ebou colley,

Thank you for having the courage to provide an insight into a brutal
operation that is still continuing. All of this is making me rather queasy in
the stomach myself. I have always been of the opinion  that all the so-called
coup attempts were just excuses to eliminate people. The whole set up always
leaves this impression, and now we have the first hand details. Not
surprising at all. That Sanneh/Manneh affair being the most fake of them all.
I am also rather shaken by the condition of those three boys as relayed by
Yankuba Njie's posting last night. How in God's name can anyone be
responsible for all of this and still sleep at night, and also continue to
plan and committ even more atrocities?
These people have tasted the smell of blood, and they are dangerous and
simply not fit to be loose in any society.

ebou, the information you are providing is invaluable to the attainment of
justice for the wronged one of these fine days. I hope that more people like
yourself  have as much courage to not only come forward to do what is right
in the eyes of God and their fellow countrymen, but also to look deep inside
themselves to find the courage and decency to abandon the unfolding  bloody
drama of the Jammeh regime. The truth can never be hidden indefinitely, and
whoever believes that is a fool.

Courage is not the lot of those who think that  committing murder and mayhem,
 putting on blinders to feed your insatiable greed, and devicing ways that
they think will save them from ever paying the price for these criminal acts
is what defines courage. We thank God for your courage and sense of justice
which sadly, as a Gambian, I cannot take for granted is present in everyone
of us anymore.

Jabou Joh

In a message dated 4/23/2001 9:35:59 AM Central Daylight Time,
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<< or the record, the day Lt. Barrow and co. were executed in 1994, a then
 All-Mighty Vice Chairman Sana Sabally told a mutual friend that Barrow
 deserves everything he got, because he (Barrow) was their "chosen leader,"
 but he had betrayed them. And that because he (Barrow) was a very hard
 working fellow, and "the most competent Tactical Officer(?) in the army,"
 they gave him a major Command position, but he wasn't satisfied. So, him and
 all the officers close to him had to go. According to Sana himself, there
 was NO coup attempt. Rather, they were PRE-EMPTING a possible coup attempt.
 He said they had evidence that a coup was in the offing, and Barrow was
 leader. They (him, Edward, Yaya) called Barrow to State House that morning,
 and asked if there's any truth to the story. Barrow denied it. But they were
 not convinced that he was being truthful. He, Sana had worked with Barrow,
 and knew the guy to be an intelligent officer, "who knew how to hide his
 true emotions, blah, blah, blah." So, when the guy went back to his Faraja
 Command?, they decided to launch a surprise attack -surround them, throw in
 grenades, force them to surrender, etc.
 There was the "coup attempt" of Nov. 11th, 1994, and the Death Sentence of
 60/62 men in uniform. This was the gist of what Sana told a mutual friend.

 Question: Do your personal knowledge confirm, or contradict any of this?

 On Sana, Edward, and Yaya, it's obvious that the Army guys seriously
 underestimated the Gendermes Officer, and the degree to which he'll be
 willing to invoke ethnic sentiments to buttress his position as Chairman.
 Sana in particular made no secret of his contempt for Yaya, which ultimately
 led to his undoing.

 I spoke to an Army Sharpshooter back in early '95 who witnessed Sana's
 arrest inside the State House complex. The guy told me that, Edward
 personally pulled a pistol on Sana (placed point-blank on his head.) But
 here is the interesting stuff: Our Yaya bolted to the bathroom, because
 "Sana being a close friend, his arrest evoked tender emotions in Yaya." The
 guy said that after the noise of Sana's arrest sunsided, Yaya emerged from
 the bathroom visibly shaken.

 Question: Do you have any info, that would either confirm, or refute this
 guy's story?

 Thanks for jump-starting my week.

 Good morning.

 Saul.

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