Ebrima,
Did your source say his only reason for working with the government is to
know secrets and leak them to the international community and to all
gambians? I just want to get it right!
Fatou Harona Drammeh
Detriot Michigan.

>From: Ebrima Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Some reflections from a source
>Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 19:03:53 GMT
>
>Gambia-L:
>
>The e-mail below is a commentary from one of my sources in the heart of
>Government.
>
>Ebrima
>
>___________________________________________________________________
>
>Hello Ebrima,
>
>When I decided to join in the struggle to dislodge Yahya Jammeh's
>despotic regime from power, I did so out of conviction and good conscience.
>That conviction, Ebrima, is still there and unshakened for that matter,
>despite the occasional distractions (some deliberate, others not) from
>members of the L. I want to assure the List members that I will continue to
>dedicate myself to the cause with the truth. I will not, under any
>circumstances, provide information to the L which I do not have full
>confidence in. I am in the know and, because I am in a suitable position to
>know what is going on in the Government, I shall continue to provide you
>with the information without fear or favour. For me, this is a mission that
>I am doing not only for myself and fellow country men and women, but for
>posterity as well. The information I'll continue to give you would remain
>accurate and without malaise; and which information can always be verified.
>So far, I have been able to exactly do that. In cases where members have
>requested clarification, I have always tried to provide it under the most
>difficult of circumstances and of course at a great risk. But in my honest
>opinion, it is a risk worth taking given the physical, psychological and
>human destruction brought onto the Gambia by Yahya Jammeh and his brutal
>regime. I would have left this Government long time ago, but I am only
>working, in order to be in a position to know all the government secrets
>and
>then expose them to Gambians and the International Community. Ebrima, this
>regime has killed innocent students in broad daylight whose only crime was
>to peacefully demonstrate to air their "grievances" to Government. Also,
>military and security personnel have been arrested, kidnapped, killed and
>buried in unmarked graves all around this once peaceful country. Individual
>private citizens, who have chosen to return home from Europe, so as to set
>up organisations which they hope would make a difference in the lives of
>the
>ordinary Gambian, have been kidnapped
>and tortured in the name of State Security. School girls have been
>undressed in Police stations, humiliated, taunted and in some instances,
>raped in the name of retaining the current status quo. Our
>elders have been summoned to State House, including the Imams and
>Clergymen, and insulted by none other than Yahya Jammeh who, barely
>six years ago, was an army officer living in a single dormitory with
>only two pairs of underpants to his name. He was seen every day walking
>along the Atlantic Road chewing on a stick of carrot to fill his empty
>stomach. He was also seen in Night Clubs as far as Cassamance, Senegal,
>following prostitutes. Tell me, what right does Yahya have to call in our
>elders, our parents, only to insult them? A Yahya Jammeh who would preach
>the virtues of hard work, going back to the land when he, as the president,
>has never put in a day's work. That is the truth. I worked with him. A
>Yahya
>Jammeh who would rather sleep until afternoon before getting up to attend
>to
>the affairs of the State. A Yahya Jammeh who would steal from the Gambian
>people's funds: funds he signed for in the name of the Gambian people and
>yet he ends up putting the money in his pockets. Ebrima, Yahya Jammeh's
>hypocrisy, his dishonesty, his brutality, his hatred for Gambians and
>anything Gambian, his laziness, his lack of intelligence, his total
>disregard for human life and, more importantly, his determination to hold
>the Gambia hostage come what may, have led me to take the risk of exposing
>his brutality, his "inhumaneness", his corruptness, his dislike for
>anything
>Gambian. Maybe, I should have entitled this piece: "An appeal for Gambian
>solidarity", because I now see a trend developing on the L which must be
>arrested immediately if we want to defeat Yahya successfully. We must stop
>lambasting people or being at each other's throat simply because one has
>expressed a differential  view (no matter how different from the views of
>the "majority"). Humiliating Gambia-L contributors because they hold
>unpopular views should be stopped. Knitting here and picking there over
>tangential and peripheral issues should not also continue on the L. We,
>Gambians, in the Gambia see the L as a very vital tool in our struggle to
>defeat Yahya Jammeh and, as such, we must continue to use the L very
>effectively and efficiently so that we can achieve our goal of defeating
>the
>Kanilai butcher. That is how we - who are on the ground - see it.
>Therefore,
>something must be done to re-focus the L on the most important task before
>all Gambians be they in Basse, Kuloro, Kerr Cherno or the diaspora. AND
>THAT
>TASK IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YAHYA IS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE, ARRESTED AND THEN
>BE
>TRIED BEFORE A COURT OF LAW FOR THEFT AND MURDER. THIS COMMON OBJECTIVE
>SHOULD BRING US ALL
>TOGETHER. So please I am appealing to all List members to set aside our
>differences and work toward this common goal. By the way, I share Buharry's
>view that Haddy Njie's X-rated posting was not deliberate. I want to
>believe
>that it was a case of pushing the wrong reply button. But don't get me
>wrong: I am not, for a minute, tolerating her behaviour. All the same, if
>the victim of this posting, Sigga, had replied just once and requested for
>an apology from Ms. Haddy Njie, then we should just live at that and move
>on. Let us bury the hatchet and move on. I have also observed that Ebou
>Colly's excellent contributions are becoming less frequent and I suspect
>that the ranting and raving over some insignificant issues may contribute,
>in part, to this. No evidence whatsoever; just a hunch. Kebba Dampha's
>contributions continue to be inspirational to me and those of us in the
>Gambia. Ebrima, you'll recall that at some point, I told you that I was
>considering channelling my efforts elsewhere where I think holds promise in
>getting the butcher of Kanilai out, because of some of the attacks that
>were
>seen on the L. You then prevailed upon me to press on with the task of
>exposing the Jammeh regime; anyway, I am glad that I stayed because being
>in
>the Gambia, I know the impact that the L is now having on shaping public
>opinion here. Besides, for me, the risks are too high, but they are worth
>it. However, the personal attacks must cease. By the way, I believe that
>the
>experiences of people like Ebou Colly, Ebou Jallow, KB, Jabou, "Aunty"
>Soffie, Kabir, Buharry, Jassey-Conteh and others will certainly help direct
>our cause. So please keep it up. Lastly, Ebrima, what can I say to you
>except to thank you for the confidentiality and discretion in treating the
>materials I and your other sources provide. Perhaps my identity would have
>been known by now, if you were not handling my postings with greater care.
>Ebrima, how many times I myself sent postings to you without even realising
>that there were certain aspects of my e-mails that could have clearly
>indicated to the Government who you source was? But you have always used
>your timely judgement to delete anything in my e-mails that could reveal my
>identity. My message to The Independent, Daily Observer and The Point
>newspapers: You guys must also demonstrate vigilance in pursuit of tips
>provided. When ex-Commissioner Alagie Kanteh revealed the approximate site
>of the remains of Foday Makalo, you people should have been the first one
>there as suggested by the wise Ebou Colly and reiterated by KB. You cannot
>just sit in your offices and expect the evidence to be brought to you.
>Please folks, some investigative journalism. The longer we wait, the more
>likely the chances are that the body of Makalo is exhumed and transferred
>elsewhere or dumped in the "bottom of the sea" to borrow Fatoumatta
>Jahumpa's phrase. FINALLY, IT IS TIME WE GOT OUR ACT TOGETHER AND MOVE
>FORWARD. THE GAMBIA EXPECTS A LOT FROM THE L. Thanks, Ebrima for giving me
>the opportunity to take this thing off my chest. HAVE A GOOD WEEK END,
>FOLKS
>
>
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