Worry not, for they can't do a thing to you or anyone outside of Gambia.  We 
can meet them halfway any day and at any level.  A threat will just be met 
with a counter threat that's all, and they know the drill.

Chi Jaama

Joe

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>Subject: Freedom Newspaper Mail Bag-What our dear readers say today!!!
>Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:35:41 -0700
>
>                                     By Chat boy Shakopee, Minnesota
>   Once again my fellow Gambians, freedom to express one's views and obtain 
>information is a natural right of every human being. Anyone who tries to 
>interferes with this right of an individual is obviously fooling himself.
>
>Dear readers, for the past two weeks since the daily observer published the 
>nonsense report some APRC members in US have been threatening me through 
>phone calls. If a person like me in US is threatened you can imagine the 
>condition of people in the Gambia. In my opinion I think they are cowards. 
>Something to take note is that the ones who are troubled and lacked self 
>confidence are the ones who resort to aggressive tactics in order to hide 
>their insecurity. On the contrary, the actions of a wise individual is 
>characterized by calmness and reservation. If you observe the actions of 
>"King" Jammeh, it is easy to see that it is his aggressive tactics are 
>oozing with insecurity and desperation.
>
>We all know that "King" Jammeh's regime is in its death throes. Just as the 
>proverb that the darkest part of the night is just before the dawn, I 
>believe the desperate acts of the regime that we are seeing now is a mark 
>that the Jammeh "system" is breathing its last. Let us all pray and hope 
>for the best of our country.
>
>PS: And for those who are trying to threaten me for my views come forward 
>directly rather than playing a hide and seek game.
>
>Chat boy Shakopee, Minnesota
>   ………………………………................................
>
>   By Ansu Seesay
>   I was deeply disturbed by the underhanded nature of this hacking affair.
>Like many Gambians living abroad, your page has been very useful to me if 
>any thing, in assessing the pulse of events in the Gambia. I may not agree 
>with some of what you publish but I think you should have the freedom to 
>express your feelings whoever does not like it is free to set up a 
>different page and put forward a counter point of view.
>
>As you know, unauthorized access to such personal electronic medium is
>potentially criminal. Also, you do have some responsibility to protect some 
>of your subscribers. As you well know, some of these people write to you at 
>grave personal risk. In light of these facts, have you taken any legal 
>steps to bring those who hacked in to your e-mail to justice?
>
>Thanks
>Ansu Seesay
>………………………………............................................
>
>   MY APPEAL TO PRESIDENT JAMMEH AND THE PEOPLE OF THE GAMBIA.
>   By Amulie Janneh
>   I would like to extend my congratulation to the head of state and the 
>people of the Gambia for being awarded the opportunity to host AU summit in 
>Gambia. This is an excellent opportunity for the people of the Gambia and 
>APRC government to demonstrate its commitment to international standards on 
>human rights.
>   I would like to highlight the importance of human rights protections as 
>part of Gambia’s membership in the international human rights communities, 
>in particular the right to freedom of expression, association assemble 
>guaranteed by international human law and by gambias own constitution. 
>Gambians citizens and member of the international media who may express via 
>the press or other writings, wed posting, or verbally ideas of democracy, 
>labor right, or the human rights issues should be afforded the right to 
>speak openly and honestly without fear of censorship, detention or 
>imprisment.
>   To this end, I also call on for the immediate release of all individual 
>jailed for seeking to exercise their right to freedom of expression, 
>association and assembly.
>   ………………………………..........................
>   By Gambian Boy
>   Hello,
>
>Some comments under the rating section are way beyond the limits of 
>decency. Some people even insult each other's mother under the rating 
>section. This is very bad for the site and will affect the credibility of 
>the site.Please take some action to screen the comments such that only 
>decent comments are posted.
>
>   PS: This does not refer to the articles that are published but just what 
>some people write under the Rating section (beneath published articles).
>
>   ………………………………...................
>   By a Concerned Gambian
>   Hi pa, dictator Jammeh is doing every thing he could to stop people 
>reading your leading newspape. We are here more than one week now we 
>couldn’t access the freedomnewspaper.com and I’m very much sure that the 
>paper is alive and kicking. I spoke to a friend of mine this morning in Uk 
>, who informed me that the paper is alive. Mr. Pa, their are thousands of 
>people here in the Gambia who are reading your paper every day before these 
>things happened. Your paper is hotter than any paper presently in the 
>Gambia. Keep it up, god will never make cry for all the good job you did 
>for masses.
>   Your esteemed reader
>   in the Gambia
>
>Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 (Archive on Wednesday, June 28, 2006)
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