Malanding,

The authors of the opinion pieces on this crazy issue are  much kinder to 
Jammeh and this unbelievable claim of his than I would ever  be. 

The fact that professionals like "Dr" Mbowe are willing to  compromise 
themselves both personally and professionally like this is truly  amazing and is 
symptomatic of everything that has gone wrong in our country. 
 
It is incredible that the man and all the yellow bellied stooges who are  
afraid to call Yaya Jammeh the mad man he is have not only completely ignored  
basic scientific principles that would need to be followed in this case, but  
they have truly lost their dignity as human beings and are willing to endure  
anything for the sake of keeping their jobs or whatever it is that is making  
them put themselves and our country into this shameful situation. I keep  
wondering is it possible that Mbowe does not realize that he can never hold his  
head up as a doctor anywhere in the World anymore after this is all said and  
done? The idea that Jammeh is being let into that hospital and sick patients  
left at his disposal can only happen in today's Gambia and Mbowe can remain in  
his profession only in today's Gambia.

But, this ridiculous situation is  just another example of the fact that the 
way Jammeh has been governing our  country is proof positive that he and all 
those who serve him in this regime  hav'nt the slightest idea what they are 
doing. The examples where they have  demonstrated this are far too numerous 
already.

The fact that Yaya Jammeh  thinks he can actually pull a stunt like this and 
then think the rest of the  World will let him get away with it is proof of 
his insanity. The man has been  doing whatever he likes in the Gambian and 
getting away with it for so long that  he has come to the point where fantasy and 
reality have merged in his mind and  those who are supporting him in his 
madness know he is crazy (I really believe  that he has gone crazy)  but they are 
doing so because they can  maintain whatever priviledges they are enjoying so 
long as Jammeh is there,  his madness notwithstanding, and they are foolish 
enough to think that  this fantasy will last forever. They are foolish enough to 
forget that there is  a tomorrow when they will have to face not only their 
compatriots, but the rest  of the World.

I get angry when people say that Jammeh is trying to dupe  the international 
community into believing he has a cure for AIDs so he can  capitalize on that. 
That is an insult to the intelligence of the international  community because 
there are indeed proven scientific methods by which proof of  any cure have 
to be established and the same kind of disregard of reason and the  rule of law 
that has prevailed in The Gambia under Jammeh does not apply out  here in the 
rest of the World. 

How long does Yaya Jammeh, Mbowe and the  rest of the "yes sir boss" crowd 
think that this stunt will go on before they  have to be paraded before the 
entire World as liars and cowards and our country  made the laughing stock of the 
World?

I understand that WHO has been  making requests to come to the Gambian and 
conduct the necessary due diligence  but of course they have been ignored. If 
both Jammeh and Mbowe knew that the  claims being made had any substance to 
them, they would not hesitate to invite  the WHO and any other authority to come 
and put it to the test. The fact that  they have not done this and instead 
think that they can continue to peddle this  falacy while keeping everyone at bay 
is proof of their ignorance.

Jabou  Joh

In a message dated 2/13/2007 10:20:10 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
[log in to unmask] writes:
Sister Jabou,
Thanks for this forward but this  is getting unbearable.
While I can understand Mr Jammeh perceiving himself as  not only a great 
leader but a doctor, healer and all the baggage that comes  with his 
unique, unprecidented position, I find Mr Mbowe's stance very  offensive. 
AIDS is not a joke and he damn well knows that. It is not funny  to use 
presidential bully pulpit to make falls claims about curing this  
horrible disease and he knows that too.  Mr. Mbowe owes it to himself,  
his family, his peers in the practice of medicine and to his position as  
the Gambia's chief medical officer to stop associating himself with this  
blasfemous behavior. Using medical jargon and misleading statistics  as  
a smoke screen for Mr Jammeh to use the sick poor and helpless Gambians  
for this ego trip is very sickening and shameless. I do not want to be  
personal but the behavior of Mr. Mbowe and many others at GRTS and Daily  
Observer is outright grotesque and unpatriotic as Gambians. The Gambia  
does not deserve sons and daughters who would rather keep their jobs  
than to protect its good name or the very poor and sick citizens.  The  
Presidency do not deserve the service of those who do not have the  
backbone or descency to give it good advice it needs. I wonder whether  
Mr. Jammeh realize what the whole world are saying about him and the  
rest of  his Gambia?
Providing Mr. Jammeh the forum to toy with sick  in hospitals to satisfy 
his ego is atrocious. But more henious is   professionals deliberately 
concocting stories and broadcasting them  including posting half-nake 
women on every media outlet including the  internet. God damn you all!

Malanding  Jaiteh




[log in to unmask] wrote:

>Foroyaa Newspaper  Burning Issue
>Issue No. 017/2007, 12-13 February,   2007
>
>Editorial
>A SECOND ADVICE ON HIV/AIDS TREATMENT IN  THE GAMBIA
>Foroyaa  first raised the question: Has a cure for  HIV/Aids been found or 
are 
>those  living with HIV/AIDS being  assisted to cope with the illness through 
>good  nutrition, control  of opportunistic infections; elimination of stigma 
and 
>better   environmental and psychological conditions? We called for clinical 
>tests  to be  done. 
>Dr Mbowe told GRTS that clinical tests have been done  and that the  results 
>of the viral loads have been received since  4th February 2007. According  
to 
>him, 9 people infected with  HIV/AIDS had gone through the treatment. He  
>indicated that five  people have undetectable viral load, one patient has  
moderate  
>viral load and three patients have high viral loads.
>Apparently,  Dr.  Mbowe is convinced that HIV/AIDS now has a cure. Infact, 
the  
>treatment is  continuing. 
>The issue of HIV/AIDS cure is a  scientific one. It is  irresponsible for us 
>to merely give  opinions. What is of profound importance is  a scientific  
>opinion.
>Since, the world community maintains that there is  no  cure, the WHO has a 
>duty to act with speed to set up a  committee of relevant  medical 
scientists to 
>come to the Gambia to  take part in the investigation and  then inform the 
>world community  whether  a cure for HIV/AIDS have been  found. Any delay in 
 
>setting up such a committee of scientists would be a sign of   
irresponsibility and 
>insensitiveness to the plight of those living with  HIV/AIDS  in The Gambia, 
in 
>particular and the international  community, at large. 
>The  moment to act is now not later. The  debate on international radio 
should 
>be  followed by scientific  enquiry which is the only method appropriate to 
>validate  or  invalidate a scientific phenomenon. 
>
>
>   
>


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