Gassa You wrote " I might not be able to convince you, but believe you me, most of these could have been avoided if only all moved away from the brinkmanship that had characterised Gambian politics of yesteryears. Like I said before, there had been a lot of provocation from both the UDP and AFPRC/APRC." Perhaps you could suggest how brinkmanship might have led to the arrest and detention of 8 UDP supporters in June 1997-Remember the case of Yusupha Cham, Shingle Nyassi, Mrs Sarjo Kunjang, Demba Arab Sanneh and 4 others Gassa Believe it or not this was a classic case of gross violation of Human Rights. At no time where the likes of Yusupha Cham being involved in any provocative act. The only crime they committed was that of "not supporting the APRC." You also wrote; "Like I said before there had been a lot of provocation from both the UDP and AFPRC/APRC." Lets face it APRC through its July 22 Movement have on numerous occassions orchestrated the political violence. By the way, have you forgotten about Lamin Waa Juwara's expulsion from the Local Government Seminar held at Mansakonko. You wrote "Now that things have calmed down a bit, let's just pray that things would continue to be so". I am sure the situation would been different if UDP had participated in the last National Assembly Elections. Finally you wrote; "Sanusi, some of the specific incidents that you highlighted have been so much disputed by many who are supposedly involved, that it is difficult to know who to believe" Well Gassa, Gambia Biggest Fugutive currently studying at Georgetown University, U.S.A gave a lot of revelations about the death of Koro Sisay. Are you inferring that he lied about the Koro Sisay incident. By the way, I have decided not to mention his real name for fear of falling sick. More to follow; Have a wonderful day Sanusi Owens >2<P>Momodou Olly Mboge, I have very little time to debate non-issues. If you have something useful to contribute to any debate, you are welcome. Otherwise keep your peace as I do not have the time for slander and other non-productive engagements that benefit no one. That is last Butut on this issue as far as you are concerned.</P> <P>Have a good day, Gassa.</P></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#3333ff face="Courier New, Courier, Monospace" size=4>There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve. -Mike- Levitt-</FONT></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://g.msn.com/1HM100901/p'>http://explorer.msn.com</a>.<br></html> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.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 To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~