Bravo Ndey. I have been wanting to elaborate on the MRC's purpose, funding, and operations for the longest but hadn't had the time. I will save your note until I am able to shed light on this genetic criminal masqueraded as an innocent heal-all. absolument banal. Le doux criminal. >From: Ndey Jobarteh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: After 7 years UK RESUMES MILITARY COOPERATION >Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:09:53 +0200 > >Kebba and Saul, > ><<<<If the British Embassy in Gambia wants to keep itself busy and in the >limelight giving out press conferences, they should be engineering aid that >is more meaningful to the Gambian poor.>>>>>> > > >I agree with you guys and I am not suprise to see that the British >government are in such a mission at this most difficult period in our >country. For how long have the British been training the Gambian army, >what have they brought to us. Just move back to the whole continent and we >asked ourselves why are the military, army after training becomes so >inhumane and brutal? Why is it only in the developing countries we are >faced with these kinds of brutality within the army, a machinery which is >suppose to protect and defend its people. Why these things are not >happening in Europe or America? We should start looking into how the West >train our army because so far few came out from that training with a human >touch. Just look at Kebba's heading after "7 years UK resumes to military >cooperations" well said "Why Military Aid Now"? > >One thing we will have to accept is that these people don't care how many >Gambians are killed , murdered, butchered etc. as far as we don't take up >the responsibility to deal with our own situation. Britain's attack in >Sierra Leone to release its capured soldiers clearly stipulated that. Where >they not in Sierra Leone before it escalates to what it is today? Was the >UN not there as well? As Kebba rightly put it in the above quotation, these >people should stop giving meaning less aid to the Gambia or any other >African country. What we have been observing throughout is that the type >of aid send to Africa is always meaningless and has no relevance or link to >the elimination of the poverty and instability that has been haunting us >for all these decades. Even where as they know the loan or aid money does >not reach the masses they will continue to give them inorder to empower >these brutal regimes, why? Saul mentioned the need of more doctors etc. >Yes we need more of these skilled manpower but look at the MRC for how many >years these people are based in the Gambia but they cannot find a single >solution to the most killer disease in our country, "Malaria". How can we >have Medical Research Council that cannot find preventive measures or >drugs to diseases that are very common in our country for decades. Infact >most of the British Medical Students will use that space to do their >practicals and of course use our people as their medical testing ground. > >This again shows us that as far as we are not ready to take up and shoulder >our responsibilities these people will continue to ruin our continent. We >have to be our sisters and brothers keepers, especially those of us abroad. >We have to start devising mechanism of checking and following up some of >these aids and training our people go through. We have to organised into >our professional fields and start a discourse as to what to do with the >situation back home. Doctors, engineers, economists etc. even among the >progressive military to look into why are we still where we are. There must >be a discourse that is cheered by us, directed by us, organised by us in >order for us to change the situation back home and hopefully that will be a >lead to the freedom of our continent. We have been suffering unnecessarily >for so long, we have the brains, energy why can't we bring them together >into something positive. The demonstrations and protest in New York has >shown us that together and organised we can make a difference. Lets put our >differences and work together as professionals and people with the >determination to change our society for real. We can do it and we have the >space. > >Ebrima Ceesay and co, I hope you guys in the UK will asked the defense >minister why did Britain think that military aid is a priority or solution >to our present problems. > >The Struggle Continues!!! >Ndey Jobarteh > > >----- Original Message ----- nFrom: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 5:16 PM >Subject: After 7 years UK RESUMES MILITARY COOPERATION > > > > I took the liberty of culling the following piece from the Observer > > Newspaper. The British ought to be ashamed of themselves for resuming > > military cooperation with the callous government we have back home and > > helping Yaya sharpen his instrument of oppression. What has changed in >the > > past seven years to warrant this insensitivity from the British >government? > > Things have gone from bad to worse. Five months ago Yaya's armed forces > > massacred innocent Gambian children in broad daylight The British are in > > effect arming Yaya to massacre more children and defenseless Gambians. >What > > has Peter Singhateh and Baboucarr Jatta contributed to the Gambian >society, > > with their Sandhurst training? I would not be surprised if this Mendy >chap > > also come back as an alcoholic murderer. If the British Embassy in >Gambia > > wants to keep itself busy and in the limelight giving out press >conferences, > > they should be engineering aid that is more meaningful to the Gambian >poor. > > Use the money that is going to be used to send this potential murderer >to > > Britain and give some poor kid a British Council scholarship to go to >some > > university to study engineering or medicine. We urge the Gambian >community > > in Britain to lobby the British government and convince them to stop >arming > > Yaya. They are helping to perpetuate a despot that is worst than Foday > > Sankoh. If the British do not want their soldiers to take up another > > expedition in The Gambia, they should desist from this shameful exercise >of > > arming murderers. The instrument Yaya uses to brutalize defenseless > > Gambians, i.e. his army, should not be beefed up by any decent >government. > > Britain should not sit at a table where Yaya sits with the likes of >Gadaffi > > and Charles Taylor. What is all this focus on the regional peace-keeping > > activities? We have ordinary Gambians being brutalized by our own armed > > forces every single day and all these diplomats talk about is keeping >the > > peace in the sub-region. Our army has a more urgent job back home. They >need > > to get rid of the tyranny being visited on the defenseless Gambians >daily. I > > respectfully urge our compatriots in Britain to mount a more appropriate > > response to this latest monstrosity. > > KB > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > > After 7 years UK RESUMES MILITARY COOPERATION > > > > The British government has resumed its military cooperation with The >Gambia, > > seven years after it was frozen. The British High Commission, Saturday, > > September 9, held a press briefing on the resumption of the military > > cooperation, a few hours before cadet officer, Sainey Mendy, of the >Gambia > > National Army left for UK to participate in the Sandhurst Commissioning > > Course, September 2000 to June 2001. > > Speaking at the press briefing, British high commissioner, John Perrott, > > recalled that the last Gambian cadets who attended the Sandhurst >commission > > course were Chief of Staff Baboucarr Jatta and Major Peter Singhatey in > > 1993. Mr Perrott said two more cadets could be sent to Sandhurst by next > > September. "Sandhurst is not the only area in which we are trying to >help. > > I have been working closely with Chief of Staff Jatta and Army Commander > > Badjie to arrange good Gambian participation in a regional peacekeeping >in a > > Regional Map Exercise on regional peacekeeping in Nigeria next month >jointly > > sponsored by the United Kingdom and France. > > The prospects look good. I can assure you that we will continue to >assist > > you whenever possible in regional and international peacekeeping, both > > publicly and behind the scenes," High Commissioner Perrott added. Armed > > Forces Chief of Staff, Colonel Baboucarr Jatta, thanked the British > > government for the support they have been giving to The Gambia, >especially > > the army. He also urged Lt Mendy to maintain a good conduct through his > > course. > > In response, Lt Mendy expressed gratitude and assured both the British >and > > Gambian governments that he would live up to expectation. The ceremony, > > which was attended by serving and retired military officials, was >chaired by > > the deputy British high commissioner, Bharat Joshi. > > Observer > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > http://profiles.msn.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 and remember to write >your full name and e-mail address. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. 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