Mining Controversy: Robertson Takes Flak for Gold-Mining Venture
"Freedom Gold has not yet mined much in Liberia, but it is already producing critical media attention for its founder."
Chuck Fager | posted 2/04/2002 12:00AM

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Pat Robertson's Gold — (Sept. 22, 2001)
Pat Robertson: His Liberia Deal — (Oct. 20, 2001)
Death and Diamonds in Liberia— (Nov. 3, 2001)
Pat Robertson and His Business Buddies — (Nov.10, 2001)
Bunkum From Pat Robertson — (Dec. 1, 2001)
Pat Robertson's letter to the editor refuting the allegations made against him in The Washington Post is posted online at Robertson's official site.
An editorial by The Perspective (Smyrna, Georgia) said that Robertson's letter is "full of self-serving innuendoes." The paper reported on the allegations against Robertson and his gold-mining operations in December.
A former U.S. deputy chief of missions wrote to The Washington Post and said that Robertson's letter displayed "unimaginable naivete."
The U.S. State Department's most recent human rights report said that the Liberian "government's human rights record remained poor, and there were numerous, serious abuses in many areas."
Aficana.com has a brief biography of Liberian President Charles Taylor.
For more news on Liberia, see allAfrica.com and Liberianews.com