Sorry for the initials that appeared in the name field instead of my name.

Regards,

Kabir.


ka <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Abdoulaye Saine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> "...Thus, the aborted coup of 1981 was in many ways the brainchild of the
> Libyan leader who recruited and trained Kukoi Samba Sanyang, among others,
> to carry out the coup attempt.  Others would contend, however, that the
> aborted coup was the result of growing domestic inequalities.  To date,
> Kukoi is based in Libya, traveling incognito to Burkina Faso, The Gambia
and
> neighboring Guinea-Bissau and Liberia..."
>
>
> Dr. saine,
>
> This is a very interesting piece and there have been varied reactions to
it.
> Overall, I think it has catalouged many interesting developments in our
> recent political history. One point I cannot understand though is how "the
> aborted coup of 1981 was in many ways the brainchild of the Libyan leader
> who recruited and trained Kukoi Samba Sanyang, among others, to carry out
> the coup attempt"
>
> It is a known fact that although Kukoi constantly broadcast calls for help
> from Libya when it became apparent that senegal was going to intervene to
> try to crush the "coup", he, Kukoi had never set foot on Libyan soil prior
> to the 1981. Just a look at the primitive nature of the weapons used
during
> the initial stage of the "coup" is one testimony that we had here to do
with
> a single man's lust for power.
>
> The myth of Libyan involvement was something concocted and peddled by
Jawara
> and his crew inorder to divert attention from the real causes behind the
> coup and why there was mass jubilation, i.e., mass corruption, neglect,
etc.
>
> I only wish that Jawara himself could set the record straight here instead
> of letting the myth linger that Libya was behind July 1981. Of course, I
> agree with you that Kukoi did make contact with Libya whiles living in
Cuba
> and eventually secured facilities there that were supposed to enhanced his
> second coming, there is no evidence to support libyan sponsorship of July
> 1981.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kabir.
>
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