KB, Another great one! On Yaya's status pre-1994, please ask around for people who worked with the buffoon in the Gendarmes, or at Jawara's State House. My friend (who was with him there) swears to me that by the time he left for the US in '91, he couldn't simply keep track of how much money Yaya owed him. He said, Yaya was the only person among the Security personnel at State House who "harbitually" goes around "borrowing" money for cigarettes, etc. He said the guy was such a joke that when he misses work, everyone knows it. So, if such a character is bragging about his "avion," and unnatural wealth less than five years after hijacking our nation, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure what's going on! I red the actual newspaper, and it has the picture of the female teacher in a white Kalla, and Yaya in his super-Waramba handing her the money. I feel sorry for her, because she tried to pull "a Yaya Jammeh" on the kids, and they happen to be a step ahead of her. It all starts at the top... Saul. Last night I came across a very funny piece in Gambian newspapers. There was a report stating that a school teacher was attacked by her students because apparently the lady was given ten Dalasis by Yaya and the lady decided to keep the five thousand to herself (as a personal gift from Yaya) and give the school the other five thousand. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------