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Baba Touray <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 15 Apr 2000 19:52:07 +0100
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Mr Ceesay I believe in your version, Tombong is a
nicker-licker. His statements are never accurate.

Babadinding
Lets keep-up the fight

--- ebrima ceesay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Gambia-L,
>
> I am forwarding these extracts to the L from one of
> my sources in the
> Gambia.
>
> Ebrima Ceesay
>
> Tombong Saidy: Do you think people now take you
> seriously having already
> made a fool of yourself with your shallow analysis
> of the Senegalese
> Elections in which you stated categorically that
> Abdou Diouf will win the
> elections?
>
> My brother, just send your PROPAGANDA version to the
> L, and allow me, as
> well, to send my version and then it would be up to
> the people to believe
> whichever version they want to believe.
>
> Do you think people like me believed the Government
> when it said that only
> 12 were killed? Anyway, I'll deal with you when I do
> some analysis for the L
> on the situation back home.
>
>
>
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>
>
> Ebrima,
>
>
> The atmosphere is still tense despite the calmness
> on the surface. As
> reported yesterday, the various branches of the
> security forces continue to
> point fingers at each other.
>
> The pressure can be seen in their faces; a pressure
> they have never
> experienced before and never thought possible. To
> illustrate the point, now
> two soldiers (instead of the usual one or a
> policeman)have
> been assigned to each Secretary of State.
>
> The performance of the Secretaries of State day
> before yesterday, during
> their press conference, says it all. Each and every
> one of them had a
> version different from the other, as if they were
> not recounting the same
> event.
>
> In fact, I'll send you a copy of the video cassette
> capturing the rioting
> and you can distribute it to Human rights groups if
> they have not yet
> received it. The video, though recorded by the
> security forces for their own
> keeping, tells a very tragic story or in other
> words, shows how brutal these
> Jammeh thugs are.
>
> The "Point's" editorial on Thursday, a two-page
> editorial expressed the
> desire of the population which pleaded with the VP
> referred to as our "Dear
> sister" to resign. She has let the entire Gambian
> people down. We should say
> a big THANK YOU to "The Point"
>
> With another Paper like it, there will be no need
> for people like me to be
> filing these Up-dates. FOROYAA has also done a
> magnificent job on the the
> tragic events of 10 April.
>
> I understand (but I am yet to confirm it) that
> President Jammeh arrived
> early this morning, stopping over in Dakar. Anyway,
> as I am sending you this
> update, he is definitely nowhere to be found in the
> country.
>
> What I do know for a fact is that the a section of
> the NIA was of the view
> that he should return to the country unannounced or
> secretly, admitting that
> contrary what they are saying, things are still not
> under control in the
> country.
>
> The students are planning another demonstration on
> Monday; but this too I
> cannot confirm. I tried snooping around the Police
> Station to see if an
> application for such a protest has been filed,
> without success. I'll tell
> something definite later.
>
> By the way, the UDP has issued a statement
> condemning the actions of the
> security forces. An emergency meeting of the Party
> Executive is planned for
> today. Just keep on the pressure. You people on the
> Internet have been very
> effective. Don't you see they have started releasing
> the dead bodies
> following reports on the Net that they were
> decomposing.
>
>
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