It was originally reported in the Washington Post back in dec of 2002, With the current flurry of Liberian news it is hard to find a neswpaper article but here ya go:
Report Says Africans Harbored Al Qaeda
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Investigators from several countries concluded that President Charles Taylor of Liberia received a $1 million payment for arranging to harbor the operatives, who were in the region for at least two months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the Pentagon. The terrorists moved between a protected area in Liberia and the presidential compound in neighboring Burkina Faso, investigators say.
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edit: to correct the date
[ 07-02-2003, 03:29 PM: Message edited by: Rokenn ]