Dr.Saine, I must first express my relief for the long anticipated report to present your views, observation and recommendations regarding the situation in the Gambia during your visit. What can I say? You have clearly reported what you saw , and yet able to apply a well balanced observation and in short called "A SPADE, A SPADE". If reports like these continue to come to the Gambia-L, it is no doubt that the SILENT MAJORITY whose only interest is to read objective pieces will find a reason to log on and hopefully continue to get informative postings regarding the political situation in the Gambia. Once again, thanks for a clearly presented piece without any BIAS. Best Regards, Ablie Njie-Lekbi _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~