Ha ha ha...everything went just fine except the last line. It should have read: Let us relegate it to the past. Thank you all, and excuse me for troubling your week-end. Sidibeh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Momodou S Sidibeh" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 7:30 PM Subject: Re: A Double Agent > Saiks, Momodou Camara, > > I just think it is a huge waste to see both of you trying to reassure us > that Joe Sambou is not a double agent, partly on the bases of your knowledge > of people he hung out with in the past. Both of you, while living in a > revolutionary Samsara, "slept" for years with people just to witness them > eventually turn into President Jammeh's choir boys. So membership in an old > flock provides no certainty as to the anatomy of one's future congregation. > It just makes the transition more sensational. > > So we do know that Joe Sambou is a double agent? Of course we don't. Should > we care whether or not he is? My opinion is an emphatic NO, at this point in > time. At this stage of the Gambian struggle, there will be various kinds of > alignments, collaborations, tactical and strategic alliances; people > shifting towards ideological locations that best suit their motivations and > that best serve their interests. These movements, trajectories of individual > political lives, may be recognisable in debate fora like the Gambia-L, but > are better observed in the field of concrete practice; away from these > computer keyboads, as Joe Sambou himself aptly put it. But even out there, > guarantees are not available. > You can only test the sincerity of others on account of social practice as > dictated by a collectively accepted program drawn towards some specified > end. And from what I have seen so far, Joe Sambou definitely belongs in a > line of compatriots whose services the Gambian struggle urgently needs. But > so does Jabou Joh, Jassey-Conteh, El Hajj Tapha Fye and others you may think > of. Joe's integrity must be defended. But so must the integrity of those who > made the allegations, even if we must admit that their making such an > allegation was wrong. All of them are intelligent, serious, and mean well > for progressive change in Gambia. > > All of us are making contributions in our different ways for a better > Gambia; but because we believe in different methods, and varying tactics, > once in a while we will discover weakneses in each another's positions and > we may point fingers and level accusations. But if those "administrative" > matters are allowed to take center stage in the struggle, we will dedicate > less energy towards the common goal - just like the different political > parties at home and the Coalition that is yet to be. > > Continuing to harp on this issue invests it with a life it does not deserve. > Let us relegate it the past. > > Sidibeh > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "samateh saikou" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:26 AM > Subject: Re: A Double Agent > > > > Mo, > > You can count on my support here,I don't believe that Joe is a double > > agent.I have known Joe for many years now ,he was never into politics,I > have > > no doubts that it is the unbearable present situation of our country that > > forced people like him to make a choice and I respect him for that.I have > > known him to be a decent brother,his very close friend has been my close > > childhood friend > > I am of the believed that if Joe is APRC he would have stand to defend > that > > and not otherwise.I hope that Conteh and Joe solve this problem with > better > > understanding of each other. > > > > For Freedom > > Saiks > > > > >From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]> > > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > > ><[log in to unmask]> > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: Re: A Double Agent > > >Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 14:42:25 -0500 > > > > > >Conteh, > > >You are right that I simply believe that Joe is not a double agent. I > have > > >no proof and I hope everyone agrees that Gambia-L is not a court room > where > > >we will sit around to wait for evidence. Has it occured to you that those > > >whose inforamtion you trust may themselves be disinformation agents? > > >Could this source of yours within the APRC not be someone trying to split > > >the opposition by spreading suspicion among opponents of the regime? > > > > > >For God´s sake what are we going to do with telephone records? > > >I am not returning to an old issue. You are the one who brought it up > again > > >yesterday and that is very immature, to say the least. This is an issue > we > > >have to get rid of forthwith. > > > > > >That does not mean that I condone Joe´s insults. It is equally immature > for > > >him to continue doing that. All of us in the Management Team wish that > this > > >never happened, because it is such a waste. But be assured that we will > > >come to a conclusion very soon. > > > > > >Momodou Camara > > >"It is much easier to split an atom than a prejudice" Albert Einstein > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >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 > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger > > http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~