Extract from The Independent.


             Senegalese army camps at Kanilai border?


Unconfirmed reports reaching The Independent suggest that the Senegalese
authorities have established two army camps close to the border with
Kanilai.

The reports speak of two army camps holding about 5,000 Senegalese troops
stationed a few kilometres from President Jammeh's home village of Kanilai.
The village has been at the centre of speculations over the alleged
temporary transfer of President Jammeh from State House in Banjul to allow
construction work to continue.

According to these reports, the alleged military build-up is meant to beef
up security around the area.  The reports say it may be either linked to the
still volatile situation in the area or the alleged transfer of President
Jammeh to Kanilai, which is not far from the border between the two
countries.

The Senegalese High Commissioner to The Gambia Monsieur Mamadou Diop,
however, categorically denied the establishment of these camps describing it
as 'not possible'.

Monsieur Diop said setting up military camps so close to the border with The
Gambia has never been contemplated by his government.  He said the
Senegalese military camp closest to the border with The Gambia is at
Bignona, 150 km from Kanilai.

Meanwhile, intelligence reports reaching The Independent suggest that former
Army Commander Colonel Samsideen Sarr who was removed from the army earlier
this year and later surfaced in the US, is said to be traversing the West
African sub-region.  Lt. Colonel Sarr was linked to an alleged report sent
to the Senegalese government highlighting an alleged involvement by
President Jammeh in transacting arms to Casamance rebels, which High
Commissioner Diop also denied in an earlier report in this newspaper (Dec.
6-9).

This latest report claim that Lt. Colonel Sarr is being trailed by Gambian
intelligence officers. There has been no independent confirmation of these
reports..







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