Saul, thanks for your post. On visiting the APRC web-site, I guess I will
just have to settle for the play-by-play given by people like you, George
Sarr (BTW where is he?) and Prince. I hate the vermin so much that it makes
me puke to hear or listen to his garbage first hand. I will NOT visit the
web-site. I will listen/see/hear the vermin first hand when he is standing
behind the dock being tried for his crimes against humanity. Then, I will
listen to his sorry sobs.

On this whole Sallah/Colly affair, frankly I wished it was never brought up
in the first place. I am sure had Colly known that his comments will attract
such reaction, he would not have even mentioned that he was at the Meeting.
As you and others (including Colly) have pointed out, it was not the man's
intention to criticize PDOIS and Mr. Sallah. It was not his intention to
misrepresent Mr. Sallah. He was merely narrating what he saw that was
relevant to his topic of discussion; the APRC supporters.

Now, Mr. Sallah read Colly's piece and took offense. Did you hear Colly
supporters (like myself) condemning Mr. Sallah for the interpretations he
had? Although I did not agree with his interpretations and you yourself did
not agree with his interpretations, we nonetheless left the man alone. None
of us started calling Mr. Sallah names.

No one can take away from Mr. Sallah what he has done and continues to do
for the Gambian people. He deserves respect and deference from a lot of us.
I for one tries to give him the respect and deference due to him. I have
been a contributor here for more than a year now. No one can say that I ever
came here to disrespect our Opposition leaders. I do not know this Jamila
from Eve. From her writing, I developed some respect for her. Apart from
her, I have a lot of respect for people like Saul Mbenga and the Movement
they have in New York. Last week the lady came on G_L and disrespected all
of us. I let that slide because I was looking at the bigger picture. If my
memory serves me right, I think only Joe Samboe responded to her and Joe did
not disrespect the woman.

Now, this. The woman has every right to take sides in this affair. If she
wants she can support Mr. Sallah or she can support Colly. But for Heaven's
sake, let us be fair and up-front with each other. Do not call people your
friends and then stab them in the back. What the woman was trying to do was
to use this episode with Colly and Sallah to say that Colly cannot be
trusted when he talks about what happened in 1994. Who does this kind of
argument hamper and who does it hurt? Can one use what Colly said about the
Meeting to conclude that the man is manipulative and dishonest? What is
going on here?

As you said, we are all in the same boat. There is no need to tear each
other apart. This is not to say that we should not criticize each other. But
we should do so honestly and fairly. Let us look at the big picture here.
What good does it serve for Colly to bring down Sallah? None. This is why I
pleaded with Colly the other day to lay the matter to rest and resume his
postings on the 1994 coup. What good does it serve for Mr. Sallah to label
Colly as a liar? None. Which is why I think Mr. Sallah's supporters like
Jamila should focus their attention on telling Mr. Sallah to lay the matter
to rest. What good does it serve for Jamila to label Colly as manipulative?
None. Which is why I was upset when I read her mail. Like you, I hope the
whole matter is put to rest. I for one will be very worried if APRC
supporters start endorsing my postings. I realized how they surface to pit
one Opposition leader against the other. Needless to say, the childish
gimmick will fail. All reports indicate that when our three leaders met,
they all treated each other with the utmost respect. Let APRC focus on
character assassination. What they CANNOT and WILL NOT do, is refute Colly's
facts with facts. For instance, they CANNOT refute the FACT that Gibril Saye
was murdered in cold-blood and NOT in a gun-fight at a time when Saye was at
home with his family. The vermin CANNOT refute the fact that the coup was a
fluke and the morons hijacked the country without any resistance. Colly will
come up with many more revelations (FACTS) that NO ONE will refute with
facts. All they can do is engage in character assassination and silly games.
It is our duty as genuine Opposition members NOT to help the APRC in this
character assassination. Let us refute facts with facts. By all means, if
any Opposition member has facts contrary to what Colly is saying, come out
and say so. But it is wrong to throw out wild accusations at the man. Colly
is an honest man that has on more than one occasion came to G_L to admit
where he made mistakes in his exposes. The most recent one being when one
Jawara supporter contacted him in private to query that Jawara was not on
vacation (as thought by Colly) and was on an 'official trip' when Colly said
that Jawara did not attend to the problem in the army regarding the Nigerian
leadership vacuum. A very petty issue if you ask me. But even though the
aggrieved did not come to G_L to argue his case, Colly had the decency to
come back to us to set the record straight. I do not think that was
necessary because the Jawara supporter should have had the courage to come
to G_L and put his side across. But is it fair now to ignore those kinds of
treatment and instead use this affair to say that the man should not be
trusted?
KB



>From: saul khan <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Ebou Colley's Reply to Halifa Sallah - MRDG-NY Symposium
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:38:13 -0700
>
>KB,
>
>I hope we can all cool it on this one. In my opinion,
>the whole issue has been blown out of proportions.
>Colly was adressing an issue I raised about his Fifth
>submission on the coup when he talked about the
>Halifa/Darbo meeting, and the two "funny" fellows and
>their little hypocritical game. My sense of what he
>said, (and having re-read the post again,) is that he
>was trying to hilight the "Good Cop - Bad Cop"
>divisive games that closet Jammeh supporters use to
>pit one opposition group against the other. It's
>easier to hide one's support for Yaya by encouraging
>or exaggerating  differences between opposition
>groups. This is a no brainer. Which is why I was
>really surprised by the reception from Pdois.
>
>I met Jamila last year at the ALD, and she struck me
>as a very sincere person in her determination to see
>an uplifted Africa (not just Gambia.) Her
>contributions on and off this List has only cemented
>my initial positive view of her. I consider her a
>sister. Though I wish she hadn't re-ignited this one,
>I'm sure we're all better off to let it go. Mr.
>Sallah, Colly, and Sister Jamila are all on the same
>boat! It's the two-faced Jammeh undercover -Agent
>Provocatuers- that we need to worry about. Have you
>noticed how funny characters are popping up all over
>the place, and never passing up an opportunity to cast
>aspersions at Jammeh's opponents? They figure if they
>can make people believe that Jammeh Critic Pateh is a
>liar, then no one will take what he says seriously.
>It's a conscious attempt to undercut some of us'
>credibility. Visit Jammeh's site and read some of the
>comments, and insinuations they make about us there.
>They've declared a war on us, and we'll be seeing many
>more wolves-in-sheep clothing. You just watch.
>
>Good evening.
>
>Saul.
>
>--- Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Mr. Colly, I again renew my plea from the other day
> > and respectfully urge
> > you to ignore such sideshows and concentrate on
> > Yaya. With friends like this
> > woman, you do NOT need enemies. People will try all
> > they can to 'undermine'
> > your devastating revelations about this murderous
> > regime we have back home.
> > They will come at you from all angles. I urge you to
> > have a tunnel vision
> > and focus on the big prize. Do not let these kinds
> > of comments from this
> > woman make you re-engage Mr. Sallah. Just ignore the
> > woman. If you ask me,
> > she did not back up her rhetoric. The mud she threw
> > at you did not stick.
> > KB
> >
> >
> > >From: Jamila Allston <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> > list
> > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Ebou Colley's Reply to Halifa Sallah -
> > MRDG-NY Symposium
> > >Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:00:06 -0700
> > >
> > >My Dear Brother Ebou Colly,
> > >
> > >   It deeply saddens me that I must write to you in
> > such manner via this
> > >public vehicle, but you leave me no choice.  I am
> > appealing to you to
> > >immediately cease the diatribe and unhealthy
> > challenge made to Halifa
>
>
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