Aunty Jabou , Joe and others
I think the more APRC sympathises try to politicise a
national disaster like the events of 30 July 1981, the
more they faced some tough questioning from the likes
of me.
Can APRC explain the disappearance of PHODAY MAKALO,
its almost 4 years since we last heard about him?? Is
he still alive???
People tend to forget that during the aftermath of
July 1981, the likes of Sherriff Dibba, Pap Cheyassin
Secka, Gibou Jagne, Kemeseng Jammeh and many others
were arrested and detained under the Emergency Powers
of 1981. In fact, Sheriff Mustapha Dibba was acquitted
of Treason after 10 months in detention. Just imagine
if it was the APRC that took over after Kukoi's
defeat!!!What would have happen to the likes of
Ousainou Darboe, Halifa Sallah, Lamin Waa Juwara,
Hamat Bah, Sidia and other stakeholder for the
preservation of democracy and human rights in the
Gambia???
Just a thought, no hard feelings
Sanusi
--- Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sanusi,
>
> Believe me, I know that the mass burial durign the
> attempted coup of 1981 was
> a matter of public health. As you said, they had to
> do something about all
> those bodies at the morgue that could not be
> idenrified by family members in
> time. They had no other choice. My comments here
> were meant to point point out
> thehypocrisy of the APRC regime in trying to get
> political mileage out of this
> and i think that is the only reason they are making
> such a fanfare of this Mass
> Grave.
> It is also the reason I said that instead of this
> political ploy at the
> expense of the families of those who are buried in
> this mass grave, the APRC needs
> to address the issue of the mass graves that were
> not created out of necessity
> but out of a deliberate and calculated scheme to
> murder Gambians and which
> they are accused of having created behind those
> toilets at the Yundum Barracks.
>
>
> Jabou Joh
>
> In a message dated 1/22/04 12:16:12 PM Central
> Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > Aunty Jabou
> >
> > All this business about MASS GRAVES in BANJUL has
> NOT
> > been honestly debated.
> >
> > Whilst, I sympathise with OKO and many other swho
> > suffered during that brief period of Kukoi's reign
> of
> > terror and the PPP's Government inability to crush
> a
> > rebellion without the loss of so many lives, I
> cannot
> > accept with their analogy that the GRAVE between
> the
> > Muslim and Christian Cemetry at MILE I should be
> seen
> > as a MASS GRAVE per se.
> >
> > As mentioned in previous emails, this GRAVE had to
> be
> > erected as a precautionary measure. There were so
> many
> > Gambians who were killed either by the Rebels or
> > Loyalist Forces of the PPP regime/ Senegalaise
> Forces.
> > The remains of these Gambians were left in the
> > mortuary with no real hope of finding any relative
> > that could give them a descent burial under the
> > prevailing conditions.
> >
> > It is therefore unfortunate that APRC have tried
> to
> > use such a national disaater to castigate the
> Former
> > PPP. Whilst, PPP made no secret of a MASS GRAVE
> for
> > those who died in the 1981, we are still waiting
> to
> > see where the likes of Lt Barrow and many others
> were
> > buried after the events of 11 November 1994 and
> during
> > other related incidents.
> >
> > So lets debate this issue in a sincere manner.
> >
> > By the way, just to inform I have never supported
> the
> > PPP government, my points here were made from a
> > broader perspective.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Sanusi
> >
> >
> > "
> >
> >
> > --- Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In a
> message
> > dated 1/22/04 12:03:14 AM Central
> > > Standard Time,
> > > [log in to unmask] writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > > I wonder why they are concentrating
> > > > ONLY on mass graves under the first republic,
> and
> > > want to ignore the mass
> > > > graves under their own republic.
> > >
> > > Elhadj Mustafa,
> > >
> > > They are concentrating on that because they
> think it
> > > is a political ploy in
> > > their favour.
> > > The APRC regime is foolish enough to believe
> that
> > > everytime they are in
> > > trouble, all they have to do is pull a trick out
> of
> > > the first republic accusation
> > > hat and Gambians will gladly keep them in power
> > > against their will.
> > > Let me be clear, the mass murder of Gambians
> under
> > > any republic is not
> > > acceptable, but in recognizing mass graves under
> the
> > > Jawara regime, the APRC can
> > > show their sincerity and at the same time refute
> > > allegations of the mass graves
> > > of soldiers murdered under the guise of coup
> > > attempts and buried behind the
> > > toilets at the Yundum barracks as alleged by
> former
> > > members of the GNA.
> > > I think that they should go further and let
> > > independent forensic experts into
> > > the country to dig up the areas in question and
> > > conduct some tests to show
> > > the people that these allegations are either
> false
> > > or that they are innocent of
> > > these acts.
> > > Now THAT! will be really doing something
> meaningful.
> > > We muslims do not put much reverence on the
> erection
> > > of monuments to the dead
> > > because it is infact forbidden by the Sunnah of
> > > Rasulullah as any learned
> > > Islamic scholar can confirm. Even graves are not
> > > supposed to have any structures
> > > built upon them. Another indication that these
> > > people are shooting from the
> > > hip before thinking in the hope of convincing
> > > people that they are good for us.
> > > Their actions are akin to one being finely
> attired
> > > while their behind is out
> > > in the open for all to see. Their record is
> already
> > > enshrined in the Gambian
> > > history books, and the more they do, the more
> they
> > > will have to pay for those
> > > deeds.
> > >
> > > Jabou Joh
> >
>
>
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