Gambia-L: The unedited e-mail below came from a source in the heart of the Gambia Government. Ebrima ____________________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Ambassador-designate and related matters >Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 > >Ebrima, >I would like to change my initial position and support Dr. Katim Touray's >proposal to submit the petition after the US Amb-designate to The Gambia >has been confirmed. I appreciate the method proposed by Dr. Touray for >collecting the signatures which is designed to ensure that the signatories >are genuine and verifiable within limits. Good luck to Jabou and other >volunteers for participating in a worthy cause. The issues raised by >Karamba in his "Reflections" piece, I hope will be taken seriously by the >Opposition. If you ask me, I sincerely believe that the elections have >already been rigged by the Jammeh regime through the issuance of Gambian >Identity cards to foreigners. (KB has been sounding the alarm for sometime >now and I am glad that Karamba is on the same wave length). The exercise ( >of illegal registration of foreigners on Sundays etc.) is conducted openly >in many localities.. In my view, to legally contest these illegal >registrations in the courts would be futile. Gambian democrats are left >with no option but to boycott the elections. The petition to the >Ambassador-designate should include this issue although I am reasonably >certain that he has been or will be briefed on it. Back to the Baba Jobe >issue, the Jammeh regime realised after Dr. Jobe's stupid letter, the >serious error they have committed by blatantly defending a junior civil >servant. The diplomatic community in Banjul is openly asking why? Jammeh >and his cronies, including Sedat Jobe, would have to answer to these >questions. Why defend the illegal activities of a junior "civil servant" >before the International Community. MRDG-NY's question concerning a bounty >on the head of Baba Jobe is partly accurate. There is bounty, according to >someone who is very close to YAYA JAMMEH himself. Baba knows too much and >he has the support of Ghadaffi and Charles Taylor. The only way Yahya can >be certain that what transpired between himself and Baba Jobe i.e the deals >they have made without the knowledge of the rest of his Government, remains >a secret is to have him put away or "six feet deep". Speaking of tracking >these criminals, the former Interior SOS Bojang is in the US and he should >be tracked and legal action taken against him in the US. He has some >knowledge of the blood diamonds since he was purposely posted to Sierra >Leone for this same reason. We reported on his case about nine months ago. >This should be a good assignment for MRDG-NY. Happy 4th of July to all. > _________________________________________________________________________ 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------