for the whole movement". Mongor testified that Koroma said that he made this promotion after speaking to "his brother" Charles Taylor, because Koroma was planning to travel and prior to leaving he wanted to leave the AFRC and RUF "in one accord". 14760 Prosecution Witness Augustine Mallah 6537 . Witness Augustine Mallah, a security officer to Mike Lamin from 1996 to disarmament,14761 was posed the following question: "You mentioned to the Judges earlier that when Johnny Paul Koroma and Sam Bockarie or Mosquito met, that Mosquito told 14756 TFl-585, Transcript 5 September 2008, pp. 15617-15622. The new arms were described as "a series of AK­ 47, brand new ones that were not even being used with new AK rounds. They were in something like sardine tins with rockets". 14757 Perry Kamara, Transcript 4 February 2008 , p. 3039. 14758 Perry Kamara, Transcript 5 February 2008, pp. 3094, 3110-3111 . 14759 See for example: Isaac Mongor, Transcript 11 March 2008, pp. 5749-5750, 5760-5764; Transcript 31 March 2008, pp. 6204-6206, 6224-6225; Transcript 3 Apri12008, pp. 6512-6513, 6551-6556, 6613-66 15. 14760 Isaac Mongor, Transcript 11 March 2008, pp. 5740-5741 . 14761 Augustine Mallah, Transcript 12 November 2008, pp. 20092-200923, 20102-20103; Transcript 13 November 2008, pp. 20209-20210. 2277 Case No.: SCSL-03-0 1-T (Jll 18 May 20 12 4 0 3 '1-0 Johnny Paul Koroma that now Mosquito was in charge. Can you tell us what was the command structure now after the intervention and after you had come back to Buedu?" Mallah responded, in pertinent part, that in the post-Intervention period, after Mallah had returned to Buedu, Bockarie "had structured the RUF command structure. He was there taking care of the RUF on behalf of our leader Foday Sankoh ....". He further testified that everyone, including the AFRC, reported to Sam Bockarie at that time.14762 Later in his testimony, Mallah testified that Sam Bockarie had promoted himself to the rank of General, after which he also assigned himselfthe position ofbattlefield commander. 14763 Prosecution Witness TFI-539 6538. Witness TF 1-539 testified that following the February 1998 ECOMOG Intervention, the entire army fell into disarray, disturbing the command structure. However, Sam Bockarie "was able to put the entire RUF structure under a strong command and control.. ..the men we expected to receive commands from, like Johnny Paul and some of his Supreme Council members, they had all gone into disarray somewhere in the north, whilst some of us found ourselves in the east, so there was actually no command structure amongst the SLA. It was only Sam Bockarie who had the absolute command". 14764 The Accused 6539. The Accused, denied that he promoted Sam Bockarie when Bockarie met with him for the first time in Monrovia in February 1998 after the ECOMOG Intervention. 14765 Taylor further denied that he provided Bockarie with a jeep, medicines, uniforms, or that he promised him a safe house in Monrovia. When asked whether he promoted Bockarie to be commander of the RUF, Taylor testified that he had not done so, but that rather Foday Sankoh had made that promotion. 14766 6540. When questioned on the testimony of Prosecution Witness Karmoh Kanneh, Taylor responded that he did not promote Bockarie, and that this evidence conflicted with evidence 14762 Augustine Mallah, Transcript 13 November 2008, pp. 20203-20204. 14763 Augustine Mallah, Transcript 17 November 2008, pp. 20412. 14764 TFl-539, Transcript 10 June 2008, pp. 11397-11398. 14765 Charles Ghankay Taylor, Transcript 3 August 2009, pp. 25811-25814. When asked "Did you promote Sam Bockarie to General?" Taylor testified "No, no, no, no, no, no. Why would I do that? Sam Bockarie is not my ~ he is not my military personnel. How could I promote him?" 14766 Charles Ghankay Taylor, Transcript 3 August 2009, p. 25815. 2278 Case No.: SCSL-03-0 1-T 18 May 2012 403'1-f already before the Trial Chamber that those promotions were made by Johnny Paul Koroma after he retreated from Freetown in February 1998, and that Johnny Paul Koroma held a meeting and he made those promotions in which Sam Bockarie became the chief ofdefence staff in Sierra Leone. Taylor said, "Now he is attributing that to me . Never, ever gave any suggestion or recommendation tor any promotion or anything closely related to that in Sierra Leone. Never did". 14767 When questioned again concerning this promotion, Taylor stated, "I'm not and 1really mean not involved in any promotion or recommendation ofany officers ofthe RUF at all. None".14768 6541. The Accused also denied that he promoted Bockarie to Lieutenant-General after the Freetown Invasion.14769 He stated that if Bockarie was promoted to Lieutenant General, he would have had three stars, and not two, because two stars denotes a Major General. 14770 The Accused, as President, could not have promoted a general anywhere, because even in the Government of Liberia the President does not promote generals. The Accused also wondered why, if Bockarie has been in charge all ofthe years that Foday Sankoh was gone, that he would have been promoted by Taylor, and testifies that perhaps Bockarie was "just messing with these boys".14771 Further, even if Bockarie did return to Sierra Leone from Liberia with a two-star beret, he could have bought it at any military store in Monrovia, put It. on, and pronounced he was a genera1.1477-7 Defence Witness Issa Sesay 6542. Witness Issa Sesay, a senior RUF commander,14773 testified that he arrived in Buedu in late February or early March 1998. When he arrived, Sam Bockarie was still a field commander, but a few days later Johnny Paul Koroma appointed Bockarie as Chief of Defence Staff and promoted him to the rank of Brigadier. When asked in examination-in­ chiefwhether it was in fact Charles Taylor who promoted Bockarie, Sesay testified that "No, it was not Charles Ta ylor. In fact, this was .. .in the presence of many of us. 1 was not the only person or Bockarie alone; all the other officers in Buedu were at Sam Bockarie's house 14767 Charles Ghankay Taylor, Transcript 28 October 2009, pp. 30574-30575. 14768 Charles Ghankay Taylor, 2 November 2009, pp.