Saul Khan:
I have been seriously busy of late and, as such, I have not been able to
follow e-mails on the L, as I would want to. However, I cannot stand by and
see Rep Johnny Ford's comments on the Gambia without making a full and
considered reply. This reply will be a detailed rebuttal of the Press
statement he issued and as reported in the Wednesday issue of the Daily
Observer.
Please, Saul, would you send me Rep Johnny Ford's e-mail address and I shall
post him my comments tommorow afternoon. I shall send a copy of this letter
to Gambia-L at the same time.
Regards,
Ebrima Ceesay
Birmingham, UK.
>From: saul khan <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Rep. Johnny Ford
>Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 21:33:55 -0000
>
>All,
>I also just finished talking to Rep. Johnny Ford of Tuskegee, AL. This is
>basically what the gentleman told me:
>
>*that unlike most of their trips, they've had no State Dept briefing on
>their Gambian trip.
>*that they were briefed by Amb. Haley AFTER they had already met Jammeh and
>co.
>*that they're invited by Mayor Samba Faal of Banjul who is currently the
>1st
>VP of the WCM. (He said that Tuskegee was twinned with Banjul back in
>1977.)
>*that contrary to the hoopla being created by the Gambia govt, they're a
>non-political group on the world stage, but also that they're far from
>being
>naive. He told me of their experience with Abacha in Nigeria, and how the
>late despot tried to use the WCM. They won't let him! Neither will Yaya
>Jammeh if the meeting takes place, he assured me.
>*that he can't believe "the quiet, peaceful Gambia is being destroyed
>*that like the Haleys, he has traced his roots to the Mandinka in Gambia.
>That he has a sentimental attachment to the Gambia...
>
>He gave me his email address at my request so I could furnish him material
>pertinent to present-day Gambian reality. I've just emailed Dr. Katim
>Touray's "Another African Tragedy in the Making?," and a verbatim text of
>what Yaya Jammeh told his thugs last August (the notorious 100 ft video.)
>The gentleman has promised to read the materials this weekend. I've also
>suggested websites like "allafrica.com" and "qanet.gm" where he can get
>neutral and corroborating info on the criminal regime in Gambia. I guess
>we'll have to see on Monday if he is willing to push his people to cancel
>the Banjul meeting.
>
>Saul.
>
>
>
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>He was
>>
>
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