Gambia-L:
The e-mail below is my source's letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Ebrima Ceesay
PS: I'll re-start sending messages to the L as soon as possible. For sure,
Message Number 18 will be on its way soon. I have been caught up with some
very urgent business all these days.
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: The Gambia: UK Government's decision to resume Military Assistance
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>Ebrima,
>Please find below, a copy of my letter to Tony Blair. I will forward the
>protest note to Robin Cook later after taking care of a few things around
>the house. I wish to thank the correction provided by your other source
>concerning the address of the British Prime Minister although the one I
>provided would also reach the PM. I am certain that ALL of you(Dave
>Manneh, Olley-Mboge, Hamjatta, Ndey Jobarteh and others) would have sent in
>your/their views on this extremely important issue which, in my view, only
>helps legitimise an illegitimate Government hell bent on destroying our
>beautiful country. US-based groups are also encouraged to submit their
>views as Mori Kebba Jammeh has just done. Thank you.
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>Dear Mr. Prime Minister,
>I am a concerned Gambian who has dedicated his entire career in ensuring
>that democracy and the respect for human rights is entrenched in the
>Gambia. However, your recent Government's decision to resume military
>cooperation with the government of Yahya Jammeh, after a seven-year
>suspension, in my view, only goes to further the cause of a government
>whose human rights record is abysmal, at best.
>
>The nature of the military assistance programme between your government and
>that of Yahya Jammeh is the least of our priorities at this stage of our
>development and it is also coming at an ill-opportune time when only in
>April of this year, at least twelve defenseless students were murdered in
>broad day-light by the military under the command of Yahya Jammeh. The
>Coroner's Report has still not been made public. The same applies to the
>Commission of Inquiry's Report despite calls for their release by the
>diplomatic community, including the British High Commission in The Gambia.
>
>The Gambian people will very much appreciate your Government's review of
>the decision to resume military assistance given the human rights record of
>the current Government in The Gambia. Development assistance that will
>assist NGOs reach the poorest of the poor should be considered as a viable
>option to a military assistance programme.
>
>I thank you for providing us with the facility to register our concerns
>directly to you and your Government. A separate protest note has been sent
>to Mr. Robin Cook
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>A Concerned Gambian
>
>
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