Buharry, yes, the stakes are getting higher.  When a murderer is cornered,
he is going to intimidate, harass, arrest, and murder, if the people let
him.  Thus, Gambians should know that in the history of dictatorships, none
has been gotten rid of through wishing away, or endless prayers.  Africans
by now have abundant examples that it is through our sweat, blood, and
resolve did we end physical colonization in our continent.  That is how
South Africa liberated themselves, same as Zimbabwe, Zaire and many
countries in our 52 states on the African continent.  How will that be
different for Gambia?  We will never liberate ourselves from tyranny by
wishing and praying to eternity.  So, like you, Gambians should demand their
immediate release.  That is not going to happen by appealing to Yaya, or
filing this and that paper in the courts, or lodging a complaint to the
British Embassy or the American Embassy.  Gambians must take matters in
their own hands.  So, I see this situation as an opportunity for Gambians to
break the fear that shackled them for the past eleven years.

To the NADD leadership, this is a wake up call to the reality that you are
dealing with a blood thirsty and desperate criminal and you underestimate
his vision to wipe you out to your own detriment.  This is not time for you
to take six weeks to utter your first words.  Gambians are looking to you
for leadership and you are expected to do what the situation demands - Call
up a press conference today and demand their immediate release and at the
same time mobilize your supporters to back that demand.  The underestimation
of Yaya must end today.  Civil disobedience is an extension of diplomacy and
playing the nice guy or treating Yaya with respect is not going to yield you
nothing but more brutality.  Thus, Gambians do not want to hear you to tell
them to go slow or the ball is in Yaya's court.  Wake up, this is a trial
run for more things to come, so you better revise your game plan.  Most
Gambians anticipated this action and have been telling you'll to be ready.

For folks in the diaspora, this is an opportunity to channel our disgust to
create a stronger force.  If you have been active, please continue with your
intensity.  If you have be passive/inactive, this is the time to break that
yolk and join any movement to dismantle the monster.  If you have not been
supporting NADD financially, this is an opportunity to start helping them
fund the fight.  There are thousands on-line and if each person contributes
$100 to a NADD fund, that would be tremendous help to the struggle.
However, we cannot talk here and demand the sky from NADD and when they need
our help, we fold our hands and find better things to do.  Each of us must
look within and ask themselves whether we have been fair to our country and
people.  We have a lot of Gambian doctors, lawyers, scientists, accountants,
professors, bankers, room service people, students, etc.  None should be too
good to help their country.  Folks, we can be as successful as we want to
be, but if you loose your country and people, you have nothing to live for.
All we ask is for you to contribute financially in the liberation of your
country.  Contrary to the dominant opinion that most Gambians are not
on-line, most of the people listed are on line, we just don't hear them.
That is the power we have in our hands if we only use it.  If you do not
want your ID known, you can send your money in many ways and your privacy
will be secured.  So, let us see this occasion as an opportunity for mass
action.

From here on out, there will be a lot of activity by Gambians both at home
and abroad.  The greatest weapon against any dictator or tyrant is mass
action.  Be prepared to join your fellow Gambians on the ground for mass
action.  Diasporans should be ready to converge in Washington DC, New York,
and various cities to protest these arrests.  If you cannot make it outside
your area organize and protest in your own communities.  This is a time for
sacrifice.  Those on the ground are doing that every day they wake up, so we
cannot hide behind our jobs or other excuses to not participate.  Our
brothers in the EU and environs are going to do the same, so please join
them in their efforts.

To those folks that supported the APRC or are "neutral" and are appalled but
this action by Yaya, this is a time for you to really evaluate what you are
supporting or are neutral about.  Are you going to wait until there is
general mayhem for you to be convinced that Yaya is bad news for Gambia?  If
you do, that would be a real tragedy.  You know deep down that this and
other mass arrests and murders by Yaya are wrong, what would it take for you
to say no to tyranny and join others to stop the madness that is Yaya?  Your
support is what is helping him kill folks and this savage behavior.

To the NIA and the Security Forces, there comes a time that you must decide
to whom you are loyal to.  You must either choose to assist Yaya to abuse
Gambians, or to be loyal to the citizens that pay your salaries.  Your
numbers cannot withstand the force of the masses so not even your weapons
can protect you from a mass rage.  The other side to this equation is that
Gambian citizens at some point are going to take matters in their own hands
to deal with some of you, and that time is fast approaching.  Gambia is a
small country and we all know each other.  We know some of you that are
doing the bidding for Yaya and we are fed up with your behavior and are
going to even the score, either on your person or someone close to you.  You
can bank that the citizens of Gambia are not going to allow you to continue
to arrest, intimidate, or murder them.  There are those of you that are
equally abused by this regime.  You should be on the side of the people.

To the "elders" and "religious leaders", please take stock.  You have aided
and abetted this monster for a decade plus and you got to change your ways.
Stop the begging for trinkets and be true to your calling.  Speak the truth
when the situation demands it.  If you are an Imam, Reverend, Pastor, etc.,
you are morally obligated to denounce Yaya's behavior in your Mosques,
Churches, and other places of worship.  You must tell your congregations
that they do not deserve this treatment from Yaya.  A couple of weeks ago,
you'll lined up in front of Yaya, hat in hand, under the guise of a courtesy
visit.  Let us not kid ourselves.  This may have been customary practice
dating back to decades ago, but its usefulness has long expired and if it
were a consumable, it would have been banned and labeled unfit for human
consumption.  We all know that even during the time of Jawara, you'll never
went there to exchange ideas about the health of the nation and offer
suggestions.  Instead, the trip is an opportunity to line your pockets and
there have been fights amongst yourselves as to who should be or not be in
the delegation.  So, having cursed out by Yaya and threatened with arrests
the next time around, and the promise to kill the opposition, you can redeem
your integrity and form that same delegation to tell your benefactor that he
needs to release these people immediately.  Your support is what is helping
him to continue to abuse Gambians.  How can you look at your congregation in
the eye, knowing that you do not count when it is time to stand for the
truth?  Thus, it is time for the adults and senior citizens and religious
leaders of our country to walk their call.  Stop aiding and abetting wrong.

This is a time for Gambians to take action, not prayer or wishing our
problems away, for it will never happen.  I hope we will not see a recur of
prior events like the April massacre, the murder do Deyda, etc., where we
were hot for a moment and cold the rest of the time.  Right here on-line, we
can easily raise $10,000.  Just last night, a few of your fellow countrymen
and women and friends of Gambia raise $3,000 in one sitting.  I am
therefore, challenging each and everyone out there is wants change in the
Gambia to send there $100 to Sigga Jagne or the STGDP on behalf of NADD.
This is not money that is going to the STGDP account, but will be collected
and sent to NADD, ASAP for the fight ahead.  Representatives from various
organizations in the US that support NADD were present and they were the
ones that raised the $3,000 mentioned above.  We are talking about 30
people.  Just imagine what our collective power online can do.  I hope folks
would not read this mail and brush it aside, for if you do, you can bank
that others may do just like you, which unfortunately most of us have been
doing.  This fight is our to win, but we must do what the situation demands
to take victory.  You are the hope of Gambia, so step up and be counted.

Chi Jaama

Joe


>From: "Momodou Buharry Gassama" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: "The Gambia and related-issues mailing list"
><[log in to unmask]>,   <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: [>-<] Opposition Leaders Arrested by Yahya Jammeh
>Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:19:42 +0100
>
>[ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering by "Momodou Buharry
>Gassama" <[log in to unmask]> ]
>
>
>Hi!
>    This is a very serious and disturbing development. As the 2006
>elections approach, the stage is being set for the creation of a state of
>insecurity. The result may be a state of emergency, the cancellation or
>postponement of the elections and the thwarting of the democratic
>aspirations of the Gambian people. The arrest of the NADD leadership should
>be condemned by all Gambians and friends of the country. Trying to blame
>NADD for the problems between Gambia and Senegal is beyond reason. I
>therefore demand in the strongest possible manner that they be released. To
>the security personnel coming into direct contact with them, I urge you not
>to engage in any acts that violate their human and constitutional rights.
>To Halifa, O.J. and Hamat, my thoughts are with you. I pray that sanity
>returns to our country before we follow the path of our West African
>neighbours into the abyss. Thanks and have a good night.
>
>
>
>Buharry.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Sambou" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [>-<] Opposition Leaders Arrested by Yahya Jammeh
>
>
>>Guys, thanks for this alert.  Folks, the show is about to start and I hope
>>that Gambians will take note of what time it is.  The liar is trying to
>>preempt NADD from exposing him with the lies he ascribed to Wade.  NADD
>>must
>>proceed with their game plan for him to cough up the evidence or be
>>exposed
>>and called the liar he is.  Let him be mistaken and even scratch any one
>>of
>>them, and our promise to him will be fulfilled.  The NIA and security
>>forces
>>are also warned in advance for what ever their role is in this.  Thanks
>>for
>>the alert and please keep us posted on any further developments.
>>
>>Chi Jaama
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>
>>>From: Movement for Democracy and Development <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>>>To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: [>-<] Opposition Leaders Arrested by Yahya Jammeh
>>>Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:33:41 -0800 (PST)
>>>
>>>It just came to our notice that, Yahya Jammeh mede good of his promises
>>>to
>>>deal with the Opposition. OJ Jallow and Hamat Bah were picked up and
>>>detained, while Jammeh's Radio and TV had been announcing that: halifa
>>>Sallah is a wanted man and should report to the nearest police station
>>>ASAP. Futhermore, anyone harboring Halifa is committing a serious crime.
>>>Details to follow.
>>>
>>>
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