Well, Dr. Jaiteh, Jammeh himself has definitely gone Nukular. Hope he doesn't take us all along. Baba >From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: To Nuke or not to nuke? >Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:45:28 -0500 > >Kambya going Nukular? That would be something no one can beat! > >Happy MLK day to all. > >Malanding > > > > >President Jammeh Announces Discovery of Uranium, Others >As Carnegie Minerals' Deadline Gets Extended >Monday 21st January 2008 > >President Yahya Jammeh last Friday announced the discovery of Uranium >and four other minerals in the country. The other minerals are >Titanium, Iron, Zirconium, and Silicon. > >Below is the full text of the president's announcement: > >Fellow Gambians, first of all I want to congratulate you on the >occasion of Yowmul Ashura, which is the Islamic New year. I also want >to thank you for the massive show of support and solidarity yesterday >for the first anniversary of major breakthrough. If you remember a few >years ago, when I was announcing the discovery of oil in The Gambia, >at that time I remember telling you Gambians and non-Gambians alike in >this country that Gambia has strategic mineral resources which then I >said I was not going to announce but later on at the right moment we >will tell you what some of the minerals are. Today am very happy to >announce to you that we have discovered proven reserves of titanium in >the Gambia. The Americans call it tai-ta-nium. We also have iron in >the country. We also have zirconium, as well as silicon. But the >biggest discovery is the discovery of uranium in The Gambia. The >presence of uranium in The Gambia. At that time we couldn't make such >announcements, not that because I was not certain about it, but >because before we make such important announcements we have take care >of our security and defence to put in a mechanism that can defend this >country effectively. Not that at that time we couldn't defend our >country as required, but since some of the minerals are of strategic >importance, we are to make sure that we have put in a mechanism that >can defend this country's sovereignty effectively. On this very joyous >moment of Yowmul Ashura and the discovery of these strategic minerals. >I would repeat, TITANIUM, IRON, ZIRCONIUM, SILICON and URANIUM. > >Of course I have more surprises for you later in the year, but I want >to make sure that whatever I pronounce is a reality. As far as we are >concerned, these minerals I have talked about, we are 100 percent >certain that they are in this country and they can be exploited. On >this note I wish you a happy Yowmal Ashura. > >These minerals can be useful; they can also be useless, God forbid. >They can only be useful if we Gambians close ranks and work as >Gambians. Change our attitude, love each other and defend our country >to the last person. Of course we have divergence of political views, >but that should not translate into enmity and hostility > >between us. Gambia will be a great super power as I told you, if we >work together. Not a military super power, that is not a super power. >That is a super bully. I'm talking of a super power of hope for >humanity, super power of love, a country where all people, >irrespective of their race, their religion or origin can live together >in peace as the Almighty Allah wants His creation to live together in >peace. We can achieve that. In fact we are achieving that but we can >go to the sky if we want to if we all change our attitude and work for >the interest of our country, for our own interest. > >When these minerals are exploited, you cannot imagine the number of >youth that are going to be employed, but you the youth of these >country who will be the primary beneficiaries of all these discoveries >must change your attitude, must look inwards and not outwards. There >is no country where you can earn money easily without working. Even >stealing is working because you end up going to jail where you work >harder for nothing. Let us love one another, let us respect our >country, live and die for our country. I wish you all the best. > >In a separate but related development, the Office of the President >also extended the deadline for Carnegie Minerals to explain their >operations in The Gambia to today, 21st January by 1400hrs. The >release explained that the concerned company has already been duly >notified and that the consequences of their failure to comply would >include the cancellation of their mining license, in addition to "more >stringent measures." > >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. 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