Gambia-L:

This is an old e-mail from one of my sources in the Gambia. It is already
stale, but I thought I should nonetheless send it to the L. Take note that I
am sending it unedited.

Ebrima

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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Is it worth the pain and agony?
>Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:35:29 GMT
>
>Ebrima,
>Well here we are again, trying to keep Gambians abreast of developments in
>our dear country and to show the sufferings of our people in the hands of
>an inhumane, corrupt and undemocratic regime. For almost a year, your
>sources have been providing information which even the regular newspapers
>do not have access to and thus turning the Gambia-L as a major source of
>reliable information for the local press.  I do not need to tell you the
>risks involved in our endeavours because we have discussed them at great
>length over the past months. But as I said before these are risks worth
>taking. One cannot attach a price tag to FREEDOM. But in order gain
>freedom, one must be prepared to sacrifice, including one's own life. But
>how many of us are prepared to sacrifice even one's time to follow-up on
>the issues forwarded to the Gambia-L.  Very few indeed.(Please note that
>Mr. Massry committed suicide last month because of his involvement in the
>oil deal I mentioned here-more on this story next week). In fact, I
>sometimes have the sneaky feeling that some members of the L see these
>messages from your sources as entertainment pieces rather than a valuable
>piece of information provided to the membership to act upon in various
>ways. To illustrate my point, take the issue of the resumption of Military
>Assistance by the UK.  This to me is an extremely important matter which
>has serious implications if Gambians do not register their opposition to
>the British Government.  Dr Saine urged members to petition the British
>Government which fell on deaf ears.  Hamjatta Kanteh tried pleading with
>memebers without success.  Ms Sigga Jagne went to the extent of posting her
>own petition to the British Government which I thought might trigger our
>sense of duty to our people and country; yet to no avail.  Thank you, Sigga
>for your commitment and determination to ridding Gambia of Jammeh and his
>henchmen. Kebba Dampha's attempt to provide the L with the implications of
>the British decision to resume their military assistance seems to have
>pushed the rest of us into deep slumber. To KB, I say, keep on the fight
>for the cause is right and just.  Those kids who were murdered in cold
>blood on the 10 and 11 April shall never be forgotten and I can assure you
>that all those responsible will one day account for their actions in a
>court of law. Am I frustrated with recent performance of the L?  Most
>certainly.  I know what we can achieve if we act in unison as it has been
>ampting demonstrated on several occasions in the past such as the effective
>Dumo petition drive and the coordinated efforts of the L during Yahya's
>visit to the UN. Yahya never thought that Gambians had the courage to
>confront him until after his UN visit.  He has not yet fully recovered from
>it.  So why allow him to recover when we already had him on the ropes?  For
>your information, the few petitions received by the Foreign and
>Commonwealth Office (FCO) is already having an impact which has resulted in
>the British High Commissioner responding directly to our opposition to it.
>I have received a reply from CFO and so has Ebrima and a few others who
>bothered to petition to register their disgust at and hypocricy of the
>change in policy. I have very little doudt in my mind that the policy will
>be reviewed.
>
>As I write this message, Yahya Jammeh and his henchmen have left Kerewan
>heading for Farafenni to face the wrath of the farmers who have been denied
>their livelihood for two consecutive years.  This year will not be
>different because the Alimenta issue has not been resolved.  Instaed of
>concentrating on finding a solution to the problem, Cheyassin Secka is busy
>lining up, yet again, another Swiss firm to purchase the farmers groundnut
>produce. We are already in October and still nothing on the ground to show
>that this session will be different from the two previous ones.  Yahya has
>been playing with the lifes of Gambians for far too long and it is time for
>him to go.  And GO he must. The rural population who bore the brunt of the
>economic hardship under Jammeh, continue to tell him enough is enough.  The
>turn out at his meetings are embarrassingly low and will continue to be
>that way throughout his so-called Meet the People's Tour.  We must have
>read last week's papers concerning the ESCOM deal falling apart after so
>much broohaha early in the year.  There will be no improvement in the
>electricity supply situation in the near future.  Our parastatals,
>GAMTEL,GPA,GCAA,NAWEC are all banckcrupt thanks to Yahya Jammeh and those
>corrupt henchmen of his. Fellow Gambians, it is time to resist this regime
>at all cost.  I therefore appeal to all to resume our agitation in order to
>apply more pressure on this trecherous governement.  It is worth the pain
>and agony afterall.  Thank you
>

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