Mr.Minteh, Welcome to our G-L ! Thanks a million, for enlightening us about the Nov.11th. massacre. Keep them coming! Elhadj. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Binneh s Minteh" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:04 PM Subject: I WILL NEVER FORGET NOVEMBER 11TH 1994 > Life is tragical rather than a comical thing that moments of gaities > are interludes and not part of the actual drama. Life is an illussion and > realities are just simple figments of our imaginations.November 11th 1994 > is one of those realities in the Gambia. Gambians have since then being > wondering what happened on that very day and why that happen. Again the > whole country is still wondering about who died and how they died.As an > former lieutenant in the Gambian Army, stationed in the Fajara Barracks and > as the former assistant Battallion commander incharge of the Fajara > barracks then,i would like to tell all about Friday November 11th 1994. > It happen on a friday night at around 6.00pm when the AFPRC started > rounding up officers and men at the Yundum army barracks for what they > > called coup plotters. At Yundum barracks the following officers who where > on alert or standby then were arrested. > 1.LT Bassiru Barrow > 2.LT LAMIN JARJU > 3.SLT BUBA JAMMEH > 4.SLT MOMODOU LAMIN DARBOE > 5.SLT ALIEU BAH > 6.SLT L. F. JAMMEH > 6.SLT MOMODOU MANNEH > 7.cadet Sillah > 8.LT SAYE WAS ARRESTED AT HIS HOUSE IN SERREKUNDA WHEN HE WENT TO > VISIT HIS FAMILY. > To my understanding they were then taken to an undisclosed location by Sana > Sabally, edward singhateh and sadibu hydara. Rumours of the arrestation > reached me when i was on alert or stanby too at the Fajara barracks, > together with some officers and men.After july 22nd 1994, the AFPRC > required all officers and men to be on constant alert or standby.(This is > for those who may be asking why we were on alert or standby).As the officer > incharge of the Fajara barracks then,i the > n caution my adjutant then lT > ABDOULIE FAAL(DOT) to find out what was going on. He then insisted that he > will have to go to Yundum Barracks to make sure that everything was fine. > LT FAAL was also picked up upon arrival at the Yundum Barracks. After not > hearing from LT FAAL for a few hrs, i began questioning myself as to what > was going on. Later on i got i phone call from Yundum Barracks that i > should go over there. This was by an APRC council member. I became > skeptical and decided that i will not go.A few minutes later i got a call > from a very loyal soldier that i should not come and that all the officers > and other senior ranks were arrested and infact one was already executed > who was said to be Lt Bassiru Barrow. > A half an hour later,fajara barrakcs came under attack,and there was a > gun battle until the early hours of the morning. I was lucky to escape and > interstingly enough i was in the country for a whole week befo > re i finally > left the country for senegal.I got all this facts whiles there unsuccesful > massive hunt for me was on.Loyal troops feed me with information and helped > me get to senegal. > In senegal i was treated in accordance with Geneva convention > regulation governing refugees.I would like to thank the senegalese > authorities for all their assistance as that is a clear manifestation of > their respect for international law and human rights in particular. > I want all Gambians to know that the AFPRC under Yaya Jammeh infact > summarily executed most of this officers mentioned above and an unknown > number of ordinary rank and files and non -commission officers. They > alledgedly accused us of trying to overthrow them which was a lie. It was a > strategy they used to eliminate influencial officers and men who they think > pose a treat to them.Below is a summary of the the executions. > > YUNDUM BARRACKS EXECUTIONS FAJARA BARRACKS EXE > CUTIONS > - LT Bassiru Barrow - LT ABDOULAYE FAAL KNOWN AS DOT FAAL > - LT SEYE - CADET SILLAH > - SLT BUBA JAMMEH - SO MANY OTHER RANK AND FILES > - SLT MOMODOU MANNEH > - SLT MOMODOU LAMIN DARBOE > - ONE WARRANT OFFICER > > THE FOLLOWING THREE OFFICERS ESCAPED AT THE EXECUTION GROUNDS IN YUNDUM > LT LAMIN JARJU. > SLT L. F. JAMMEH > SLT A. BAH > Mass graves can be found in the fajara barracks and the Yundum army barrack. > May the souls of all victims of the November 11th 1994 rest in perfect > peace.Fellow Gambians,in conclusion, i just want to say that in our > continuous effort to solve the Gambian situation, let us continue praying > and God will help us all.The evil that men do lives after them and as we > can tell things are already falling apart and everything is just > unravelling gradually. I was there > on November 11th and this are facts. I > will neve forget November 11th 1994. > MAY GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > > 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 Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~