African despots have been waging war against their own people since independence. But the world has refused to listen, obsessed as it were, with its own selfish interests. Of course Jammeh will not hesistate to shoot and kill Gambians when it suits his nefarious designs. He has done so many times before (Nov. 11, 1994; April 10-11, 2000; December 16, 2004; etc) and he will do so again. On the arms scandal, he has just been caught red-handed with his pants down supplying arms to the Casamance rebels and God knows who else. So he is trying to lie his way out by claimng that the arms were meant for internal security. But of course our Senegalese cousins are no fools and we may safely say that we have not heard the last of this issue yet. Thanks for sharing Ansu.
Baba
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:31:23 +0100
Subject: Re: [>-<] Did You Say That To Madicke, Mr. Minister?
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Ansu,
Thanks for sharing. This is indeed a very interesting development.
If this is the case why did Jammeh not divulge this information at the very beginning of the crisis. Why cut relations with Iran if the purpose of the arms shipments was for 'internal security' and was at his own government's request? Which group exactly threatened the security of the state to warrant the procurement such heavy weapons? Was he planning do do a Gadhafi on Gambians, the same man he has just hypocritically called upon to step down?
The more he lies the more his arse is exposed: Reminds me of the Wolof saying: If you take a hyena to burry/cover a hyena, the arse of the last hyena will be bare Talk about affording a fool a long rope...
Batch.
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:46 AM, ansukoroma <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dakar, February 24 (APS) - The Senegalese Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Madicke Niang said today that The Gambia has admitted to have received weapons from Iran for the purposes of maintaining internal security, citing his Gambian counterpart. "My counterpart told me that for its safety, The Gambia had asked Iran in 2005 to equip its internal security forces to fulfill its internal security mission," Mr. Niang said. The Senegalese Foreign Minister gave a press briefing at the end of the Fourth and Open Session of the Advisory Commission of the review of the cooperation between Senegal and The Gambia held Wednesday in Dakar. "Following the request for arms by The Gambia to Iran, weapons had been received (by The Gambia) and were intended for homeland security purposes." The Minister said :"The Iranians have confirmed to have delivered arms to The Gambia." "That is what I was told", he added. "This is a problem that will not be settled by myself nor by the Prime Minister. It will be the president", he said. Senegal has broken off diplomatic relations wirth Iran on Tuesday night after bullets that caused the death of Senegalese soldiers in the Region of Ziquinchor on Sunday were of Iranian origin.
Last November, a shipment containing weapons from Iran were boarded and searched in Nigeria. According to news reports, the weapons were destined for The Gambia and finally into the hands of the MFDC rebels in Casamance Reegion of Senegal. The Gambia has severed its diplomatic relations with Iran after the discovery of the arms shipment in Nigeria.
Agence Press Senegalaise
Translation provided by A. Koroma
Source: www.seneweb.com
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Batch Samba.
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