Gambia-L: Again, I am sending the e-mail below unedited. It came from one of my sources in the Gambia. My source: I can tell you that Yahya is not fleeing anywhere. Not now anyway. He may be removing his things from Kanilai, but I wouldn't put or read much into that. Anyway, I'll find time soon and do some interpretative reporting on the current Gambian situation. Regards, Ebrima >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: RED ALERT!!! Yahya ready to flee Gambia? >Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 > >Ebrima, >I have made remarks concerning the recent behaviour of Yahya Jammeh, all >pointing to what appear to be a stand-by arrangement in the case of any >eventuality. I am not sure whether it has enything to do with recent >people's power demonstrated in Yuguslavia and Ivory Coast or is it due to >reasons known only to him. Which ever way, Yahya has been behaving >strangely lately. He has been seen moving stuff; suite cases, crates from >both his Kanilai residence and state House in the dead of night. There has >also been unusual movements at the airport. If these movements occured >last year or even in the early part of this year, they could have been >attributed to his drug activities, counterfeiting and other illegal >activities. But according to my contacts at various arms of Governments, >these movements are related to contingency plans should he decide to >abandon ship. As reported earlier, he made it very clear to his Cabinet >Secretaries that he has a place to go in case he is chased out by the >people. His tour of the provinces has confirmed his worst fears that >indeed the Gambians are fed up with him, his corrupt ways and those of his >Government. Infact, those former supporters who decided to call it a day >did not hesitate to cite Jammeh's corruptness as the reason for >disassociating themselves from the APRC and Jammeh himself. His Ukranian >pilots are on stand-by to fly him out at a moments notice. Infact, I was >informed that the pilots have now moved permanently to Dakar. For security >reasons, he does not want them to live in Banjul. Unusual movements have >also been reported at the Atlantic Hotel which, as you will recall, has >been "given away" to some Lybian "investures" who are more interested in >security matters than attracting tourist to their delapidated and deserted >hotel. We, in the opposition, should not he caught unawares. I therefore >call on the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy in The Gambia and all >those Gambians living abroad to start working out a strategy including >filing charges against the monster for murder of defenseless students, >turture and other human rights violations. Those lawyers amongst you >should start thinking along these lines. I believe there are legal >organisations and individual lawyers in New York and the UK who specialist >in monsters like Yahya Jammeh. >Ebrima, please allow me to express appreciation to Sigga Jagne, a wonderful >lady, for the kind words she said of those of us on the ground. The credit >should go to all of you for the personal dedication and sacrifice for a >free and democratic Gambia. A Yahyaless Gambia will soon be a reality by >the Grace of God and the determination of the Gambian people. > _________________________________________________________________________ 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------