Gambia-L:

The unedited e-mail below came from one of my sources in the Gambia.
My source: I do not know about Yankuba Touray, but I wouldn't categorise
Edward Singhateh as a "moderate". He is definitely an extremist, far more
dangerous and brutal than Yahya. Anyway, whenever Ebou Colley is finished
with his excellent series on the coup, at my own pace, I'll tell you the
true colours of Edward Singhateh and the the role he MIGHT have played in
Ousman Koro Ceesay's murder. I know the guy personally, and he knows that I
can even write a book about him. The truth will eventually prevail!

Regards,
Ebrima



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>Subject: Baba Jobe and Yahya Jammeh : "Wait and See" says a senior Army
>Commander
>Date: Sun,
>
>Ebrima,
>
>The relationship between Baba Jobe and Yahya Jammeh, as a result of the
>recent listing of Baba Jobe as an arms trafficker, has strained further.
>The tension between the two is manifesting itself within the armed forced.
>There is a definite cracks in the command structure of the security forces
>according to my trusted contacts within the ranks.  There are those who
>have clearly drawn the line as to how far they are prepared to go in
>defending the indefensable: Yahya Jammeh who ordered the killing of the
>peaceful student demonstrators on the 10 and 11 April, 2000. These group of
>army officers have clearly indicated that they cannot protect the Killer of
>Kanilai from yet another human rights abuse which they see as inevitable
>given recent developments and Yahya's latest tirades and incitements in
>front of GRTS accusing the Opposition and the mandinkas for what happened
>on the 10 and 11 April, 2000.  They see his latest utterances as yet
>another act of desperation and a prelude to massive repression of the
>Opposition.  The tension is high and they believe that anything can happen
>soon.  The other group of officers are on the side of what they consider
>the "moderates" i.e. Singhatey and Yankuba Touray.  Yahya has now every
>little support from the security forces because they blame him for the Baba
>Jobe debacle and they want both out as soon as it is possible and before a
>travel ban is placed on Yahya himself.  Reports reaching me have it that
>Yahya is looking seriously at the option of escaping to Morocco if he were
>to be banned from travelling abroad. Sources close to the army command
>structures say that it will not come to that.  They will not allow Yahya to
>exercise that option because he is the cause of Gambia's problems and he
>must be held accountable.  The Gambian Army and the entire security
>apparatus of Yahya Jammeh is in complete disarray.
>

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