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  Samuel Doe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doe had a new constitution approved by referendum in 1984 and went on to win a presidential election on October 15, 1985, officially taking 51% of the vote, although suspicions that the vote was rigged were widespread.
Doe was formally sworn in on January 6, 1986.
Doe was captured in Monrovia by faction leader Prince Johnson on September 9, 1990 and killed shortly thereafter; his brutal execution was filmed and the videotape was widely circulated.
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 samuel doe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Doe had a new constitution approved by referendum in 1984 and went on to win a presidential election in 1985 that was widely believed to have been rigged.
Doe, who was sworn in on January 6, 1986, thus dashed hopes that the new constitution would lead to genuine democracy, and his regime remained brutal during its remaining years, violently suppressing numerous coup attempts and plots.
Doe was captured in Monrovia by faction leader Prince Johnson on September 9, 1990 and killed shortly thereafter; his extremely brutal execution was filmed and the videotape was widely circulated.
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 Samuel Doe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Doe had a new constitution approved by referendum in 1984 and went on to win apresidential election in 1985 that was widely believed to have been rigged.
Doe, who wassworn in on January 6, 1986, thus dashedhopes that the new constitution would lead to genuine democracy, and his regime remained brutal during its remaining years,violently suppressing numerous coup attempts and plots.
Doe was captured in Monrovia by factionleader Prince Johnson on September 9, 1990 and killed shortly thereafter; his extremely brutalexecution was filmed and the videotape was widely circulated.
www.therfcc.org /samuel-doe-52514.html   (462 words)

  
 Holding Political Chameleons Accountable
Though Samuel Doe was found wanting, especially when the chips came falling down, his demise did not end the destructive competition to wrestle power by greedy men.
While Samuel Doe and the heads of the former rebel organizations, such as NPFL, Ulimo-K, Ulimo-J, Lofa Defense Force, LPC, INPFL, AFL, have all been identified as perpetrators of the Liberian horror, we need not forget that they were stubbornly supported by certain politicians, whose roles should not be overlooked.
As a result, Samuel Doe made a fatal decision to "fight till the last man" -and eventually was captured and dismembered by his enemies.
www.theperspective.org /chameleons.html   (751 words)

  
 Doe, Samuel Kanyon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Doe joined the army after the 11th grade, and rose to master sergeant.
In 1980 Doe led a group of rebels in a successful coup.
Doe was captured and assassinated in Sept., 1990.
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 Samuel Doe -- en:Samuel Doe Samuel Doe (född:6 maj, 1950-9 september, 19...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Samuel Doe (född:6 maj, 1950-9 september, 1990) var diktator i den Afrikanska staten Liberia 1980-1989.
Doe iscensatte en militärkupp 1980 och lät avrätta den sittande presidenten William Tolbert.
Doe tillfångatogs i Monrovia av Prince Johnson den 9 september 1990 och mördades kort därefter.
samuel_doe.exsudo.se   (129 words)

  
 A Brief Review of the Liberian War Between 1989 and 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Doe reluctantly agreed to leave power but asked that a successor be named to take over immediately to avoid creating a power vacuum for which many forces could clamor.
Samuel Doe noted that Jackson Fiah Doe, relying on his Nimba tribal men in the NPFL, would be the first to jump for the vacancy because he would claim that he had won the 1985 presidential election and he (Samuel Doe) robbed him of power.
Doe said other local politicians would say they had remained home against all odds and should, therefore, be given the privilege to fill the vacancy.
www.copla.org /warreview.htm   (1263 words)

  
 The Rise and fall of Samuel K. Doe
Samuel Doe arrested Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for saying that the country was run by “idiots” and she is sentenced to 10 years in prison where she could have received the “death penalty for treason and sedition.” The same treatment was given to Amos Sawyer because he refused to be Doe’s running mate for the presidency.
Doe was aware of his limitations and the fact that he decided to go back to school pointed to this awareness.
Doe initiated some changes; the most notable was to build office buildings so that government would stop paying rent to private owners, many of whom were high government officials.
www.theperspective.org /2004/sept/anationinterror.html   (2568 words)

  
 Global Connections . Liberia . Timeline | PBS
April 12, 1980: Samuel K. Doe, a master sergeant of Krahn descent in the Liberian army, overthrows the government in a bloody coup.
Doe claims victory in a presidential election under a cloud of controversy and charges of vote-rigging.
President Doe is captured and killed by a rebel faction led by Prince Johnson.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/globalconnections/liberia/timeline/time4.html   (1168 words)

  
 Liberian Civil War
Samuel Doe was elected Chairman of the PRC and Head of State of Liberia; Thomas Weh-Syen was elected Vice-Chairman of the PRC; and Thomas Quiwonkpa, became Commanding General of the Armed Forces of Liberia.
Unfortunately, General Doe reneged on his promise, and decided to formed his own political party (the National Democratic Party) to contest the general elections.The campaign, which was reportedly marked by intimidation and vote rigging by the Doe and his supporters, ended in victory for Samuel Doe.
Despite the bloodletting that ensured, General Samuel Doe was sworn in as President of Liberia, on January 6, 1986, and thereby set the stage for Liberia's national nightmare.
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 Liberia - Coup - 1980
The top coup leaders were Master Sergeant Samuel K. Doe, who was announced head of State; Sergeant Thomas Weh-Syen, Vice Head of State; and Sergeant Thomas Quiwonkpa, "Strongman of the Revolution" as Commanding General of the Armed Forces of Liberia.
Doe's government increasingly adopted an ethnic outlook, as members of his Krahn ethnic group soon dominated political and military life in Liberia.
The Doe regime was an extraordinarily brutal one that not only disenfranchised many Liberians, it also effectively erased the boundaries between legitimate and illegitimate political action.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/liberia-1980.htm   (288 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Samuel Doe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years).
Charles Ghankay Taylor (born January 28, 1948) was the President of Liberia from 1997 to 2003.
Samuel Kanyon Doe (May 6, 1950/1951–September 9, 1990) was the president of the West African country of Liberia from 1980 to 1990.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Samuel-Doe   (1548 words)

  
 Samuel K. Doe
Since Samuel Doe was the highest ranking non-commissioned officer of the 18 plotters, all but him ordinary soldiers, he became Chairman of the People’s Redemption Council (PRC) that was created.
Samuel Doe was not a publicly known figure in Liberia before April 12, 1980.
Doe was tortured, mutilated and finally brutally killed by Johnson and his men, among whom John Yormie, while all gruesome details were videotaped.
www.liberiapastandpresent.org /SamuelKDoe.htm   (1701 words)

  
 Scenario: Snuff Films   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Samuel Doe came to power in a bloody coup in 1980, and the years that followed saw Liberia on a path to devastation.
Doe's economic policies served to destabilize the national economy and saw Liberia become heavily dependent on foreign aid.
Doe's ears, fingers, and hair--believed to be a source of magical powers--were removed and Doe was then left to bleed to death in a nearby girl's washroom.
www.phoenixcommand.com /fallapart5.htm   (631 words)

  
 Samuel Doe
Samuel Kanyon Doe (May 6, 1950 - September 9, 1990) was a dictator of the African country Liberia from 1980 to late 1989.
Doe was an ethnic Krahn[?], part of a rural and deprived tribe in inland Liberia.
Doe was removed (Prince Johnson or Charles Taylor), and was killed.
www.fastload.org /sa/Samuel_Doe.html   (189 words)

  
 The Civil War in Liberia
Samuel Doe, the military Head of State, established a political party and presented his candidacy for the presidential elections.
Doe's National Democratic Party of Liberia (NDPL) was a constituency composed of ethnic groups and individuals who were dependent on him, such as his own ethnic group [the Krahn] and the Mandingo people.
Doe's government launched a bloody purge against the Gio and Mano ethnic groups in Quiwonkpa's Nimba County, raising alarm about a genocide against the Gio and Mano.
www.bong-town.com /Bong_Town/Liberia/1985-Coup-Attempt.html   (872 words)

  
 The United States, Libya and the Liberian Civil War
Put those facts together, along with an assortment of child soldiers, torturers and death squad assassins, and the result is a conflict that is the epitome of African war: bizarre and perplexing to the outsider, and apparently meaningless.
Samuel Dokie, a longtime political activist who trained in Libya with Taylor during the early months of the war, put it simply: “Taylor is Qaddafi’s surrogate” and his election is also “Qaddafi’s biggest victory in Africa.”
As it happens, Doe was fascinated with air shows and had become fixated on the idea of putting on a flying exhibition, complete with stunt planes and precision parachute jumping, to celebrate his rise to power.
www.aliciapatterson.org /APF1804/Noble/Noble.html   (1792 words)

  
 Sunday Times - South Africa's best selling newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Doe, who had been trapped for weeks in his official residence, the Executive Mansion, in Monrovia, made a rare trip to the outside world to meet with the commander of the regional United Nations intervention force.
After Doe's death, the Economic Community of West African States felt that Johnson's continued presence in Monrovia was an impediment to peace in the country.
When Doe became the head of state and converted himself to the civilian president, he adopted a name - Tanu - which means 'the leopard in the town'.
www.suntimes.co.za /2003/07/06/insight/in01.asp   (1779 words)

  
 News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
But DOE did not appeal Samuel's building permit within the 21 day permit appeal deadline as required by law, rather waited over one year after the permit had been issued and construction began, threatening Samuel's and the city with enforcement action if the project continued.
DOE claimed the project fell within the state agency's shoreline jurisdiction under the SMA because the store is located in close proximity to the Nooksak River.
BIAW argued DOE's effort to disregard the 21-day time limit destroys the principle of administrative finality so crucial to the building industry, and that state law does not give DOE a free pass to invalidate local land use determinations indefinitely after the determinations have been made.
www.biaw.com /DOCUMENTS/pressRelease/pressRelease_October82002.htm   (542 words)

  
 Samuel Doe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
That changed in 1980, when Samuel Doe, a master sergeant in the Liberian Army and a member of the Krahn tribal group, bayonetted the then President to death in...
On April 12, 1980, Master Sergeant Samuel Doe led a military coup, assassinating President William R. Robert, Jr., after eight years in office, seizing the...
US state of Massachusetts, and rose to power on the backs of thousands who died during the rebellion he launched in 1989 against military ruler Samuel Doe.
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 Samuel doe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Samuel Doe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
During His first years in office, Doe quickly developed an affinity with the U.S. government, especially during the administration of Ronald Reagan.
Charles Taylor, an former ally of Doe's, crossed into Liberia from Côte d'Ivoire on December 24, 1989 to fight a guerrilla war against him.
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 Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Samuel Doe was the President of Liberia from 1980 until approximately 1990.
Jackson Doe was the political opponent of Samuel Doe in the 1985 elections.
This was the ethnic group of Samuel Doe.
www.earlham.edu /~pols/17Fall96/craighe/glossary.html   (310 words)

  
 Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
With Samuel Doe as President, however, the Krahn became a privileged ethnic group while the Gio and Mano in particular complained of having come under heavy mistreatment.
Subsequently, Samuel Doe courted the Mandingo while at the same time engaging in a policy of violent repression against the Gio and Mano in Nimba County to counter his suspicion of their dissident ambitions.
In 1990, Samuel Doe was himself killed by rebels when he went to attend a meeting, which was held within ECOMOG premises, during the ethnically divisive civil war that lasted seven years and which only came to an end in 1996 with the signing of the Abuja Peace Accords.
www.un.org /depts/dpa/prev_dip/africa/liberia/fr_liberia_background.htm   (1283 words)

  
 How Liberia Held 'Free' Elections
Doe, a 28-year-old master sergeant and a high-school dropout, promised to hold free and fair elections, institute civilian rule and, for the first time, extend power to the mass of indigenous Liberians.
Doe squawked and threatened to send his foreign minister to Libya, but after a few weeks he relented and released the detainees.
Doe's threat last summer to strengthen ties with Libya proved to be a bluff.
www.thenation.com /doc/19860125/massing   (2176 words)

  
 12 November 1985 - Coup attempt on S Doe’s government in Liberia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It was a third coup attempt since Samuel Doe took power in 1980.
The 1985 coup came a month after the fraudulent first elections ever held in Liberia returned Samuel Doe to power.
Samuel Doe’s rule of Liberia ended a century old rule by the Americo-African elites who were descendents of freed American slaves.
www.sahistory.org.za /pages/chronology/thisday/1985-11-12.htm   (189 words)

  
 Has Sawyer Duped Moniba of the Liberian Presidency?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
HARRY MONIBA (HM): Before the death of President Doe, I was in hiding and Doe was in the Mansion when a group of Liberians went to Banjul and elected Amos Sawyer as President of Liberia.
Doe was picked up on the 9th and was killed on the 10th.
I met with President Momo of Sierra Leone that it was necessary for Liberians to go back to the Constitution and that the election of Dr. Sawyer in Banjul was wrong; that Momo should encourage his colleagues in ECOWAS to impress upon Liberians to revert to their constitution.
www.copla.org /monibajan26.htm   (2374 words)

  
 IAMED
You paid for the shares and paid lots of interest to the Doe family, who are all filthy rich.
Before Robert became ill, you and he were specifically told by Samuel Doe many times that the loan Notes did not have to be repaid until the Doe went public and the Rogers family became rich.
Before Robert became ill, you do remember specifically that your father,  Samuel Doe said many times that the loan Notes did not have to be repaid until the Doe went public.
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