> >In interviews with the Voice of America and The Washington Times, Capt. Jallow >denied an allegation by Gambia's ruling council that he stole $3 million before >he fled the country. > >"When the murder took place, I was in Libya seeking a soft loan of $2 million, >which they never gave us," he said. > >A Clinton administration official said of Capt. Jallow: "We know who he is and >are aware of his charges and take them seriously. But we don't have any >independent confirmation of them. > >"We are concerned about the human rights situation in the Gambia and continue >to urge the government to respect human rights and the rule of law and release >all political detainees. > >"We are aware of reports of Libyan activities in the Gambia and take them very >seriously, but we have no confirmation of that." > >Capt. Jallow was studying at the U.S. Naval War College when the coup took >place. Six months later he was invited to join the ruling council. > >"I decided last week to flee the country," he said. "There are a lot of arrests >of political activists, attempted abductions, stabbings and mugging in the >streets." > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~