*The Gambian diplomat fires back in a terse reaction.* By AllGambian.net ------------------------------ June 2, 2006 *"For god's sake, we are out of the cold war era, and I am not a Russian trained 'diplomat' to be knowledgeable or engaged in the kind of act Pa N'derry is claiming." That statement was made by Ambassador Dudu Bammy Jagne, the Gambian Ambassador to the US, in a terse reaction to journalist Pa Nderry Mbai's allegations against him and his staff.* AllGambian.net in attempt to interview H.E. Dudu Bammy Jagne, to get his reaction following allegations leveled against his mission by Mr. Pa Nderry Mbai of the Freedom Newspaper that it was behind a deadly plot to take his life and also the hacking of his website, Ambassador Jagne who politely declined to respond to our email questionnaire as he put "to refrain from giving a formal reply due to the seriousness of the allegations and attendant consequences" however, gave the following personal response: "Thank you for giving me the opportunity to react to the story carried by Freedom Newspaper. I did promise to reply to your questions but, giving the seriousness of the allegations and its attendant consequences, I beg to Refrain from giving a formal reply to your pertinent questions. However, permit me to say the following, without prejudice: I do not know Pa N'derry Mbai, his origins or his associates. I have come to learn of the 'hacking from his website. I came to know of the publication by observer, after the fact. I also know that there are Gambians who are at this moment, taking issue with Pa N'derry for having 'registered their names as members of his web. I know for a fact, after receiving complaints from those affected that they disclaim membership of his web. They are of the strong belief that they were trapped when they were asked to register before being able to access the site. Evidence in substantiation is available but withheld. Having read articles written by Pa N'derry, my opinion of him is that he is of a puerile mentality and possibly, being remote controlled. (This is my opinion). For god's sake, we are out of the cold war era, and I am not a Russian trained 'diplomat' to be knowledgeable or engaged in the kind of act Pa N'derry is claiming. As for me as a person, those who know me, I believe can speak their minds about me. As I say, this matter may become subjudice, therefore I cannot at this stage, be more elaborate in giving a response. I make no attempt also to convince the public, they are free and of an independent mind to make an informed judgement. Let me stop here for now by saying that Pa N'derry owes me and the Gambia Embassy an apology. I believe he also owes his readership, government and all Gambians an apology. He has already done too much damage to the Gambian character and pride. A true professional is able to discern the trees from the forest: Not so with Pa N'derry. For him, every one is expendable, even in the majority of instances when he doesn't get his facts right. For me, there are two types of journalists; the true professional whose first duty of care is to inform and thereby educate the public, this includes researching, probing, verifying and even investigating stories before they are published. The second type is the one who feigns professionalism and will use any and every trick including blackmail, to tell a story. There is a truism that a fool, who doesn't know that he is a fool, is a double fool. Mr. Pa N'derry may belong to this latter class. The embassy is open to the public and especially to Gambians in the US. We would welcome visits by any one who genuinely want to know who we are and what we do. We can be demystified, too. Thank you again for your concern. " いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい