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Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]>
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> Ous.
> 
> With all respect this sourse of yours has every right to hide him/herself.
> I hope you can advice your sourse to keep away such blunders on this
> bantaba we need better things to read.Furthermore she/he can stuff the
> information for Jammeh behind bars on friday for the crimes he comitted
> during his sevens years of terror.I really sympatize my uncle Tombong Jatta
> and family for loosing their home but we should also condem the lost of live
> by Jammeh's henchmen of a UDP surporter,May his soul  rest in peace and
> a Gambia without Yahya for all.
> 
> Respect
> Fye  Samateh.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ousman Jallow Bojang" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 11:59 PM
Subject: ANOTHER FIRE SET BY THE UDP/PPP


> The Email below also came from my source on the grounds. As always, I
> promised him/her not to publish the name.
> 
> Ousman Jallow Bojang.
> 
> Thanks for that forward, and I must tell you that I am glad that you were
> able to do it without my name. That was a sigh of relieve. I have read some
> of the postings against what I sent you. I will try to reply to them one by
> one. I am very busy now, but I am sure come THURSDAY, they will answer
> themselves. As the saying goes, "time is the best Prophet."
> As I am writing, there is another arson. I am unable to go to the scene yet,
> but I have just confirmed that the Compound of an APRC MP of Serrekunda is on
> fire. I can hear the Fire Service sirens as I write.
> 
> Ous, yesterday I had a deep chat with someone who is right inside the
> UDP/PPP/GPP camp.I posed as a staunch supporter, therefore the fellow went on
> pouring out all their cheap strategies. We met at Albasha restaurant right at
> the corner adjacent to kairaba hotel. You would not believe what he said they
> intend to do now against November or so. In fact, he was trying to recruit me
> to join them.
> Ous I was made to understand by this guy that all these negative headings
> being displayed by some of the News Papers are being copied and kept by these
> people.
> These are the articles that people like Dr.Manneh would be using to refresh
> their asylum documents. That can be the only possible way they can justify to
> the
> Londoners and the Americans that they deserve being received once again. It
> may however be very difficult for them to convince those people.  In the first
> place, how could they have come back to campaign if they were genuine asylum
> seekers?
> 
> Another interesting development is that I learnt from another source that
> Saikou Sabally,Saara Janha,BB Darboe and Jawara are believed to be trying to
> engage
> some Gambian dissidents for a fatal come back.These dissidents are composed
> of some ex-army officers particularly those who were behind the November 11
> attack. Some are also believed to be those currently in Liberia or even
> ex-Gambian-Liberian mercenaries who sometimes shuttle between the Gambia and
> Monrovia.
> These are really desperate attempts by Saihou Sabally. Its widely believed
> that Sabally and Alhaji Kanteh the former commissioner of NBD are working very
> closely along those lines in Dakar.
> 
> Please do not be panicked because those that they intend to use against the
> current regime are the ones who reveal all their secret plans to the
> intelligence service. That is the reason why Darbo jumped on what he called
> false rumors of a coup. Ous count on me because these are not rumors they are
> true stories. These
> people with all the threats and insults know that Jammeh's gvt. is very
> strong security wise. They are also aware that they won't succeed that's why
> they are calling for the next step i.e.: to publicize the issue in order to
> be able to escape being arrested. The
> Jammeh regime will never react to that at this 11th. hour! These people have
> bought machetes and other small arms ready to disturb the peace if they lose
> and they will lose. Without doubt the APRC gvt. will counter any challenge
> that's geared towards inciting civil disorder with drastic measures. Make no
> mistake about that.
> 
> In fact these people will be surprised to know that Jammeh's people are more
> sophisticated than they estimate. Some keep on rambling on the L- that these
> guys are morons and so on but that's different from how these boys operate.
> Of late we have heard that Chongan has become a moderator on the L-, but do
> not mind them they are all behind the scenes. A strong network under the
> control of another
> person (nationality withheld because he is a westerner based in London
> itself) is monitoring these people. They will be surprised one day; just
> wait. They do not have any external backing as they pretend they do. The only
> way they are ready to operate is by sending in some rotten elements in the
> Gambia to start a small riot and the rest will be burning houses and so on.
> From there they will start mobilizing their people on the phone to boil more
> problems. These people are so desperate to come back to the state house that
> they can no longer listen to any reason whether plausible or not.
> 
> I will give you more on their movements as time goes on. However, Jammeh's
> people are so ready that they will shoot at anything suspicious around them.
> Let no one think that he or she can politicize the army by quoting archaic
> constitutions for us please.
> The army is under one command and they will see if they try. The state guard
> is one of the most heavily armed in this sub region so make no mistake
> brother we are
> ready for anything and when we win we will celebrate till day break.
> I will wait for THURSDAY before replying to any of those or subsequent
> counters.
> 
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