In a message dated 1/17/03 10:42:40 AM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > At the time of his arrest, competent sources > had alluded that Mawla's identity and location was given away by an unknown > individual who informed the US intelligence about alleged plans by the > Lebanese to assassinate the US Ambassador in The Gambia. Sources said the > informer had claimed that the would-be assassin was staying opposite the > residential compound of the US Ambassador, a reference to the Francisco > Hotel where Mawla was arrested just after the Friday prayers (3pm). He > reportedly gave US intelligence the suspect's room number after which the > CIA sent a fax to the NIA chronicling details answering to Mawla's > description. According to sources this was enough reason for the NIA to act > and prevent what was feared as a dangerous attempt on the US Ambassador's > life. Mawla himself confirmed that he is a diamond agent and sources went > further to claim that he recently sold diamonds in Dubai and was expecting > a commission of $800, 000, which never reached him. By the benefit of > hindsight, sources believe that Mawla's Dubai contact had deliberately set > him up to get him out of the way. > > If teh above is true and the CIA & FBI acted on this tip to prompt the NIA to respond, then I owe an apology to the Jammeh Regime for alluding that they were up to their tricks again for personal gain in this incident. I guess ubfortunately,some people are using this war on terrorism for their own personal agenda. What an unfortunate experience for thsi poor man. 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~