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Hi Victor Notworthy,

I am so done with this. Next subject.



Quoting Victor Narwortey <[log in to unmask]>:

> So  you don't need to anger Ghana and Ghanaian to fulfill your   
> ulterior motives.
>  listen! Mr Jallow !!! There is only one person that "sucks" here   
> and it's you.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 10, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Mathew Jallow   
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> What kind of ? is this? I am darn proud of whatI am born into. I am   
> just disgusted the culture we have embraced and seem unable or   
> unwilling to change.
> It is not that we have not attempted to dislodge Jammeh, we have,   
> five times and they have all failed. That is not stopping us from   
> trying; and we still are. It will happen; believe me; with or   
> without outside help.
>
>
>
> Quoting Victor Narwortey <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> Herr ! Mr Jallow,
> There are no men in the Gambia? Why do you want Ghana to topple your  
>   president for you? Like I said before, you are the problem you are  
>   talking about, and the solution you are looking for. It's in  
> between   your legs, get some ball and act now!!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 10, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Mathew Jallow    
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hmmmmm. Nice advice at the end there. That is a good bumper-sticker;  
>   isn't it. I will marinate on it for a little while. All said I get  
>   your point and aurprise, surprise, I think the message is kind of   
>  valid.
> Back to Mills and Jammeh. The sole survivor has testified and I have  
>   the full story, which I will look up in the archives of The Gambia  
>   Echo and post here. And guess what, six months ago, Jammeh dug up   
>  eight bodies and shipped them to Ghana. Now they are saying they    
> were only eight murdered by Jammeh's thug soldiers. Personally, I    
> wanted to Ghana to be so mad, really mad and attack The Gambia and    
> help us remove this idiot we have; like Tanzania did to Idi Amin. I   
>  have published several stories around this issue in Ghanaian    
> newspaper; dating back to John Kaffur's presidency, and I still do.   
>  I wrote an open letter to Mills after his meeting with Jammeh,  
> which   was publised in the: modernghana newspaper. So, on this,  
> atleast, I   have someone who thinks like I do. Thanks.
>
> Quoting Victor Narwortey <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> I was one of the few people who was not satisfied with the way the    
>  Mills administration handled the state sponsored murder of the 44    
>  Ghanaians. And the body language and photo short of the meeting     
> between Jammeh and Mills at the Tripoli meeting has obviously been    
>  sending some signals. That being said, I'm not privy to any     
> underhand currupt activities to cover up this heneous crime. These    
>  questions still bother me though;  (1) why was the bodies buried in  
>    haste months before the meeting? And (2) why has the case not  
> been    sent to the international court of justice in the Hague? So  
> at  least   the only survival who is well and alive in Ghana now can  
>  come   forward and testify on what really occurred on that horrible  
>  day.
>   Mr Jallow, I gotta let you know, any form of stereotypical     
> generalization is just wrong. Your submission on Africa and Africans  
>    is just a clear case of you ignoring history. Don't forget " if   
> you   have your finger pointing at something or someone, you should   
> know   the rest are pointing at you. Please !! Look within your   
> self, you   are the problem you are talking about and the solution   
> you are   looking for.
> Respectfuly
> Victor
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 10, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Mathew Jallow     
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I am simply making an accusation based on my knowledge of how Yahya   
>   Jammeh operates. Secondly, at AU's meeting in Tripoli late last     
> year, Mills and Jammeh met to discuss the massacre. At that meeting   
>   Jammeh agreed to compensate the families of the dead, they shook    
>  hands and called it a day. If the Commonwealth Secretariat had not   
>   intervened, Mills was ready to give a pass. And you think Mills  
> will    do that because Jammeh charmed him? Corruption and  
> projecting on  an   air of importance is our second mature, when in  
> fact we are  empty   no-bodies. We just suck as a people. And it is  
> not only we  Africans;   it is blacks in America, in the Caribbean,  
> in South  America;   everywhere. If the U.S. had a tenth of the  
> natural  resources Africa   has, they would be building underground  
> cities on  the moon by now. I   cannot prove it, but I am pretty  
> sure Mills got  his palm greased by   Jammeh. And I can bet my  
> bottom dollar on  this. It is not a crime  to
>  accuse, is it?
>
> Quoting Thomas Adeetuk <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> Brother Matthew,
>
> An interesting contribution on the drugs seizure in the Gambia. My    
>   concern however is, where is the link between President Jammeh      
> playing host to a Guinea Bissau drug baron and the payment of      
> "bribe" to President Mills of Ghana?. The massacre of Ghanaians in    
>   Gambia happened in 2005 when President Mills was not in power. By   
>    implication, are you saying President Mills on assuming office  
> put     pressure on President Jammeh resulting in the payment of  
> "lots of     money" to silence him? You make a valid point alluding  
> to the fact     that African leaders have not done a good job of  
> keeping drugs  off    our shores, but please do not throw mud at  
> leaders for who  you may    not have facts to support. Unless if you  
> do not mind  sharing any    facts to back up your accusations of  
> President Mills.  My two cents.
>
> On 06/08/10, Mathew Jallow  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> This is the new Gambia, but The Gambia is, infact, only a minor      
> player in this West African drug trade. The drug trade, as a matter   
>    of fact, extends from Nigeria to Mauritania. This is not the  
> first     drug seizure, for The Gambia as a matter of fact. A ship  
> laden  with    bags of what was marked as "Fertilizer" for Gambia's   
> Department of    Agriculture, was apprehened by a US Coast Guard   
> ship, in the high    seas off the coast of Mauritania and Senegal.   
> The ship was bound    for the port of Banjul. The Gambia has been a   
> center of    transhipment of South American drugs bound for Europe   
> and the US    for many years now. Guinea Bissau that is developing   
> into the    Somalia of West Africa, is the major hub in the   
> triangular drug    trade; South America to West africa to Europe; or  
>  South America,    West Africa and the US. Bissau has not had a   
> stable government in    many years now, and the drug baron there,   
> who was also head of the    Bissau navy was
>  exiled in The
> Gambia for
> more than a year, as guest  Gambia's Yahya Jammeh. By the way, for    
>  those who do not know it,  Jammeh massacred 44 Ghanaians in The     
> Gambia in 2005,accusing them  of mercenary activities with Gambia's   
>   overseas dissidents. He  probably paid Ghana's Mills lots of money  
>    to not proceed with the  investigation. So there you have it. The  
>    more things change, the  more they remain the same. Are we  
> Africans    cursed or what? Me think  so.
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Ann Marie Dawson <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> Ann Marie Dawson saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
> should see it.
>
>
> ** $1bn of cocaine seized in Gambia **
> At least two tonnes of cocaine with a street value of some $1bn is    
>   seized in
> The Gambia, destined for Europe.
> < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/world/africa/10268510.stm >
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