Gambia-L: The unedited e-mail below came from a source in the heart of the Gambian Government last night. ______________________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Gambia-L, We thank you >Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 > >Ebrima, > >Fatou Mbye's curse is upon us again. The Gambia-L membership is busy paving >their respective paths to hell with the debris left behind in the wake of >"Hurrican Yahya". The World Conference of Mayors (WCM) is the latest in a >long string of devastating acts of deception by Yahya Jammeh. > >Even though Miss. Mbye is following developments of this unfolding story, I >would like the List management, particularly Dr. Janneh, to pass on the >word to her. > >We will not rest until Yahya is removed from office. Meanwhile, I would >like to thank ALL of you for a great job. As Dr. Saine said, what the WCM >does it's their business, but we too have the right to protest as the >"Sierra Club" did in their 1997 Annual Meeting in Abuja. The advantage we >have over the "Sierra Club" is that we are aware of WCM's plan to hold >their next Meeting in Banjul at least four clear months in advance. We >also have a fairly good idea as to those US Representatives, Mayors, >Councilmen/women etc who may attend this year's junket. > >Jabou, thanks for your brilliant idea on how to handle the matter given the >problems the Sierra Club faced two years ago. George Sarr, I have no doubt >that you will deliver as you have done on so many other occasions. Ebrima, >thanks for shifting through the numerous e-mail messages and drafting the >petition which was an excellent piece; and Bamba Laye for providing so >expeditiously Colin Powell's e-mail address. To the Gambian-Alabamans, I >say urge your State Legislature to provide e-mail facilities for your >representatives so that you can contact them whenever the need arises; >after all, that's what's they have been elected to do - to serve the best >interest of the electorate: no amount of mail is annoying for an American >politician. As someone said, that's the American Way. > >It may be of interest to Members that Fatou Jahumpa is, in a way, 100 >percent behind us on this one, because she has been saying since Johnny >Ford landed at the Airport, that this is yet another ploy by Mayor Samba >Faal to secure the nomination of the APRC for Major of Banjul, if Yahya >should decide to hold municipal elections. As you are all aware, she has >been fighting to wrestle the nomination from Samba Faal. More power to her >and Have a great week ahead. > _________________________________________________________________________ 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 and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------