Katim,

I am in a hurry this morning but I just wanted to lend my support to what you 
addressed here. I believe that Absjorn meant exactly what you said, and I 
have also thought about the signature issue whenever I read something from 
MRD. 

Regarding the pen name used by ebou colley, I reiterate for the hundredth 
time the valuable information this man is providing to the Gambian people, 
and even if he does not reveal his real name now, I hope he will do so in due 
course when the people demand justice for the wrongs committed by this regime.

Jabou Joh

In a message dated 7/30/2001 1:49:59 AM Central Daylight Time, 
[log in to unmask] writes:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I think we have a BIG mis-understanding here.  I don't think Asbjørn in any 
> way meant
> to question your bravery in standing up against President Jammeh, and doing 
> so in
> public for that matter. I think he (or she) just meant to point out that it 
> would
> help a lot if postings from the [log in to unmask] address are signed.  Matter 
> of fact, I
> was thinking about the same thing the other day, when I replied to your 
> posting about
> President Jammeh's hiring and firing.  To lend support to Asbjørn's 
> original posting,
> I suggest that your reserve the [log in to unmask] address for official 
> correspondence
> (e.g. press releases) from your Movement, and get a personal e-mail address 
> from
> Yahoo, Hotmail, or other sources so you can sign them with your name.  I 
> think this
> will help a lot.
> 
> In the same vein, Ebou Colly, who as been sending some very interesting and
> informative postings about his take on the '94 coup, other alleged coup 
> attempts, and
> the Jammeh government should also tell us who he *really* is.  Given that 
> many people
> have suggested that he is infact Samsudeen Sarr, I will encourage him to do 
> us a
> favor and tell us who he is.  He has made some fairly grave, detailed, and 
> specific
> allegations that I think would remain flimsy unless they can be attributed 
> to a known
> person, rather than a pen name.
> 
> It was just about a two or so weeks ago that I heard Mr. Sainey Ceesay, 
> father of the
> late Finance Minister Koro Ceesay being interviewed on the BBC about the 
> failure of
> the government to provide them information about Koro's fate.  Mr. Colly's
> allegations, if true, would be tremendously valuable to the late Koro's 
> family and
> friends in their efforts to find out exactly what happened to him, and seek 
> justice.
> For this reason, I would again urge Mr. Colly to please let us know who 
> exactly he
> is.  Besides, some of his postings are so detailed that I'm sure the people 
> he is
> accusing know him, so he certainly would be foolish to think that a pen 
> name would
> conceal his identity from the Jammeh government.
> 
> I guess that's about it.  I gotta go get some sleep!
> 
> 

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