Well done Haruna Darbo.
Following the September 11 attacks on New York, Washington DC, and
Pennsylvania, President Jammeh and Baboucarr-Blaise Ismaila Jagne made
several overtures that some considered to be sincere. First Jammeh declared
three days of national mourning and requested all Mosques and Churches to
pray for the deceased in solidarity with the friendly people of the United
States and their Government. And in a theatrical effort to appear sincere,
Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne made the following statements at the United Nations
General Assembly:
"The Government and people of the Gambia as well as the families concerned
are deeply moved by the President`s thoughtfulness. This shows that
terrorism has no boundaries and, worse still, it has no respect for the
sanctity of life. It is incumbent upon all of us, therefore, not to offer
sanctuary to any terrorists and their sponsors."
As America assembles the coalition necessary to pinpoint, rid and eviscerate
the forces that perpetrated this sinister, cowardly act against the bastion
of democracy, it should be mindful that there are people among us who want
to use this tragedy for their own political purpose. And chief among them
are Yaya Jammeh, Baba Jobe, and Baboucarr-Blaise Ismaila Jagne.
Fellow Gambians, the truth has begun to emerge. Yaya Jammeh and Baba Jobe`s
link with Osama bin Laden is coming to light. In a recent Washington Post
article titled: Diamonds mined in Sierra Leone enrich Al Qaeda Douglas Farah
wrote:
"The diamond dealers are selected by Ibrahim Bah, a Libyan-trained former
Senegalese rebel and the RUF`s principal diamond dealer, the sources said.
The buyers identities are known only to Bah and a few others.
"Bah`s contacts and sympathies were forged on the battlefield, according to
intelligence reports and sources who know him well. After fighting with the
Casamance separatist movement in Senegal in the 1970s, Bah trained in Libya
under the protection of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
"Like bin Laden, Bah spent several years in the early 1980s fighting
alongside Muslim guerrillas against Soviet forces in Afghanistan. Bah then
joined the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia to fight Israeli forces in
southern Lebanon before returning to Libya at the end of the 1980s. In
Libya, Bah met and trained several men who would go on to lead rebellions in
West Africa, including Charles Taylor of Liberia and Foday Sankoh of Sierra
Leone, the RUF`s founder. Bah himself later fought in both Liberia and
Sierra Leone:"
The nagging question fellow Gambians is the whereabout of Baba Jobe during
the 1980s. Was Baba Jobe not banned from travelling? Is Baba Jobe still not
a good friend of Charles Taylor?
Gambians, Jagne`s rhetoric at the U.N is not only evasive but rather an
attempt to engage in deception as Jammeh and his government have always
done. We are troubled by the mixed messages, double standards, deceit and
hypocrisy of the Jammeh Administration on issues of national concern. Even
as the regime proclaimed to participate in a global anti-terrorism campaign,
many Gambians continue to languish in prison because of their political
belief and bogus charges made against them, including but not limited to
treason, sedition, contempt and espionage etc. etc. etc. This time, it is
appropriate to say: "You can fool some people, some of the time, but you
cannot fool all of the people, all of the time".
>From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Yaya's prostitute speaks
>Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 03:45:43 +0000
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