--- I feel you brother. And everytime you remember
the Sierra Leonean doccumentary "Cry Freetown" or
whatever it was called, remember that our own beloved
nation is not too far away from such hell. In fact,
if things continue the way they are, we will be
heading straigh to a "Cry Banjul."
kalilu camara <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Mr.Jagne,
> I am thrilled at your derivatives if that is my
> exact sentiment summased.
> I saw the tapes on the Sierra Leone war.The whole
> scenery left me numb
> perplexed and teary just like that tape CRY FREEDOM.
> Indeed the modern
> African child has the right to sob.
> In my search for why, i ask some friends why
> diamonds are so expensive as
> oppose to human lives.
> But for the arrangement of the carbon atoms it is
> graphite at its very
> best.This i believe is the stuff found in charcoal.
> You will thing that the lives of our children will
> mean more.
> I am sure they do.But it is very hard to explain
> this even to oneself
> especially to the future.
> Mr Jammehs trip to Sierra Leon could be very hard to
> explain as a
> humantarian jesture given this complex.
> After the fact what is a couple of thousand Leones
> to a child handicapped by
> adult miscommunication....hardly anything.
> Could this and other atrocities been avioded only
> God knows, what we know as
> surviviors is that we can prevent such gross
> mistakes by
> learning to compromise and work as brothers in
> opposition, for the common
> good.
> I do believe that the common losses we all assume in
> the end of a war is our
> biggest opponent to tarkle.What i am trying to say
> is
> we should one and all picture this kind of results
> and collectively
> fight our personal urges to fight and do it in our
> power to make
> peace.
> I do commend this jesture by the un.Whilest the
> united nations is
> in some very real respects our only hope in some
> national matters
> they cannot due to certain consraints always bail us
> out.
> I do believe that it is not too much for a people to
> ask that
> their representatives be urthentic and to a certain
> degree give them their
> basic human rights in exchange for the recognition
> of being
> their representatives.
> Dont some of us think that the whole group should be
> made aware
> of the transactions done in their name?
> How is it possible in such a tiny nation that we
> drop so deep in dept and
> not a single soul can account for the loan collected
> there in?
> How can there be such a high degree of human rights
> violations side by side
> with this degree of public silence?
> You will think that the uthenticity of our leader
> will be determined by us
> as a nation.Will the united nations in all fairness
> assist in a free and
> fair election in THE Gambia,one of the smallest
> African
> nations? Or will they accept anyone who show up?
> Will Yaya Jammeh
> graciously allow international observers in a free
> and fair election?
> I think that real bravery is allowing justice to
> prevail.
> Yaya had, coupled with four other Gambians what it
> took to overthrow
> an overwhelmingly elected leader,he has the heart to
> unleased life bullets
> at his younger brothers ,to imprison his friends,put
> in
> jeoapady his comrades life but what remains to be
> seen is his courage to
> face himself and let the majority of Gambians
> determine their own
> destiny.But the uncertainties of such a daring move
> given what went down in
> the last six years maybe too frightening even for
> the 'invisible soldier'!
> Not only has "His Invisiblity" constantly cut off
> electricity and raise the
> price the record highest in the world,now does he
> see to it that we cannot talk on the phone by
> messing with the wires?
> Everyone almost thought that Gamtel will be spared.
>
>
> karl
>
>
>
> >From: Sigga jagne <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: FWD: UN accuses Gambia of
> Exporting"blood"diamonds
> >Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 16:56:51 -0800
> >
> >Well, its about time the international community
> start
> >seeing Jammeh for what he really is. Remember the
> >letter I got from the Brittish officials which said
> >that they decided to renew military assistance to
> the
> >Gambia because of its peacekeeping efforts in
> Sierra
> >Leone, well I guess now the Brits will know that
> the
> >real motive behind Jammeh's Sierra Leone efforts,
> is
> >far from being a peace keeping one.
> >
> >--- Sidi M Sanneh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Culled from the Independent Newspaper of 26-28
> > > December,2000
> > >
> > > UN ACCUSES GAMBIA OF EXPORTING "BLOOD" DIAMONDS
> > > Calls for first-ever international embargo
> against
> > > Jammeh regime
> > >
> > > The Gambia has been accused by the United
> Nations of
> > > exporting "blood"
> > > diamonds to the international market dealing in
> the
> > > commodity. The UN has
> > > since called for sanctions against The Gambia
> and
> > > Liberia the two countries
> > > mentioned in a damning UN report on the role of
> > > diamonds in funding
> > > worsening conflicts in the sub-region and
> elsewhere
> > > in Africa. The report
> > > catalogues a host of African countries including
> The
> > > Gambia as facilitators
> > > of the trade inb diamonds from conflict zones
> like
> > > Sierra Leone whose
> > > diamond has been banned (except those fromthe
> Sierra
> > > Leone government).
> > >
> > > The report prepared by a five-man panel was
> taken to
> > > the United Nations
> > > Security Counciul where diplomats had begun
> drawing
> > > upmeasures against The
> > > Gambia andLiberia. The expert panel established
> by
> > > the Security Coucil to
> > > investigate the link between the illicit diamond
> > > sales and arms traficking
> > > called for an "immediate embargo on trade in
> > > diamonds from the Gambia".
> > >
> > > The report indicates that "although the Gambia
> has
> > > no diamond mines and no
> > > reputation as a diamond-dealing nation, it has
> > > become a significant
> > > exporter,with most of the gems believed to be
> > > obtainable in Sierra Leone".
> > > If the embargo against The Gambia is enforced it
> > > will be the first
> > > internatiuonal move against the six-year old
> > > government.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, according to the GRTS the Secretary
> of
> > > State for Finance and
> > > Economic Affairs Famara Jatta and the Secretary
> of
> > > State for Trade, Industry
> > > and Employment Musa Sillah have denied the link
> > > between The Gambia and the
> > > export of diamonds. The GRTS quoted them,as
> saying
> > > that the country's
> > > export review does not recveal any export of
> > > diamonds. The state officials
> > > reportedly told GRTS that statistics in the UN
> > > report may have come from
> > > countries where diamonds are sold. "It would
> > > therefore be unfair for the
>
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