Hey,
Thanks I will settle down, have a good night
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Settle down cos.
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> Haruna.
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> From: Fankung Fankung Jammeh <[log in to unmask]>
> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 7:17 pm
> Subject: Re: Foroyaa News: Talks on Opposition Unity Between Sidia and
> Darboe
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> Hey,
> What are you talking about? madness from who? Please be serious...
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> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Cousin Sankanu, a small world. 6 degrees of separation. If Fankung is
>> indeed the C. Omar Kebbeh you allude to, then he is my cousin. And he will
>> understand why. And if he is my cousin, I share with you that there is no
>> fear that Fankung is with Yahya. Its all stagecraft and I am confident
>> there's method to his apparent madness. So I'm not worried and I don't think
>> you should be either.
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>> I do want to mention that I am enormously proud of you Cousin Sankanu. You
>> and I share a lot in common.
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>> May the good Lord continue to bless and keep you among us.
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>> Haruna. I want uncle Sountou to know that there's method to the erstwhile
>> madnesses of my cousins. Princes both. I will explain why later. After the
>> 2011 vote in Gambia. Maybe even before that. I happen to have had a good
>> dream about Gambia.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bubacarr Sankanu <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 4:15 pm
>> Subject: Re: Foroyaa News: Talks on Opposition Unity Between Sidia and
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>> Is this Cherno Omar Kebbeh my former mate at NUSRAT and colleague at The Point
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