Gambia-L: I am sending the e-mail below unedited. It came from one of my sources in the Gambia. Ebrima Ceesay ___________________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Cheyassin, Talibo Sanneh & remnants of Kukoi "boys". >Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:57:23 GMT > >Ebrima, > >KB: Unfortunately, your request for the court's judgement cannot be >provided right now. We will have to make do with the "spin" that the >Observer will put on it for now, at least. I solicit your understanding. I >cannot afford, at this stage of the struggle, to keep poking my nose on >everything. Whenever, I lay my hands on, it is through friends and >collaborators; I will make it available to the L probably over the weekend. >Saul: The network has a book on Simon Talibo Sanneh. I do appreciate >however the additional information on this character. He has been the tool >of Cheyassin and the Kukoi gang since 1978. As you rightly said, because of >his low level of intelligence, he is an easy prey to the likes of Cheyassin >and the so-called "intellectuals" of the Kukoi group to which he belongs to >this day. >Amadu Kabir: I remember Ebou Colley rightfully complaining sometime back, >about the lack of follow-up on some of the vital information being >disseminated on the L. Your recollection of your days in Libya with the >Kukoi boys and the relations between Baba Jobe and Charles Taylor show that >there are some on the L and in The Gambia who are putting the pieces of the >puzzle together. I was the one who recounted the story about Baba Jobe and >Charles Taylor at Banjul International Airport. This was to show that even >Yahya doesn't understand the complex nature of the network of >subversive/terrorist elements operating within the Gambia. Yahya did not >know the close relationship between Baba Jobe and Charles Taylor until that >day; the same Baba Jobe that Yaya entrusts with the power of governing the >Gambia. Baba Jobe and Charles Taylor are closer than any one can imagine. >Baba acts as a conduit for Charles at times. Simon Talibo, Cheyassin Secka >are in the thick of it. >Blaise Campaore, the Burkinabe President, is their godfather. As the entire >world is now aware, Burkina Faso and Togo have been listed as active >participants in the arms, diamond and terrorist trafficking in the Region >and Angola. Before arms are exported, the requirement is that the >"purchaser" must be clearly identified, including the final destination of >the shipment and an "end-user certicifate" issued. Blaise signs those >certificates to indicate that the arms are destined for his country which >is, of course, false. They end up in Liberia and Sierra Loene and some to >Banjul. Baba Jobe, Simon Talibo and Cheyassin, together with lesser known >figures or what I refer to as the "remnants of the Kukoi boys" act as mutes >for these arms. So, Ebrima, tell Talibo Sanneh's relative that his cousin's >(or whatever) frequent trips, which are now facilitated by Cheyassin >providing him with a brand new van, are not for the sole purpose of seeking >"marabouts" but to traffic in arms in furtherance of their aim to sieze >power in The Gambia. Some food for thought for Yahya. >This brings me to a question asked a while back by, I think, Habib Ghanim: >Where is Kukoi? He is around. He is between Monrovia, Ouagadougou and >Tripoli. He tried in 1994/95, and again in 1998, to make "peace" with Yahya >Jammeh but when he was rebuffed by Yahya, he directed his "boys" to attack >Farrafeni barracks in 1996. Some of his boys are still with Charles Taylor >acting as body guards. As Kabir said, Charles Taylor did not trust his own >people; so he made a deal with Kukoi to have Gambians to guard him in >return for his assistance in seizing power in The Gambia. Kukoi's boys are >with him to this day. I have both their real names and nom-de-guerre. They >frequent Burkina Faso during their R&R. >I agree fully with Kabir that these elements must be exposed for what they >are if they are to be neutralised. Otherwise, the political situation in >The Gambia would become increasingly dangerous. >Lastly, Hamadi's concern about these elements infiltrating and mingling >with the Gambian population is genuine. Unfortunately, it has become >reality. One sees elements of the MFDC and the other factions of the rebel >group in the Department of Foreign Affairs, milling around; having access >to files and other information that even Gambians working there do not have >access to. Some of the paramilitary that massacred innocent Gambian school >children were foreigners from the Cassamance region and Guinea-Bissau. So >the Gambian people, especially the opposition, must deal not only with >Yahya and his rogues but also the rebel elements from the Baba >Jobe/Cheyassin/Kukoi group in addition to the rebels from the Cassamance - >all with different agendas. THE LONGER YAHYA STAYS IN POWER, THE MORE >DIFFICULT IT WOULD BE TO DISLODGE THESE CRIMINALS FROM OUR BELOVED COUNTRY: >THE GAMBIA. I find solace, however, in the fact that the International >Community, particularly the American and British intelligence, are hot on >their trail and they may soon declare The Gambia a TERRORIST STATE. Baba >Jobe is aware of it and that is the main reason why he convened a press >conference which was attended by the British High Commissioner's deputy. >Read his Observer interview carefully. He dwelled more on terrorism than on >the Basse incident. > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------