Ha ha ha...everything went just fine except the last line. It should have
read: Let us relegate it to the past.
Thank you all, and excuse me for troubling your week-end.
Sidibeh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Momodou S Sidibeh" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: A Double Agent
> Saiks, Momodou Camara,
>
> I just think it is a huge waste to see both of you trying to reassure us
> that Joe Sambou is not a double agent, partly on the bases of your
knowledge
> of people he hung out with in the past. Both of you, while living in a
> revolutionary Samsara, "slept" for years with people just to witness them
> eventually turn into President Jammeh's choir boys. So membership in an
old
> flock provides no certainty as to the anatomy of one's future
congregation.
> It just makes the transition more sensational.
>
> So we do know that Joe Sambou is a double agent? Of course we don't.
Should
> we care whether or not he is? My opinion is an emphatic NO, at this point
in
> time. At this stage of the Gambian struggle, there will be various kinds
of
> alignments, collaborations, tactical and strategic alliances; people
> shifting towards ideological locations that best suit their motivations
and
> that best serve their interests. These movements, trajectories of
individual
> political lives, may be recognisable in debate fora like the Gambia-L, but
> are better observed in the field of concrete practice; away from these
> computer keyboads, as Joe Sambou himself aptly put it. But even out there,
> guarantees are not available.
> You can only test the sincerity of others on account of social practice as
> dictated by a collectively accepted program drawn towards some specified
> end. And from what I have seen so far, Joe Sambou definitely belongs in a
> line of compatriots whose services the Gambian struggle urgently needs.
But
> so does Jabou Joh, Jassey-Conteh, El Hajj Tapha Fye and others you may
think
> of. Joe's integrity must be defended. But so must the integrity of those
who
> made the allegations, even if we must admit that their making such an
> allegation was wrong. All of them are intelligent, serious, and mean well
> for progressive change in Gambia.
>
> All of us are making contributions in our different ways for a better
> Gambia; but because we believe in different methods, and varying tactics,
> once in a while we will discover weakneses in each another's positions and
> we may point fingers and level accusations. But if those "administrative"
> matters are allowed to take center stage in the struggle, we will dedicate
> less energy towards the common goal - just like the different political
> parties at home and the Coalition that is yet to be.
>
> Continuing to harp on this issue invests it with a life it does not
deserve.
> Let us relegate it the past.
>
> Sidibeh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "samateh saikou" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:26 AM
> Subject: Re: A Double Agent
>
>
> > Mo,
> > You can count on my support here,I don't believe that Joe is a double
> > agent.I have known Joe for many years now ,he was never into politics,I
> have
> > no doubts that it is the unbearable present situation of our country
that
> > forced people like him to make a choice and I respect him for that.I
have
> > known him to be a decent brother,his very close friend has been my close
> > childhood friend
> > I am of the believed that if Joe is APRC he would have stand to defend
> that
> > and not otherwise.I hope that Conteh and Joe solve this problem with
> better
> > understanding of each other.
> >
> > For Freedom
> > Saiks
> >
> > >From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: A Double Agent
> > >Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 14:42:25 -0500
> > >
> > >Conteh,
> > >You are right that I simply believe that Joe is not a double agent. I
> have
> > >no proof and I hope everyone agrees that Gambia-L is not a court room
> where
> > >we will sit around to wait for evidence. Has it occured to you that
those
> > >whose inforamtion you trust may themselves be disinformation agents?
> > >Could this source of yours within the APRC not be someone trying to
split
> > >the opposition by spreading suspicion among opponents of the regime?
> > >
> > >For God´s sake what are we going to do with telephone records?
> > >I am not returning to an old issue. You are the one who brought it up
> again
> > >yesterday and that is very immature, to say the least. This is an issue
> we
> > >have to get rid of forthwith.
> > >
> > >That does not mean that I condone Joe´s insults. It is equally immature
> for
> > >him to continue doing that. All of us in the Management Team wish that
> this
> > >never happened, because it is such a waste. But be assured that we will
> > >come to a conclusion very soon.
> > >
> > >Momodou Camara
> > >"It is much easier to split an atom than a prejudice" Albert Einstein
> > >
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