Ms. Satang Jobarteh: Your posting got my curiosity. Accumulation of arms only create instability and lack of priorities. Education and health should be "numeror uno", but many African leaders choose to accumulate arms to protect themselves. I have to be frank with you. For the sake of The Gambia, Sir Dawda has to be blamed for creating an army in The Gambia. I would rather have the expenditure for an army use for education and health than an agency that is a deterrent to our stability and economic development. Remember, an army created tyrant dictator yahya jemus. Comrade, Muhammad Lamine Jassey-Conteh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------