Ditto! I know Pa Michael ''Mike'' Jatta, and was aware of how Chongan systematically harrassed him.
Ndura.
>From: Kebba Jobe <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: ABSOLUTELY DIABOLICAL.
>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 05:03:18 -0000
>
>God Damn it, what the hell is wrong with the lot of you? Narrow
>minded
>bigotry will not bring about salvation to the common man in the
>Gambia. Some
>of you can never bring yourselves to accepting the truth for what it
>is.
>Chogan is potentially as big a murderer as they come. I hear
>everyone
>saying, I know him from here, I know him from there. What the heck?
>Ebrima
>Ceesay perhaps knows him more than most of you talking rubbish.
>Ebrima lived
>not more than 130 metres from Chongan. He knows that Chongan was an
>absolute
>brute. Ask Ebrima if he knows Pa Jatta. He lived less than 30 metres
>from
>Chongan and was atleast a good 15-20 years his senior. Chongan
>ordered his
>arrest, detention and torture to the point that Pa Jatta, for three
>days,
>just wanted to eliminate him. His crime? Just calling him "Suma
>rakka". I
>Know very well that both Joe Sambou and Ebrima Ceesay know Pa Jatta.
>For
>those who don't know him, he once used to run Pontinetto bar and
>restaurant
>and was as good a fella as they come.
>
>I have tried to ignore all that is going on, but I just can't
>stomach it any
>more. It makes me wonder what sort of democracy you people are
>fighting for
>if people can no longer speak their minds. As much as I abhor what
>was
>metted out to Chongan and Ebou Colley, there is no doubt in my mind
>that
>Chongan was also very brutal and terrorised many people under, a
>seemingly
>human rights oriented government. It horrifies to think what he is
>God damn
>capable of if he was in Singhteh's or Yankuba Touray's shoes. Pope
>John Paul
>said that "murder is murder whatever the motive" and I say that
>"torture is
>torture is torture what ever the circumstances". If you want, please
>sympathise with him and Colley but do not tell us that Chongan was a
>saint.
>In my book, he could have been even worst than Sana Sababbly or any
>other.
>Here is somebody who wilded limited power under "one of the most
>democratic
>of African nations" terrorising his own people; how about if he was
>part of
>the ruling junta? For God and heaven's sake do not hate Yahya to the
>extend
>that you are blinded from reality. The Gambia belongs to us all and
>we
>deserve better. To say that getting rid of Jammeh is so important to
>you
>that you don't mind what idiot comes after him is very dishonest and
>down
>right stupid.
>
>Kebba Dampha, Hamjatta Kanteh and Ansuma Kujabi, please calm down
>and listen
>to what others are saying. If you've never witnessed the guy's
>brutality,
>please keep your cool. For all intents and purposes, Chongan is
>potentially
>worst than anything you've ever known. I am sure Ebrima Ceesay like
>me, does
>not want to be drawn into this fruitless debate. However I know that
>of all
>the people on the L that I know, he is in a better position, than
>most, to
>tell us about Chongan's thuggery/savagery. Ebrima Ceesay lived less
>tha 150
>metres from Chongan.
>
>It is so disheartening when people try to "accedemize" every God
>Danm thing
>to the point point that common sense does not matter at all. Just
>pathetic,
>if you ask me.
>
>
>Have a good day and bye 4Now, KB Jobe.
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