FILE In this June 10, 1997 photo, RUF ( Revolutionary United Front ) soldiers ride in a pick up truck at their base in the outskirts of Freetown. On Thursday, April 26, 2012, judges at an international war crimes court will pass judgment on warlord-turned-Liberian president Charles Taylor, who is accused of sponsoring rebels responsible for untold atrocities during Sierra Leone's brutal civil war in return for so-called blood diamonds. The historic verdicts at the Special Court for Sierra Leone will mark the first time an international tribunal has reached judgment in the trial of a former head of state since Nuremberg.(AP Photo/Enric Marti, File)