Jabou, thanks for your concern. I got wind about this case last night and I only spoke to one person thus far, Max. I understand from Max that Abdoulie Swareh flew to Kentucky from D.C. to meet the families/community and I presume what Max communicated to me was the arrangement/agreement they arrived at. Yes, anything is possible, however, I don't know how they arrived at those numbers. I will keep you'll posted as I receive more information. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Gambians in Lexington detained by the INS >Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:20:16 EST > >In a message dated 12/10/2002 1:10:00 PM Central Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > > > > We are currently working with a Gambian attorney Abdoulie Suwareh, who > > >want's $3000 upfront for his incidental expenses to prosecute the case >and > > >$3000 per person for his fees. > > >Joe, > >Can we appeal to Mr Suwareh to donate his time and perhaps just take >something to cover his expenses? Just a thought because the reality is that >$3,000 per person is quite a stiff fee for people who are mainly students >or >who have jobs that do not allow them to have such a cash reserve in an >emergency. > >Jabou Joh > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~