Hello, have a nice day!! >From: Hamadi Banna <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Guinea-Bissau threatens to invade Gambia >Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:32:39 +0000 > >It seems even in The Gambia, rumors of a Bissau invasion are rife >following >the rather irresponsible comments made by President Kumba Yala. > >While it may be speculative to pass any judgement on the allegations >of The >Gambia's involvement in any coup attempt in Guinea Bissau, President >Kumba >Yala's state of mind has been the subject of discussion in Bissau >for quite >some time now. > >Mr.Yala's apparent paranoia has in the past resulted in the firing >en masse >of judges and other state employees and the consistent accusations >of coup >plots against him. > >According to reports he is suffering form dementia or other forms of >delusions, which presently risks paralysing the Bissau government. > >In the late 60s and early 70s the rebel forces of Amilcar Cabral >managed to >slip into Gambian territory on a couple of occasions to retrieve >goods and >arms from traders who were profiting from the conflict. > >Whatever the truth may be, the APRC government would need to respond >to the >accusations in order to ally the fears of the general public. The >APRC >government would not want to be in the bad books of both Senegal and >Guinea >Bissau; that would be putting it between a rock and hard place. > >Hamadi. > > > > >>From: Yankuba Njie <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Guinea-Bissau threatens to invade Gambia >>Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:36:19 -0500 >> >>Guinea-Bissau threatens to invade Gambia following alleged coup >>attempt >>Wed Jun 12,12:17 PM ET (Associated Press) >> >>LISBON, Portugal - Opposition leaders in Guinea-Bissau charged >>Wednesday >>that President Kumba Yala was mentally unstable after he threatened >>to >>invade Gambia because the west African country allegedly supported >>a >>military coup against him, reports said. >> >> >>Yala had accused Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Tuesday of >>plotting the >>coup, claiming Guinea-Bissau's security forces foiled the attempt >>last >>month, the Portuguese national news agency Lusa reported. >> >>Helder Vaz Lopes, leader of Guinea-Bissau Resistance party, called >>Yala's >>threat to "crush" Gambia an "obsession" because it was "the second >>time in >>24 hours he has threatened to invade Gambia," Lusa reported. >> >>"Only the president's state of mental health could explain his >>attitude," >>Lusa quoted her as saying. >> >>Francisco Benante, head of the African Party for the Independence >>of >>Guinea- >>Bissau and Cape Verde, also condemned the threat as "not the >>attitude of a >>statesman," Lusa reported. >> >>Guinea-Bissau does not have a common border with Gambia. Any >>invasion would >>require troops to traverse 100 kilometers (60 miles) of neighboring >>Senegal. >> >>Officials of the governments of Gambia and Guinea-Bissau were not >>available >>for comment. >> >>The events have further undermined stability in the impoverished >>former >>Portuguese colony of about 1.1 million people, which is struggling >>to >>recover from a devastating 1998 rebellion. >> >>Opposition politicians and international human rights groups have >>denounced >>the government for alleged heavy-handed treatment of opponents, >>including >>arrests of senior judges and journalists >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >>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] >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~