Looks like Mr. Kebba Dampha has some axe to grind with Jaiteh. Perhaps we
should settle this once and for all! I invite you to a wrestling match at
this year's ALD in Washington DC. No kidding, no chickening!

See you there.

Malanding Jaiteh


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dampha Kebba" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: Yaya's New York' Reception'


> Joe, I seek here NOT to talk for the folks that live in New York or the
> environs that did a tremendous job demonstrating against the Dictatorship
> few years ago. I am sure they are quite capable of speaking for themselves
> and debunking Jaiteh's clearly erroneous conclusion. I will grant Jaiteh
> something. There are vermin worst than slaves in New York. Seemingly
> intelligent people following some moron around, for what? $20,000? Money
> they all know is STOLEN from the POOR Gambians that are getting POORER by
> the day. Thinking about these vermin is simply sickening. In my mind a
> number of things contributed to why Yaya was not given the 'welcome' he
had
> few years ago. None of those things coincides with Jaiteh's conclusion
that
> some are not prepared to walk the walk. I was going to write about that
and
> a number of other things (even before Yaya decided to show up in New
York),
> but I was preoccupied with other stuff.
>
> Almost a month before the planned trip, some in the Diaspora got wind of
the
> trip. As soon as I learnt about the trip, I relayed the message to
MRDG(NY).
> Guess under what circumstances I was telling them about this information?
> When I was telling them about this, the Organization and one of its most
> vocal members here on G_L was 'DELISTED'. We were in the process of
> 'appealing' to Jaiteh et al to 'at least' EXPLAIN to the Organization why
> they were 'delisted'. Numerous people (including myself, Ngorr and
Yusupha)
> wrote private messages to List Management appealing to them to reinstate
the
> Organization or at the very least exercise common courtesy and respond to
> our various appeals. I even reminded them of the tremendous job the
> Organization did in spearheading the demonstration against Yaya. I also
> reminded them of the way the Organization played 'host' to the Opposition
> Parties in the run up to the October election. ALL these 'appeals' fell on
> deaf ears. Granted, I think I saw that Ams Jallow has been reinstated.
But,
> if others have been responded to by List Management, I did NOT hear from
> them. Why did I bring this up here?

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