Tombong: Are you isinuating that the president's absence during the shootings clears him of any responsibility? The president has already told us that he was in full contact with his advisers etc. so he must have been fully aware of the situation back home. I dont think that the "shoot to kill" strategy that was adopted would have been carried out without the president's orders (using live bullets equals "shoot to kill" in my book). Besides even if he didnt give the order to shoot, he is still culpable since he is in charge of those who did or gave the order to shoot! If the orders didnt come from him then there was twas serious lack of leadership during that tragic incident! If all the killings had taken place on the same day then I can maybe (a big maybe) understand that maybe the orders didnt come from him, but some students were later killed in the provinces. Are you telling me that people were shot twice on different occasions and locations at different times, without the presidents orders or knowledge? It'd be a big mistake if the government underestimates people's resolve regarding the killings. Bottomline is we want whoever was responsible for this barbaric act to pay for it to the fullest extent of the law whether it is the president or someone else who works for him! But again what if the president is responsible, do you honestly think that he'd pay for it to the fullest extent of the law? :-) On the issue of those jailed having to go through a process, I respectively disagree. If an arrest is legal then, yes they'll have to go through due process but not when the arrest is illegal! An illegal arrest should simply not take place in the first place. If an arrest is known to be illegal then the person(s) should be freed immediately! Respectfully Pope ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------