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And the small mind does not understand what larger minds fathom.

Easy Sambo. You are way of base and JDAM understands what I say. He has a larger brain.

Haruna. I will stop here on this for you cannot maintain your composure should I lead you down this other track. Stay with Femi Peters' persecution. Ok? OK.

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sat, Apr 3, 2010 11:46 am
Subject: Re: Yahya Jammeh and the Great Gunjure Darboes:


Lamin, Lamin, Lamin, folks here know who you are there are countless folks from Gunjur that stand tall in the struggle against the criminal in Gambia.  If you are responsible for what took place in Gunjur, then all of us are tainted, for each one of us know / is related/ is friend to a fraud that is knee deep with the criminal.  Hold your head high Lamin, and you have nothing to worry or being ashamed of for the miserly behavior of others.  You did not choose your Clan and you did your part like a favorite son and that is what is important.  I know sometimes when you're dealing with clowns, Rashidiki being the head of that class, you are forced to give them more information even with that watermelon of a head they carry, but you know most here do not need to read your private address of that scheme because we know who Lamin is.  That is what matters.  Your integrity is unquestionable.  If you must hit the fruit-fly in Rashidiki with a sledge hammer, I do understand, because he will attempt to take you there.  I have the privilege of distance to extend the discourse with him in Georgia when pesticide don't work because he morphed into a new strand.  No worries bro.


Joe  

Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 15:08:16 +0000
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Yahya Jammeh and the Great Gunjure Darboes:
To: [log in to unmask]




"I hope JDAM can begin to talk before I go crazy. I don't even know if he recognizes any of this crowd from Gunjur? JDAM, are you awake?"
                                                                            Haruna Darbo, aka ATT Jr.
 
ATT Jr.
 
I am "awake", and yes I "recognise" virtually every member of the "crowd from Gunjur". How disappointed I am that a discerning creature like yourself is unsure where JDAM stands on this disgraceful conduct of some members of the Gunjur Darbo Kunda Clan.
 
If I must clarify, I urge you to accept that on issues of Gambian public life touching on the general good, I have no loyalty to my religion, to my tribe, to my clan, to my family, including my parents, or to any political party. My unshakable loyalty is to the project of creating a Gambia anchored in institutionalism within the rule of law, a Gambia where every resident lives in the dignity attendant to the absence of fear from gratuitous violence, and especially where that violence emanates from those whose constitutional responsibility it is to protect all residents of our country.
 
Was I outraged? Yes!
 
Did I condemn the State House trip? Yes!
 
And did I do anything to demonstrate my outrage? Again, yes!
 
As to what I did, please refer to the email correspondence at the bottom of this piece. The other party's name and address were deleted to protect his privacy.
 
I went further! 
 
All Kabilos in Gunjur embark on recitations of the Quran at this time of the year. Sunday 04 April 2010 is the turn of Gunjur Darbo Kunda. Although a keen and proud sponsor over the years, I have sent word of my boycott of this vital Clan project this year. Very agonising for me, but The Gambia remains my priority. No tribe, no Clan, no religion, and no family, can protect me in a Gambia perishing from the lawlessness of ostensible public authority. 
 
As a pluralist, I have no objection to differing political views within the Clan, or even its constituent households, but what my people did was immensely compromised by the financial angle to the transaction. They jumped into waters too deep for their swimming competence, and as expected, the product that was ultimately released for public consumption was heavily slanted in favour of His Excellency SHEPAD Yahya A J J Jammeh (the Professor), and his political project. 
 
As suits the Professor, all the legwork that occurred before the State House event remains hidden from public knowledge. On watching the video again (Buharry is fantastic, and I thank him for his great public service), please listen to speakers 1, and, 2, and analyse what they said in light of the email at the end of this message. My people were way out of their depth, and they were chewed raw by the Professor. 
 
Before 1994, an overwhelming majority of the Clan supported Jawara's government of civilian kleptocrats, and bloated, so-called security chiefs, all delusional about their significance to national survival. To the great chagrin of my father, I rejected Jawara's government of incompetents, and proudly supported the 1994 military intervention.Though  the 1994 train unquestionably left the tracks, I have no philosophical regrets about supporting the overthrow of a worthless government. What happened in 1994 was right on the merits, and I still celebrate it.
 
On issues of Gambian public life, I take no instructions from the absolutely marginal considerations of Clan and family.
 
 
 
 
 
 
LJDarbo    
 
 
 
 
 
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

LJD's Response to Clan Member
 
"Thanks, but have you bothered to think about those who were murdered, maimed, tortured, unjustly arrested, detained, and imprisoned, by President Jammeh? Have you thought about the mental trauma their loved ones went through, or are going through as you celebrate a meaningless "normalisation" between President Jammeh, and Darbo Kunda?
 
I twice watched the video of the programme and I was shocked beyond measure!
 
Although I can forgive the so-called "elders", I am deeply disappointed in you as an educated person. I am doing everything within my meagre resources to assist you, but I am in no doubt that should President Jammeh kill me, you probably wouldn't care.
 
Do you think I should continue to help you in your educational ambitions if you have no regard for my personal safety, and for the dignity of your defenceless fellow citizens?"

 
 
 
 
 
Mail from Clan member in The Gambia
 
 
--- On Tue, 30/3/10, <..........> wrote:


From: <...........>
Subject: Our relationship with president Jammeh finally normalised
To: "Lamin Darbo" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, 30 March, 2010, 16:24




"Hello Lamin,
I felt it is important to inform you that we were invited by the president to answer to his call at the state house, which we did and the day was on the last Tuesday.I was with the elders who grace the ocassion.
The president organised a high reception for us which calvanised with forgiveness and some pieces of advise given to us.The president praised Bagike for the assitance he has been given to him in a form of a fuel when he was a soldier.
Prior to this meeting the president has been sending a high powered delegation for us to meet him at state house."
 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------




 
 
 
 
 

--- On Mon, 29/3/10, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Yahya Jammeh and the Great Gunjure Darboes:
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Monday, 29 March, 2010, 6:12


Buharry,
 
I don't know what we'd do without you. You're just like friggin Ace. You don't say much but when you speak, its bankable. Black gold. This broadcast is long. I'm still watching it. I don't even know where to begin. My first observation here is that Yahya is not as crazy as I had thought or perhaps he is being rehabilitated as the years go by. The acquisition of the Darbokunda clan of Gunjur netted him 4 other clans that I did not know about. Baa jiki mentioned them but I forget... I think it is Bajo (Bayo) kunda, Barrowkunda, (Buba, Sumaila, Sano, Bubacarr, Nga hakko boyalye. I didn't friggin know we're fraternal clans with you idiots), Jatta kunda, what da fu... I mean what a big mess.
 
Anyway, I can't fault the Gunjur Darbokunda and their fraternal kundas for choosing to be with Yahya ( I just wish they wouldn't say its APRC they're going to). That is their democratic right, regardless of their calculus. So I, Haruna Darbo, still consider BaNfansu, Gunjur Darbokunda and all their fraternal clans to still be in UDP. Nobody fools me. I will consider them to be with Yahya but still in UDP. They need to make that clear in the coming days. Because if they corrected one mistake, they're likely to have as many mistakes yet to be corrected. God forbid what they call a correction is the vrai commission of a mistake. Yahya makes me sick smirking, that knucklehead. Olfactor you think I'm a knucklehead, you ought to watch this video. Men, how do these Darbos and attendant clans know they are not making the mistake by joining Yahya?? I'm just saying. They said they have been in error all these years and finally corrected that error by rejoining Yahya. Well how do they know they were'nt right all the time and just now committed the error of their lives??? I'm glad I'm not friggin related to them. Or am I?
 
No wonder JDAM has been quiet. I think he is in shock. I mean am I related to any of these people???
 
So Suntou it seems like they were not forced or coerced into joining Yahya. All indications are that this was voluntary. There may be an undercurrent of intraclan disdains which we cannot readily discern, but even if there were such, we cannot blame this positive choice on that. That would have been cutting your nose to spite your face and if I know anything about the darbos, they don't make silly decisions and they love life. Also, Yahya himself admitted that the elder Jiki Darbo has been doing favors for him long before he became President (Jiki used to own a gas station where yahya benefitted from free Gas) and after 1994, Jiki was always with APRC. It was his son Nfansu who was in UDP. I suppose Nfansu was disenchanted with the lethargic UDP and he now considers his fortunes to be with Yahya like Waa before him. I hope he didn't take his friggin clues from the friggin Juwaras. Suntou, more than anything, this ought to serve as a defibrilator for UDP. I think this ought to light a match under you guys' feet. Vat is zis? Your base support is slowly but surely eroding. Pretty soon you'll be like BuDois Sek. I'm not sure about this Buharry. He was kinda quick in recording this video and he was quiet all these years. And he brings us tourist pictures. You wouldn't suppose Buharry is now APRC and I'm thinking he's BuDois Sek all this time. I'm watching him. Veeeery closely.
 
I stopped viewing when Yahya passed that blue grocery bag full of something. I don't even know what that contained. Would that be the $300,000.00 you mentioned???? From what I know, it is a quid pro quo but these people don't understand what that means. I mean did you get the context of this friggin meeting? These dinosaurs were talking about Njell benn meeting, Sanawyaa, clanism, and all sorts of idiocy that does not remotely conjure up quid-quo conscience. This made me sick just watching it. They even made me pleased with Yahya for a moment. I couldn't help but giggle at this idiot's story about "even the snakes of Gunjur know he is developping Gambia, because instead of jaysliding like they're used to, these reptiles spring to cross the kombo coastal road". Can you believe Yahya can come up with such intellectual comedy????? I think the Darbo intelligence is rubbing off him. Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't you share that Yahya cannot speak Mandingo??? This idiot?? I gotta admit I did laugh even though I had my teeth clenched. I just don't know what to be mad at. Probably because the idiots at GRTS wasted a whole friggin hour on this propaganda at the expense of the conscientious Darbokunda of Gunjur.
 
I do admire the fact that Jiki suggested Yahya should not have gifted any non-descript items. That he should have demonstrated his obvious delight by just kolanuts. I mean how can Yahya be aware of no electricity and no water for the community all these years and only promise to do something about those after the people switched their allegiance, and Yahya and the Veep idiot kept saying Yahya works for Allah and the people and that he doesn't look at whether a community supports him or not.
 
I have to recover from my temporary insanity and come back. My plea still stands that if it was $300,000.00 or any money in those cheap bags (a la Wade), the Gunjur Darboes ought to return it somehow or forward it to a community that will accept it. I hope JDAM can begin to talk before I go crazy. I don't even know if he recognizes any of this crowd from Gunjur? JDAM, are you awake?
 
I must not forget to thank Buharry, APRC or not. I'll be back later today. Haruna. 










-----Original Message-----
From: M. Gassama <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sun, Mar 28, 2010 10:53 pm
Subject: Re: Yahya Jammeh and the Great Gunjure Darboes:


Hi Suntou and Haruna!
 recorded the Darboes' Jammeh visit. Please find the link below:
http://raaki.com/darboe
Have a good night.
uharry.
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---Original Message----
rom: [log in to unmask]
ate: 2010-03-27 20:09 
o: <[log in to unmask]>
ubj: Re: Yahya Jammeh and the Great Gunjure Darboes:
Haruna, your objections to the sudden interest of Yahya in the Gunure
arboes is understandable. What we have to bear in mind here is the 
act
hat, Yahya's propaganda team invented a sophistigated lie in the whole
pisoud. The truth of the matter is that, the Gunure Darboes don't 
equire
ahya money/ They have been doing ok without hus dine. What he is doing 
s
eaken the opposition further in a strategic town like Gunjure. His
laborated machinery involved allwoing his alies to forcely take the 
ands
f the Darboe kunda folks. Then he put his sinister plot in motion by 
aying
hat, the Jammeh's and the Darboes are cousins. This cousin-yaa became 

ake relationship. he said the Gunjure Darboes has ancestry that is a
uwajabo (there prayers are answered). They have a place were his cows
scape to, meaning he require their help. Anyhow, have to go. yahya is 

angerous creature. The moeny is unimportant here, it is his antic, how 
an
he Darboes do away with his mafia interest?
untou
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> 
rote:
>  Suntou,

 I will be very disappointed if the Gunjur Darboes accepted this 
onetary
 gift from Yahya knowing that Presidents don't gift to citizens or 
elect
 families. I hope if they had accepted this gift, they return it 
mmediately.
 One thing though I would like to share is that there are some Darboes 
ho
 are Jola. They generally hail from the Cassamance area. Just to share 
he
 varied nature of surnames/last names in Gambia. WHether they are 
arahule,
 Mandingo, jahanke, Jola, Wolof, Aku, Fula, or Njago, or Tukuleur, 
hey will
 have utterly disappointed me (sharing the same surname) if they were 
o have
 accepted and or not returned this odious gift. I hope JDAM can help 
larify
 this matter and if possible assist in the good return of the money. 
f they
 cannot return the gift once accepted due to traditional fancy, then 
t least
 they can transfer to gift to other aversed families of Brufut (Taf-
af
 bereft of Gardens theft of Brufut land comes to mind... The Manneh 
nd
 Sanneh families of Brufut) and my friend Roberts promises to help me 
aise
 funds for the Gunjur Darboes should they need D300,000.00. It is
 unconscionable in Islam to receive such a gift.

 Maa Kaana Ibraaheema yahoodiyyan walaa nasraaniyyan walaakin kaana 
aneefan
 muslimann wamaa kaana minal mushrikeena.

 Haruna.

   In a message dated 3/27/2010 4:10:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
 [log in to unmask] writes:

   The sudden interest of Yahya Jammeh in the ancient traditional 
eritage
 site of the Gunjure Darboes have become a major political ball game 
or
 eccentric Gambian leader. The Gunjure Darboes like many of our 
ncestor use
 to have places of traditional interest, however, with Islamisation 
nd
 Christianisation, many of those holy places became areas of 
bandonment.
 The Gunjure Darboes have no more interest in that location in terms 
f
 worship. Yet, Gambia's Sheik Professor, a man who perform Ummrah 
early
 every year want to reignite a place of ancient worship for politics. 
he
 story emanating from the Gambia is bizarre and crazy.
 The Gunjure Darboes are known for their independent and strong 
indedness
 in terms of politics. They are among the first settlers in Gunjure, 
ence
 their influence. Yahya want to offer them a carrot and stick at the 
ame
 time. The latest news is that, he give the extended family over D300,
00,
 just like he gave the Brufut people D3million. Where are all these 
onies
 coming from? Why is Yahya selectively handing out cash?
 The good thing is that, the Gunjure Darboes knows Yahya has no 
nterest the
 so call holy site, his intention is to break the spirits of the 
amily by
 inducement, thereby damaging their will to back a party of thier 
hoice.
 Time will tell. The dignity of the Gunjure Darboes remain intact.
 Suntou
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