Gambia-L:

The unedited e-mail below came from one of my authoritative sources in the
Gambia.

Ebrima Ceesay

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>Subject: Charles Taylor betrays Yahya Jammeh
>Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001
>
>In my last message to you Ebrima, I promised to shed light on the recent
>trip by Taylor to Banjul; the outcome of the discussion I was privy to,
>thanks also to my contact in the Cabinet.  Some of you will recall that in
>March this year, it was announced in the local media that Taylor was to
>visit Banjul.  This announcement was premature because Taylor was adviced
>by his host that the visit should be cancelled because of the Blood Diamond
>frenzy which would only add to speculation should he visit Banjul at that
>time.  However, a few days later,Jammeh was convinced by none other than
>Baba Jobe to proceed with Taylor's trip as there were important issues
>concerning the remnants of the Kukoi group in Liberia still fermenting
>trouble which could only lead to another attempt by these boys to stage
>another attack on Gambian territory. He further convinced Yahya that the
>only person who could resolve the problem is Charles Taylor himself whom he
>could not afford to antagonise as he is in total control of a contingent of
>Gambians willing, and perhaps able, to dislodge Jammeh from State House.
>What Jammeh didn't know up to this point, was that Baba Jobe has had secret
>contacts with Taylor through a Libyan counter-intelligence officer (whose
>name I will withold for now - infact he is listed in the UN travel sanction
>list) and an associate of both Baba and his brother, who up to this point,
>was still in Monrovia as part of the security detail of Charles Taylor to
>press Jammeh into submission for a meeting.  Finally Jammeh succummed for
>the visit to take place in Banjul where Taylor extracted the commitment he
>was seeking from Jammeh to hold on to his story that the Gambian Sarahulay
>community were responsible for the sudden surge in diamond export figures
>originating from the Gambia. This, of course, we all know was a lie and the
>Sarahulay community didn't waste any time in denying the story that Jammeh
>peddled to Gambians and the UN Security Council. Taylor was told by many,
>including Baba Jobe, that if he did not threaten Jammeh to hold on to his
>story, the coward that he is, will break.  At this time, Jammeh was
>reported to spend sleepless nights about the blood diamond affair.  Baba
>Jobe did not trust Jammeh and he still does not have confidence in Yahya
>who everybody knows that he is a coward.  To cut a long story short, during
>the encounter between Taylor and Jammeh, vail threats were uttered by
>Taylor including the possiblility of unleashing the Kukoi remnants on
>Jammeh should he waiver from his original line i.e. that the Gambian
>Sarahulay community were responsible for the smuggling of diamonds from
>Sierra Leone to The Gambia for export.  In return for Jammeh's cooperation,
>Taylor will extradite to Gambia, a dozen or so Gambians in Liberia who are
>considered Jammeh's enemies. In order to save his neck, so he thought,
>Jammeh directed Blaise Jagne to hold on to this line at the UN Security
>Council.  Unfortunately for Jammeh, his story was not bought by UN Council
>members who were convinced beyond doubt, that the blood diamonds were being
>conduited by the Taylor cartel in collaboration with the Jammeh thugs,
>including Baba Jobe and his brother, to Banjul for export to Antwerp.  Once
>convinced, the UN proceeded with its threat to apply sanctions on Liberia
>with Gambia next in line, according to my contacts.  Sensing the imminent
>application of the sanctions on his country and officials, Taylor decided
>to provide new identities and Liberian passports to Sam Bockarie (Maskita),
>other RUF rebels and numerous Gambians including Baba Jobe's brother, and
>shipped them off to Angola in retaliation for the inability of Yahya Jammeh
>to put up a convincing case before the UN Security Council that would have
>averted sanctions being applied to Liberia. NOW TAYLOR HAS VOWED TO ENSURE
>THAT GAMBIA IS ALSO SANCTIONED BY PREPARING TO RELEASE DAMNING INFORMATION
>ON JAMMEH AND HIS CRONIES. EBRIMA, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A ROUGH
>ROAD AHEAD FOR THE JAMMEH REGIME. THE ONLY SAD PART OF THIS UNENDING AND
>TRAGIC SAGA IS THAT INNOCENT GAMBIANS WILL SUFFER TOGETHER WITH THESE
>BANDITS.  YAHYA MUST GO AND HE MUST GO NOW TOGETHER WITH HIS CRIMINAL
>GOVERNMENT.
>

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