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The unedited e-mail below came from a source in The Gambia.

Regards,
Ebrima

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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: On Dumo, Jaiteh and the rest
>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001
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>Ebrima:
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>The cautionary statements I sent are official, but of course that does not
>mean that they could not have been given by the accused persons under
>duress, especially knowing this terrorist regime that we are dealing with.
>(Mark you, I am not saying that they are authentic; all I am saying is that
>this is the official line). In fact I think the lawyers of the accused
>persons, and their families, might have seen or known about these
>government cautionary statements. But, naturally, lawyers do not disclose
>these things, in line with their honourable ethics. Maybe, Momodou Sarho's
>wife on the L, can throw light on these cautionary statements - as whether
>or not they too have received or seen them (these cautionary statements).
>The questions that should be asked now, are as follows: Were these
>statements given under duress? Were they tortured at the hands of the NIA
>so that they will "confess" to something? Did the investigators strike a
>deal with Ebrima Barrow (assuming what he is quoted as saying was true)?
>And was this Barrow chap set up or implanted on these guys from day one? In
>other words, has he been working with the Italian guy and Yahya Jammeh from
>the onset? Is his (Barrow's) arrest a fake, in that he will eventually be
>released and may become a prosecution witness? In my book, the idea of
>coercion is vital here and should not be ruled out at all, given the type
>of barbaric regime we are dealing with. If you also recall, Foday Barry had
>claimed in court that he has got the voices of these guys on tape, in which
>they were plotting something amiss against the Gambia Government. By the
>way, my contacts at the NIA have said that this was a lie. However, did the
>NIA use these so-called tapes to trick the accused persons into
>"confessing" to something. So, Ebrima, these are some of the questions that
>should exercise our minds. Again, this is the so-called case the Government
>has built against these people. I am not a lawyer, but even assuming that
>the statements were obtained from the accused persons (under duress or not)
>they are still so weak and inconsistent that they can easily be
>discredited. It is now our duty, especially those with legal minds, to
>dismantle the content of these cautionary statements because, in my eyes,
>they are very inconsistent and feeble. I can see a lot of loopholes in
>them. Maybe, KB Dampha can help us here.
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