Ebrima, your source is absolutely right! Sam Sarr is a careless liar.
He's contradicting himself clearly. I've been follwing the L for sometime
but I was kinda hisitant to contribute, due to my family's security back
home.

   I happen to be one of the young guys of my age who were close to or even
acquainted to Sam. When I read his rebuttal on the web, I was not surprised,
given the fact that Sam is an international 'Broker' This guy has
accumulated so much wealth from arms dealings in the Gabon to lobbying for
Banking takeovers in the Arab world. He must have definitely been under
pressure to paint a bright picture of Dictator Jammeh in this whole Crude
Oil transactions. He didn't know that he was doing more harm than good to
Jammeh & Co. They are now facing a fresh challenge from Darboe, the Gambian
people and the Nigerian Gov't.

   When he was arrested in Senegal in 1993 for his connections to the
assassination of Maitre Babacar Sai, he was soon rescued by his clients in
the likes of Dennis Sassoungessou of Gabon.

    In 1996, he dispatched brand new SUVs for the campaign of The Drug
dealer MP, Musa Suso. Dominic Mendy was also 'lent' a Pajero for about 2 1/2
years by Sam. This guy is everywhere and today, he finds himself in very
serious trouble. Tarik Moussa knows what I'm saying about Sam. They got into
it in 1997 in my presence and Sam promised to have him arrested if he sets
his foot in France.

   I think he deserves to learn this lesson. Money cannot buy everything in
this world. Although, he carries multiple passports, they are currently of
little or no help. I've seen his Gambian Diplomatic passport(later revoked),
Gabonese, French, and Senegalese passports to name a few. This guy is smart
and very cunning.Keep the fire burning Ebrima.

On Fri, 26 May 2000 07:26:02 PDT, The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
wrote:

>  Gambia-L:
>
>  This is another e-mail from one of my sources in the Gambia.
>
>  Ebrima Ceesay
>  Birmingham, UK
>  ___________________________________________________________________
>
>
>  Hello Ebrima:
>
>  The UDP's reaction to Mr Sam Sarr's interview came quicker than I
>  anticipated. His (Sam's) claim that the oil concession was offered to "an
>  individual" rather than the "State" makes it all the more urgent,
according
>  to Ousainou Darboe, to set up the Parliamentary Committee because of the
>  serious legal issues.
>
>  Why would Government designate its officials to sign on behalf of a
private
>  individual and then foot the bill from public coffers? The Obasanjo
>  government's interest in the affair has also grown keener as a result of
Sam
>  Sarr's latest story which only complicates matters for those involved.
>
>  Will he (Sam) be escorted again to The Daily Observer offices to recant,
>  once again? By the way, yesterday's Focus on Africa report on the
>  allegations by the Senegalese President that the frequent visits to Libya
by
>  the Gambian President and officials of Guinea-Bissau is actually to
request
>  for arms to fuel the Cassamance conflict was a severe blow to the
principal
>  actors in this process, mainly Yaya Jammeh and Dr Sedat Jobe.
>
>  They recovered sufficiently from the shock only yesterday to react to
>  Senegalese allegations. The new Senegalese government itself has now
decided
>  to seize the diplomatic initiative and set the agenda from now on, (on
the
>  Cassamance conflict).
>
>  The Gambia is being plunged deeper into a conflict by this Yaya Jammeh
>  Government, the outcome of which will spell further disaster for the
Gambian
>  people.
>
>  It was the people of LRD who openly defied the security forces; now it is
>  the URD's turn. They have declared that from now on, they will no longer
>  tolerate the repressive tactics of the NIA. They are prepared to die in
>  defense of their rights as Gambians. People will no longer put up with
the
>  Jammeh repression. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
>
>  As promised, here are some anecdotes in connection with yesterday's
"million
>  Mum march". I was really generous with the figures I provided in terms of
>  the number of people that attended it, but all the same. The transport
which
>  went to the NBD to collect women came back with only 11 people (eleven
>  persons including some school children).
>
>  The MacCarthy Square was empty by 5:00 pm for an event which was to last
>  into the early hours of the evening. The majority of those who took part
>  were school children who are increasingly being used and abused in these
>  government-sponsored events to bulster the attendance.
>
>  This practise MUST stop.  Good week-end to you, the members of "L". For
your
>  information, The Gambia "tunes in" to the L for the other side of the
story.
>  Keep it up. Next week, I'll be in Kanilai and expect a briefing
afterwards!
>
>  Thanks!
>
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