Kabir, Thanks again for forwarding that piece to the L. I have been following the story very closely and this was a big defeat against Mugabe. His act of using the poor and depressed population by tying the land issue with him staying in power failed. He could have differentiated the referendum vote by polling the land issue separately, but he thought that was the only way he could win. I am happy he lost. Ousman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------