Mr Darbo,
Hope the opposition heed your advise, dialogue should be continuous. If we
are not careful, soon Gambia might experience the type of conflict witnessed
in the recent history of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This kind of madness was
reminicient in Liberia prior to Charles Taylor's launching his infamous
rebellion to topple Doe.
best,
Mboge
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:17 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Forumites
>
> More details are emerging from sources in The Gambia regarding the
> humiliating treatment suffered by the people of Sintet.
>
> Jammeheism is threatening national security, and as our nation inches ever
> closer to a flash point, it is imperative for the "opposition" to embark on
> some sort of dialogue within itself just in case. A major political vacuum
> is certain to result in crippling chaos, and this need not happen on the
> collapse of the Professor's regime.
>
> Below please refer to a message from a direct victim of the Sintet scandal.
>
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> LJDarbo
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> Hi Lamin,
>
> Torture, intimidation and forceful conoction
>
> Thank you all. Here are the updates thus far: Among the many arrested,
> there are at least 100 people held hostage and incomminicadoo at the kanilai
> camp. Some women were released and they returned home safe, however they are
> not sure if their release is conditional or not. As of yester-evening, March
> 9th 2009, they were forced to drink a certain unknown conoction, which made
> many of them dizzy.
>
> The "duhres" or acrobatic dancers as they are localled called hailed from
> Guinea and are moving around the country with President Jammeh's Uncle
> called Solo Bojang, who is a military officer from kanilai. Sintet is known
> to be a tough village, and they are known to be farmers, shepherds and
> fishermen. It is this belief around that whoever humuliates the people of
> the village in an embarassing way, the individual meets his or her demise.
> The myth whether by coincidence or reality has always proven so. Because of
> the nature of the villagers, hundreds of armed paramilitary men led by Solo
> Bojang surrounded the village. Some succeeded in fleeing the village while
> others hid undeath beds, closets, toilets, bathrooms and in the near by
> bushes. Those that stayed to be arrested said they wants to keep their
> pride; that once arrested and released, they are free from societal
> finger-pointing, the fear of being labeled a witch. They would rather die
> than run away for crimes they didn't commit. They are then transported in
> small cars to a waiting bus that loads people to kanilai where they are held
> hostage, intimidated, tortured and forced to drink certain conoction.
>
> Once they invade a village, they will gather them, slaughter a red goat and
> burry the blood. They will ask people to take oaths that:
>
> 1. They are loyal to Yaya Jammeh and his Governmnet.
> 2. They are not witches/wizards.
> 3. That they will not be-witched.
>
> After this is done, to heal a captive or an alleged witch/wizard, one would
> have to pay upto D2000.00 Gambian dalasis. Once you pay, they will release
> your relative and tells you that he is healed.
>
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