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Pasamba,

I believe we are giving this thread undeserved attention. In addition 

Mathew is not a member of the L to respond to any queries.  I am 

confident that Suntou recognize folly in forwarding it in the first 

place and would recall it if he could. This is one of those rare moments 

MUNYAL/ SABARR  is called for.



Malanding Jaiteh







pasamba jow wrote:

> Demba,

> Mathew has no credibility and cannot be taken seriously. I just have a 

> few questions for him

> How can a person who was visited by the military brass to offer him a 

> ministerial post stand in the street like a spectator and even run 

> away?Which storey building was this and who is the owner.?What 

> relation does Halifa have with the owner to run into a building?Can he 

> name one Gambian who is still alive as witness?

> I hope he will help us by answering these questions. I remember that 

> day vividly and was in constant contact with Halifa and other PDOIS 

> members. I will await his response.

> Pasamba 

>

> "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence 

> of justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

>

> --- On *Tue, 4/21/09, Demba Baldeh /<[log in to unmask]>/* wrote:

>

>     From: Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]>

>     Subject: Re: Mathew K Jallow's item

>     To: [log in to unmask]

>     Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 3:39 AM

>

>     Did Matthew not know who Halifa was at the time? Ask uncle DA if

>     Matthew did not know who Halifa was. Who would confused Halifa,

>     Sedia and Sam Sarr with anyone else in the Gambia?

>     You know guys credibility is about everything. Without credibility

>     a story and its teller has no validity. Suntu and Matthew are in

>     the same boat "Rebels wihtout a course" looking for attention

>     in anyway they can get it.

>      

>     The mind is a terrible thing to waste and knowledge without common

>     sense is a sad combination. Dr. King once said " If a man cannot

>     find something to die for, then they probably are not worth living" 

>      

>     Thanks

>

>

>      

>     On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:39 PM, yanks dabo <[log in to unmask]

>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

>

>         Suntu

>          

>         I told you Bailo won't be happy with your revelation, but tell

>         him to get lost.

>         What's wrong with Halifa leaving a trail of dust behind him.

>         Only that dim-wit,

>         Muhammed Drammeh, would regard that as cowardice; then you

>         wonder what

>         is wrong with being cowardice after all.

>          

>         James Boswell wrote in the "life of Samuel Johnson", 1971:

>          

>         "/It is thus that mutual cowardice keeps us in peace. /

>         /Were one half of mankind brave and one half cowards, /

>         /the brave would be always beating the cowards. /

>         /Were all brave, they would lead a very uneasy life; /

>         /all would be continually fighting: but being all cowards, /

>         /we go very well". /

>          

>         Therefore, being cowards is not criminal after all for it

>         keeps us in peace.

>         In fact *all mortals are cowards for they fear dead*, simple!

>          

>         Yanks

>          

>          

>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>         Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:03:59 +0000

>         From: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

>

>         Subject: Re: Mathew K Jallow's item

>         To: [log in to unmask]

>         <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

>

>         Suntou wrote: "I don't hate anyone".That cannot be true, you

>         know that and we know that.

>         Suntou also stated: "Trust no politician, the game is SELF."

>         Trust me, the political profession contrary to your

>         understanding is not always about SELF. Sir Edward Francis

>         Small, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Ghandi, Halifa Sallah, Seedia

>         Jatta!

>

>         Look before you leap and think before you write.

>

>         Bailo

>

>

>             i don't hate anyone. It is a political exchange, bringing

>             what may be of interest to some members is not tantamount

>             to hate. Our politics should pass the stage of sensoship

>             and comfort zones. The item produce by Mathew can be

>             challange and it should be challange. Those that mean, all

>             card should be off the table for reconcialiation talks?

>             Halifa trying to safe his life is no crime and it should

>             not be. I will run if that means geting away from the

>             thugs. He is no super-man. You are well aware Karim that,

>             our own labour government is going through a bad patch.

>             The party is under intensive scrutiny for many things, And

>             rightly so. I, like many ordinary folks don't trust

>             politicians, And that will include you Karim, haruna, Dr

>             Jaiteh or whoever enters politics. Trust no politician,

>             the game is SELF.

>

>

>             --- On *Mon, 20/4/09, abdoukarim sanneh

>             /<[log in to unmask]

>             <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>/* wrote:

>

>                 From: abdoukarim sanneh <[log in to unmask]

>                 <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

>                 Subject: Re: Mathew K Jallow's item

>                 To: [log in to unmask]

>                 <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

>                 Date: Monday, 20 April, 2009, 5:10 PM

>

>                 Suntou

>                 To honest I agree with Dr Jaiteh's statement. I don't

>                 know why you hate an individual as it is the problem. 

>                  

>                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>                 Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:59:38 +0000

>                 From: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

>                 Subject: Re: Mathew K Jallow's item

>                 To: [log in to unmask]

>                 <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

>

>                 It is an instruction malanding,

>

>                 --- On *Mon, 20/4/09, Malanding Jaiteh

>                 /<[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>/* wrote:

>

>                     From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]

>                     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

>                     Subject: Re: Mathew K Jallow's item

>                     To: [log in to unmask]

>                     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

>                     Date: Monday, 20 April, 2009, 4:50 PM

>

>                     Suntou, I think you are a very fine man to go this

>                     lane. This is very low. I sincerely hope you will

>                     find time to re-examine you position. Malanding

>                     Jaiteh SUNTOU TOURAY wrote: > Suntou please post

>                     for me on the G-L. Thanks: > It was a warn

>                     Tabo-Koto July mid-morning in 1994. The time was

>                     around 9.30 am . The coup was in progress, but I

>                     did not know it yet. As I headed for the

>                     Latri-Kunda car park for The Daily Observer in

>                     Bakau, I notice something very strange. Everyone

>                     in Tabo-Koto and Fagi-Kunda seemed to be coming

>                     towards my direction and there were no moving

>                     vehicles on the roads. As I walked towards the car

>                     park, I kept asking people I met what was going

>                     on, but no one really knew. Around the Latri-Kunda

>                     market, I saw people I knew and went to them. They

>                     thought a coup was in progress, but were not sure.

>                     I decided to press on to Sere-Kunda. I walked all

>                     the way to Sere-Kunda market as many other people

>                     were also doing. Throughout the trip, military

>                     vehicles were coming and going either towards

>                     Brikama or Banjul . There was a large crowd of

>                     confused citizens around Sere-Kunda market who had

>                     idea what was going on either. Everyone saw what I

>                     saw; soldiers with guns driving ceaselessly up and

>                     down the streets. At the Sere- Kunda police

>                     station, a group of soldiers had surrounded the

>                     station; trapping all the police officers inside.

>                     Outside the station another crowd of curious

>                     onlookers gathered. I elbowed and shouldered my

>                     way through the crowd to a military officer

>                     standing outside the station main door, who liked

>                     like he was the leader of the military contingent

>                     and I asked him what was going on.

>                     "Mr. Jallow, get out of here.� He said. I repeated my question and

>                     he repeated his answer. So I walked back. I was

>                     able to gather pieces of information here and

>                     there and I went to Sweabou Conateh's newspaper

>                     office at the Sere-Kunda market and called the

>                     Observer and the Point to file a report. I think I

>                     was the only reporter out and about gathering news

>                     on that day.

>                     Everyone else from the Observer to the Point and Sweabou’s Gambia News

>                     were holed up in the safety of their offices. In

>                     any case, after three hours, I began to the long

>                     walk back to Fagi Kunda. Around the twin storey

>                     building near where the Brikama Highway branches

>                     into the Banjul and Sere- Kunda roads, I found a

>                     group of about five people standing by the side of

>                     the road talking rather animatedly. The gentleman

>                     in the middle was doing the talking while everyone

>                     else listened. I stopped to listen to what they

>                     were discussing, but within a few minutes, some

>                     military vehicles appeared in the distance around

>                     Bambo Nightclub, racing towards Brikama. As the

>                     military vehicles approached the gas station at

>                     the corner, the man in the center of the group

>                     turned around and without saying a word, bolted

>                     and ran inside the twin storey compound leaving a

>                     trail of dust behind him. I turned and looked at

>                     him disappear hurriedly behind gate of the

>                     compound leaving the other people behind. I could

>                     not believe what I was seeing. The man was none

>                     other than the brave savior, the hero, the

>                     sacrificial lamb. The man was Halifa Sallah. I

>                     turned around and headed for Fagi-Kunda and

>                     towards home. Needless to say, I was very, very

>                     disappointed. > >

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