Gambia-L: Another e-mail from a source in the heart of the Gambia government. Again, I am sending it unedited and in a rush. By the way, I would have loved to give my reaction to Yahya Jammeh's latest speech but unfortunately, I have a very limited access to NET these days. However, I'll nonetheless send a belated reaction once my PC is connected to the Internet after the 19 of August. Ebrima _______________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: The radicalisation of one of Ebrima's sources >Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 Ebrima, >At the onset of our campaign to get rid of Jammeh, I considered myself, >then, that our objective will be achieved without firing a shot. My >deep-seated conviction then was that the goal is achievable with little or >no violence. Currently, particularly after reading the verbertim report of >Jammeh's entire statement to the July 22nd Movement in the POINT newspaper, >I am, for the first time in my entire life, beginning to consider the >violent option. A President of a nation inciting the populace to take up >arms against its own people may have changed my inner conviction that >change can occur within the civilised boundaries established under the >Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia. Jammeh's call on his troops >(July 22nd Movement)to defy the laws within which he was "elected", and to >which he swore under oath to uphold just to ensure his grip on power >regardless of the will of the Gambian electorate, has served as a wake up >call to many of us who felt that a change of Government can be realised >without bloodshed. I am not so sure any more that Jammeh can be voted out >of office, even in a free and fair election, without violence. That is my >gut feeling after observing every movement of this psychotic and despotic >maniac ever since he was selected by those who led the coup on 22 July, >1994. For those of you who do not have access to the full story in the few >minutes after his band of bandits realised that an unexpected power vacuum >has been created by the swift departure of Jawara. The leadership was not >decided as they marched from Yundum. The leadership was decide after the >first radio speech, under advise by one of the soldiers who recommended to >the trio that they should settle for Jammeh because he was the oldest >amongst the lot. He was not selected because of his leadership qualities, >he was not selected because of his intelligence (he had none), he was not >selected because of his education (he is a High School drop out). Jammeh >got to be were he is today by virtue of his age. He was older than the >rest. But Jammeh seems to have forgotten that. He portrays himself as a >true and couragious soldier. Any one who knows Jammeh will tell you that he >is neither a true nor a couragious soldier. >As I read the verbatum report of The POINT, I started reassessing my >position about the manner in which a Yahyaless Gambia will be acheived. I >am slowly convincing myself that this objective will be achieved with >violence in as much as I dislike the idea. The choices we have as a people >are (a) to remain as hostages under a geranged moron for as long as Jammeh >can continue to maintain his deteriorating mental condition or (b) to free >ourselves from the forces of evil led by a psychopath with the language >they understand; VIOLENCE. I prefer to effect change through constitutional >means, but when the chief guardian of the Constitution tells me that he can >fire judges because they were hired by him to dispense justice according to >the gospel of the Butcher of Kanilai, then it is time for a re-think. I >rather die a free man than to live in slavery. I rather die fighting >against Jammeh and his cohorts than live under a dictator and a psychopath >with limited intellectual capacity to distinguish the role of the >executive from that of the judiciary as enshrined in the constitution. >Ebrima, I have been warning all of you that Jammeh is NUTS. Although, I >believed that his mental state will cause him to resign but the evidence I >have in my possession now has convinced me that the country is not under >the control of Jammeh, but under the dictates and effective control of >outside forces led locally by Baba Jobe. Only a counter offensive from true >Gambians can liberate the Gambian people from this external grip. It is no >longer going to come easy as originally thought but our main objectives can >and will be achieved. >In the weeks and months ahead, I will provide you with further evidence >that The Gambia has been morgaged to external forces by Jammeh, Baba Jobe, >Nfamara Jatta, Saja Taal, Ngang Thomas and other members of the junta. As >at today, please put me in the column of Ebou Colley, KB, Saul Saidykhan, >Kabir Njie, Obrien-Coker and a few others. JAMMEH MUST NOT ONLY GO. JAMMEH >WILL GO. Long live the Republic of The Gambia. > ________________________________________________________________________ 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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface ----------------------------------------------------------------------------