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Jabou


In a message dated 12/10/99 1:05:04 PM Central Standard Time,
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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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