Ditto Sigga. I feel you. Don't despair. stay tuned for private
communication!!!


>From: Sigga jagne <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: SUFFERING IN SILENCE :  THE EVERY DAY TRIALS OF THE WOUNDED
>       VICTIMS OF APRIL 10 AND 11
>Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:39:34 -0700
>
>SUFFERING IN SILENCE :  THE EVERY DAY TRIALS OF THE
>WOUNDED VICTIMS OF APRIL 10 AND 11
>
>(See the attachment for the boys'story)
>
>My tears are flowing as I write this, but I press on
>as I have vowed to be the voice of these three brave
>Gambian boys, three boys who are being constantly
>dragged through hell everyday, since their woundings
>during the student demonstrations of April 10.  Tears
>always roll down by eyes when I express to them time
>and again, my outrage at what happened to them and at
>how they have been left to suffer daily.  But to my
>statements, they merely reply that I should just have
>faith in God and that everything happens for a reason.
>  They tell me not to worry and that it will be O.K.  I
>marvel at their brevity and their strength.  And I ask
>myself how they can be so strong in the face of so
>much suffering in their lives and in the face of the
>fact that their young lives have been basically at a
>standstill since they were shot on April 10.  But I
>tell myself not to be misled by their young ages.  For
>these are the same boys who on April 10, faced live
>bullets, ready to lay their lives down in the name of
>justice.  And that itself, is an ultimate proof of the
>strength of their characters.  But I cannot help, but
>question the very statements that they use to cheer me
>up.  For what has believing in God got to do with
>their shooting and the killing of their colleagues on
>April 10 and 11?  Or for that matter what has it got
>to do with the events that led to it - the murder of
>Ebrima Barry and the rape of Binta Manneh?  Or better
>put, should my believing in God not be the very reason
>that I should call out for justice on their behalf and
>on behalf of all April 10 and 11 victims?  And to
>their statement that everything happens for a reason,
>I wonder for what possibly logical reason can the
>killing, maiming, and prolonged suffering of children
>occur?  And there is every reason to worry.  For as
>you will see from this story, the lives of these boys
>are not only changed forever, but may be at risk due
>to lack of proper medical care.  So it is for this
>reason, that I have chosen to tell their story.  And
>even though I have been warned on numerous times by my
>family, friends, and well-wishers to be careful and
>beware that the NIA had actually inquired as to who I
>am due to my postings on the "L", I have decided to be
>the voice of the silent sufferers.
>
>
>=====
>"NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION"
>
>                        ALSO
>
>"NOTHING IS UNACHIEVABLE, THE ONLY QUESTION IS, WHETHER ONE IS WILLING TO
>DO WHAT IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE WHAT IS DESIRED"
>
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><< SUFFERINGINSILENCE.doc >>

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