Mariama Diop, You are absolutely right baby! It is time for us to put aside our personal interest and uphold collective interest or risk losing it all.Peace. Jobs. >From: Mariama Diop <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Decree 89 politicians Indecision or Greed >Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:32:29 -0400 > >Hassan Musa Camara of GPP deserves our commendation for declaring clearly >his support for the United Democratic Party ( UDP ). I just wonder what's >keeping Sheriff Dibba, and the PPP leadership from making such a move. >Could >it be that these politicians have a more ambitious agenda than removing >Yahya? The decree 89 politicians owe a lot to the second republic >politicians who risked their lives, and the lives of their families and >sacrificed their professions to take on Yahya. Any effort to jump into the >game at this 11th hour, is uncalled for and can only be construed as >propelled by greed on their part. After 30 years of governance with not >much to show for it, I'm surprised that any of these politicians should >even >contemplate reviving their any political ambition other than working >closely >and whole-heartedly with UDP, NRP and DPOIS. >We must always remember that greed is destructive and allowing Yahya to >stay >on for another round because of some selfish interests can only be >detrimental for all of us. >mariama > >>From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Baabaa Jobe Banned >>Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:29:42 -0400 >> >>That Yaya is a moron and a loose-canon should NOT come as a surprise to >>anyone that knows the man. What is however surprising is for a seemingly >>educated person like Sedat Jobe or Sarjo Jallow to allow themselves to be >>on >>record defending positions that are totally indefensible. When Sedat Jobe >>came up with his incoherent mumbo jumbo against the UN regarding the >>travel >>ban imposed on Baabaa Jobe (Arms Dealer, Director of Yaya’s Millennium >>Airlines), most just shoved Sedat Jobe to the side as some vermin throwing >>tantrums to the UN because Baabaa Jobe had a gun to Sedat Jobe’s head. >> >>When I read Sarjo Jallow and Yaya making the same childish arguments Sedat >>Jobe was making against the UN body, I said to myself that our country is >>indeed in serious trouble. The morons are at it again. Inmates running the >>asylum. The effect of the terrorism coming from low-lives like Baabaa Jobe >>on people like Sedat Jobe, is just mind-boggling. Following what has been >>going on at the UN Security Council between Liberia and the Council as >>regards the UN Resolution imposing the travel ban, one cannot but wonder >>whether Sedat Jobe is at all familiar with the UN system. Did this man >>ever >>work for the UN? Where was this man educated from? >> >>My take is that this man knows very well the futility of his ill-advised >>letter to the UN and the stupidity inherent in accusing the British, >>French >>and Americans of bad faith. Both Sedat Jobe and Sarjo Jallow know that >>their >>infantile rhetoric will NOT move the UN one inch. The despicable duo also >>know that their baseless allegations against the ‘super-powers’ will also >>have no effect whatsoever in London, Paris or Washington or New York. This >>rhetoric is for the consumption of morons like Yaya and Baabaa Jobe. But >>in >>the process, Sedat Jobe and Sarjo Jallow make themselves the laughing >>stock >>of decent folks. >> >>In the fertile imagination of Yaya, Baabaa Jobe, Sedat Jobe and Sarjo >>Jallow, the ‘super-powers’ are upset at Yaya and as ‘pay-back’, they >>picked >>on Baabaa Jobe (without any evidence) and banned him together with the >>Liberians. Does this make sense? What could have pissed off the >>‘super-powers’? If they are angry at Yaya because of his association with >>Libya and Cuba, why did the ‘super-powers’ NOT instigate the banning of >>some >>Cubans and some Libyans unjustifiably? What Sedat Jobe and Sarjo Jallow >>are >>NOT telling the Gambian public, is the composition of the panel of experts >>that wrote the report recommending this ban. We have Senegalese and >>Cameroonians in that panel. Are those people too picking on Baabaa Jobe? >> >>If we did not have an illegal government back home populated by impotents >>like Sedat Jobe that are so scared to think straight, the diplomats in the >>country would have familiarized themselves with diplomatic etiquette and >>advised the president accordingly. Diplomats worth their salt would NOT >>allow some uncouth High School drop-out to dictate them to go to the >>international community and make baseless accusations against a UN body. >>Even Liberia that has been affected by the travel ban in a manner more >>devastating than The Gambia is corresponding with the UN Security Council >>through the proper channels. Even Liberian diplomats are NOT running >>around >>throwing wild accusations at the UN. The Liberians are trying to implement >>the provisions of the Resolution to ensure that the sanctions are lifted. >>Liberia is working with ECOWAS and the UN Secretary General to ensure that >>the war in Sierra Leone comes to a peaceful end. Just the other day, I >>read >>the Liberian diplomats asking for permission for one of the banned >>officials >>to travel to Sierra Leone to watch a soccer game. But what are our morons >>doing? They are still hugging Baabaa Jobe and ‘demanding’ for proof. >>According to them, the UN made all this up to spite Yaya. How I pray to >>God >>that the UN provide all the proof they have against Yaya’s plane. When >>that >>happens, the moron himself will be slapped with a travel ban. I wonder >>what >>clowns like Sedat Jobe and Sarjo Jallow will say when that happens. >>KB >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>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. >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------