may his soul rest in peace

>From: ebrima chongan <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: TRIBUTE TO THE LATE HARRY J. VALENTINE RIP >Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 13:11:30 -0800 > >GL >Am very sadden to hear of the sudden death of former >ASP Harry J. Valentine. Who died on the 1st of April >2002. >He was one of those very rare officers in the forces, >competent both on the field and staff duties. He had a >deep sence of duty, highly dedicated, loyal and >sincere. >He was adjutant to different commanders of the then >Gendarmerie and also several Inspector Generals of >Police, this was no accident but the virtues i`ve >mentioned above. He would definately be missed by >former colleagues. >My deepest sympathy goes to his wife,children and his >brother Paul Sanyang of Standard Charter bank. >May the Almighty Allah received him in heaven. Amen >E. I. Chongan. > > > >--- abdou sanneh <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > Dampha thanks for your posting on Taiwan's cheque > > book > > diplomacy.It is clear that Gambia's diplomatic > > relation with Taiwan is not benefiting the nation > > but > > individuals.Jammeh and cohorts are criminals who > > knows > > how to play their games. > > Abdou Karim Sanneh > > --- Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > > I remember one time talking about Yaya’s > > corruption > > > and how the Dictatorship > > > received dollars in CASH from Taiwan as bribery > > for > > > their constant pimping > > > for Taiwan. When I said that, I also remember some > > > APRC sycophants trying to > > > cast doubt on what I said by asking a rhetorical > > > question about whether it > > > was conceivable for a country like Taiwan to give > > > Gambian army lieutenants > > > millions of dollars in suitcases to transport from > > > continent to continent. > > > Well, patience always pays. Here is some education > > > for the APRC mental > > > midgets. Here is an article from the Washington > > > Post. I can guarantee my > > > last dime that somewhere in those papers that were > > > leaked to China, Yaya’s > > > name is there. He might be seen as a small fry > > > because of the amounts he got > > > and the relative insignificance of Gambia when > > > compared with the US, Japan > > > and South Africa. But to us Gambians, thanks to > > the > > > millions of dollars > > > Taiwan illegally gave to Yaya, we have a > > > Dictatorship in our country. We > > > have a Dictatorship that slaughters innocent and > > > defenseless children in > > > broad daylight and enslave the citizenship by > > using > > > Taiwanese dollars to > > > bribe destitute Gambians. We have a Dictatorship > > > that uses Taiwanese dollars > > > to buy arms and fuel conflict in the sub-region. > > > KB > > > > > >__________________________________________________________________ > > > TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Desperate for international > > > support, Taiwan under former > > > president Lee Teng-hui established a secret $100 > > > million fund to buy > > > influence with foreign governments, institutions > > and > > > individuals, including > > > some in the United States, according to current > > and > > > former Taiwanese > > > officials. > > > The fund was the source of multimillion-dollar > > > payments to leaders in > > > Nicaragua, South Africa and Panama, according to > > > senior Taiwanese officials > > > and government reports. It also provided financial > > > support, legal under U.S. > > > law, for U.S. think tanks and Washington > > lobbyists, > > > they said. Several > > > people now in senior positions in the Bush > > > administration, as well as former > > > Japanese prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, were > > > beneficiaries, according to > > > the officials and documents. > > > The fund operated from 1994 until 2000 under the > > > National Security Bureau, > > > Taiwan's main intelligence agency, with no > > > legislative oversight. Taiwan's > > > new president, Chen Shui-bian, closed the fund > > > following the disappearance > > > of one of its senior accountants, Col. Liu > > > Kuan-chun, who allegedly > > > embezzled $5.5 million. > > > Liu's whereabouts are not known. But a senior > > > Taiwanese official said he > > > feared Liu fled to China and might still be there, > > > which would provide > > > Chinese intelligence with a potential gold mine of > > > incriminating > > > information. > > > Details about the fund were revealed in secret > > > documents published in Taiwan > > > and Hong Kong in the last two weeks, touching off > > a > > > political crisis in > > > Taiwan. Interviews with current and former > > Taiwanese > > > officials confirmed > > > many of the events detailed in the documents and > > > provided information about > > > additional payments made via the fund. > > > That Taiwan has used money to win friends and > > > influence people has been an > > > open secret for decades. Its lobbying machine is > > one > > > of Washington's > > > slickest, outclassing the less practiced attempts > > by > > > its Communist > > > adversaries from China, who in the 1990s were > > > discovered to have attempted > > > to funnel money to the Democratic Party. Senior > > > officials in Taiwan said > > > they worried that Taiwan has lost its advantage in > > > the struggle for > > > influence now that the documents have been leaked. > > > "People will wonder about > > > our ability to keep things secret," said Bi-khim > > > Hsiao, a formerpresidential > > > adviser and now a legislator. "This has been a > > dark > > > week for Taiwan." > > > The documents and interviews paint the most > > detailed > > > picture yet of a small > > > country -- 23 million inhabitants -- trying to > > > compete against the diplomacy > > > of the People's Republic of China. > > > Taiwan was thrown out of the United Nations in > > 1971 > > > to make way for China; > > > only 28 countries still recognize the island. The > > > United States has had no > > > diplomatic ties with Taiwan for three decades. The > > > fund was established > > > against that background on June 20, 1994, > > Taiwanese > > > sources said, when Lee > > > brought the National Security Bureau under his > > > control after years of > > > operation outside executive branch management. Lee > > > suggested that Ying > > > Tsung-wen, the bureau's chief at the time, keep > > the > > > fund hidden from the > > > legislature, sources said. > > > The fund was divided into seven steering > > committees. > > > One was the Mingde, or > > > Clear Virtue, committee, responsible for ties with > > > the United States and > > > Japan, Taiwan's most important relationships. Su > > > Chi, a former Taiwanese > > > official in charge of relations with China, > > > confirmed the existence of the > > > group and his participation in its activities. > > > Su said the group sought to identify influential > > > Americans and Japanese who > > > would be sympathetic to Taiwan's cause. The group > > > helped formulate Taiwan's > > > policy toward Japan and the United States and > > tried > > > to raise Taiwan's > > > profile there. One former Taiwanese official > > > involved in U.S.-China > > > relations described Taiwan's payments to U.S. > > > academics and former > > > administration officials as "an insurance policy." > > > "We did not generally believe that you could buy > > > Americans," he said. "And > > > we were very clear about the law," which bans > > > contributions to political > > > campaigns from foreign donors. > > > The former official said Taiwan regularly funded > > > research by U.S. academics > > > on Taiwan; backed conferences put on by such think > > > tanks as the American > > > Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation; > > > and cultivated > > > relationships in Congress, sending employees of > > > influential legislators on > > > free trips to Taiwan. It did not, he said, attempt > > > to edit U.S. researchers' > > > work or lean on Americans to reach certain > > > conclusions. And, he said, it > > > tried to maintain good relations with people who > > had > > > been sympathetic to > > > Taiwan while they were in government. > > > "We know there is a revolving door in Washington," > > > he said. "So we follow > > > the careers of people and hope we can cooperate." > > > One of the big successes claimed by the secret > > > fund's administrators was > > > then-President Lee's trip to the United States in > > > 1995, which touched off a > > > rapid deterioration of U.S. ties with China and > > > brought Taiwan, China and > > > the United States to the brink of conflict. > > > Lee's administration cultivated close ties to the > > >=== message truncated === > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! 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