Benjamin Yeaten

Benjamin Yeaten
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	28 ga Faburairu, 1969 (55 shekaru)
Sana'a
Sana'a	soja
Aikin soja
Fannin soja	Armed Forces of Liberia
Digiri	lieutenant general (en)
Ya faɗaci	First Liberian Civil War (en)

Benjamin Yeaten (an haife shi 28 ga Fabrairu 1969), wanda aka fi sani da tsohuwar alamar kiran rediyon sa "50",^[1] jagoran mayakan sa kai na Laberiya ne kuma sojan haya, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Soja na Mataimakin Kwamanda na Laberiya kuma Darakta na Sabis na Tsaro na Musamman ( SSS) a lokacin shugabancin Charles Taylor. Sananne wurin aikata laifukan yaƙi da dama, Yeaten ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin amintattun mabiyan Taylor kuma masu aminci. Ya kai matsayin shugaban dukkan sojojin Taylor kuma mutum na biyu mafi karfi a gwamnatin a lokacin yakin basasar Laberiya na biyu. Bayan faduwar gwamnatin Taylor, ya yi nasarar tserewa daga kasarsa, kuma tun daga lokacin yana aiki a boye a yammacin Afirka a matsayin kwamanda,mai daukar ma'aikata, kuma mai ba da shawara kan harkokin soja na haya.

An haifi Benjamin Yeaten a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu 1969 a Tiaplay, gundumar Nimba, Laberiya,^[2] wanda yana ɗaya daga yankuna a Laberiya waɗanda suka fi shan wahala a ƙarƙashin mulkin Samuel Doe. Sakamakon haka, Yeaten ya shiga rundunar 'yan tawayen da Charles Taylor yake ginawa a zaman gudun hijira a Tajura, Libya.^[3][4] A lokacin da aka shigar da shi, ya kasance dan shekara 14 ko 15^[5] kuma daya daga cikin mafi ƙanƙanta a shekaru da aka dauka a cikin sabuwar rundunar.^[6][7]Nuna ƙuduri, jaruntaka da aminci a lokacin horon guerrilla a Tajura, Yeaten ya burge Taylor kansa.^[8][9][10]

Da rundunar 'yan tawayensa ta hade a hukumance a matsayin National Patriotic Front of Laberiya (NPFL), Taylor ya kaddamar da tawaye ga gwamnatin Doe a 1989, wanda ya fara yakin basasa na farko na Laberiya. Yeaten kuma ya shiga cikin yakin basasa, kuma ya tashi cikin sauri a cikin NPFL.^[11] Yeaten ya kasance kusa da shugabansa, yana kallonsa a matsayin “uba”.^[12] Bi da bi, Taylor ya amince da shi, kuma an kwatanta Yeaten a matsayin "Ɗan magaji na Taylor a cikin tsarin 'yan tawaye" a lokacin.^[13] A cikin yakin basasa na farko, Yeaten kuma ya sami sunansa na tsoro da rashin tausayi. Mutanen da ke ƙarƙashin ikonsa sun yi kisan kiyashi da yawa,^[14] kamar na Carter Camp a 1993, inda aka kashe fararen hula sama da 600.^[15]