Babanding, You wrote: "Without doubt it's been the most difficult Hajj in recent memory for Gambian pilgrims. It all started when Yaya wanted to gain some political points by controlling the business of Hajj. He started by imposing a fixed tariff of D24000 for the hajj package. This evidently cannot cover the overheads of responsible travel agents who want to provide safe, secure, and comfortable hajj for their clients; hence Banjul travel withdrew from this years Hajj, and advised their clients to choose any other agent of their own liking." Again you wrote: "With all the problems mentioned above, the plight of pilgrims who signed up with Pa Njie's globe is even more tragic. It is alleged that Pa njie paid Yaya's millennium company a cheque that could not be honoured by the banks. Furious at this audacity, it is again alleged that Yaya gave instructions to the effect that " even if they all have to die there, Pa must pay his company before his pilgrims are airlifted out of Jeddah". I can't verify the truth or otherwise of either claim." To tell you the truth I am totally baffled by the above 2 excerpts I quoted from your posting concerning the problems being faced by our stranded pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. On the one hand you are telling us that Yahya Jammeh imposed an unreasonable hajj fee of D24,000.00 which Banjul travel agency considered insufficient to cover their expenses and withdrew advising their clients to seek other alternatives. And on the other hand you are telling us that pilgrims who chose to travel with Pa Njie's Globe travel are in this mess because "It is alleged that Pa njie paid Yaya's millennium company a cheque that could not be honoured by the banks." In my opinion, the fact that Pa Njie's Globe travel accepted this unreasonable condition and promised to transport its clients to perform the Hajj and bring back then, they should be held SQUARELY RESPONSIBLE. Moreover, if the above allegation against globe travel agency is true, then this is a very callous and criminal act. Why should they issue a cheque that will not be honoured? Banjul travel agency having known that they could not operate a Hajj flight for their own fellow Gambians for the unreasonable amount of D24,000.00 gracefully withdrew with their INTEGRITY STILL INTACT. Why did Globe travel agency mislead its clients? This is DECEIT; PLAIN and SIMPLE and to suggest anything else is adding salt to injury. This is a very tragic case that should not be politicised. Best wishes, KB Jobe. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve" (MIKE LEAVITT) _________________________________________________________________________ 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------