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Binneh S Minteh <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:25:10 -0500
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   I am so glad that Pierre is touching on points that he is totally ignorant about.This is a topic that i fully know more than him,as i was a member of the Gambian National Gendarmerie when all this things happened.
In the first place,i want all to know that Pierre Gomez is blatantly lieing by saying that Jammeh was the commander of the red beret.Fellow Gambians,the commando unit started with our beloved commander chongan when he came back from  his overseas training in france.It was originally called the crack unit(shock unit)under the then senegalese Gendarmerie Training  Team.Infact the physical fitness exams of this unit,was carried out by the Aminas fitness Center owned by Amina Faal,where Jammeh even failed a flexibility test of streching his arms. ADAMA DIBBA and TIJAN TOURAY who were former guards of the former President  Jawara can even bear witness to that.This same crack unit were trained self defence and the best members of the unit in self defence were SMALL NDOW from Barra, BA EBOU JALOW  from Banjul and the late Musa Faal May his soul rest in peace.
   The  unit was later named,as the Commando unit under the auspices of commander chongan, the Turkish Gendarmerie Training Team and LT Ousman Badgie who completed a commando training in Izmir Turkey was appointed the commander of the unit and tasked with the training of this unit.This unit was the famous red beret unit at the time.Jammeh just commanded the Military Police Unit of the Gambia National Army(a unit that was wearing red beret at the same time.
   One thing I would like all to know, is that Jammeh was not even incharge of the security,of President Bush when he visited the Gambia as Bush junior.It was warrant officer Burama Jammeh and Sgt Ousman Barry who were tasked with the responsibility of securing Bush. Infact i can still remember when the serial numbers to their weapons was taken by the FBI in the Independence stadium.Jammeh was just a ceremonial soldier playing the role of a Protocol officer and was not even carrying a gun.Evidence of that can be seen in a video tape that i still have.
  When it comes to Jammeh serving as a Guard to former President Jawara, i want to make it clear to all,that jammehs service as a Presidential guard lasted very shortly as he got withdrawn based on intelligence from the then NSS that he had mental problems.Pierre should take a note book and take all these lessons.Let pierre ask Jammeh if LT Binneh Minteh is intelligent or not.Jammeh cannot deny the fact that i was the best recruit in my intake and he can fully remember another fact that i beat him in an officer-cadets exam, where he failed to properly command a platoon at the Brikama range and failed a high jump test in Bakau. He cannot deny the fact that i beat him in all the physical and written exams.This facts can be found in the archives of the Former Gambia National Gendarmerie.Jammeh was even lucky to be promoted to the rank of cadet officer because of LT Saine who was the adjutant then. He was denied the rank of Officer cadet for three months due to an act of indisci
pline that he committed at a night club in Basse after hitting a drunk guy.
   Another thing which i found to be a fabrication in Jammehs bio-data was securing Pope John Paul when he came to the Gambia. Fellow Gambians i want all to know that it was infact a batch mate of mine,Baboucarr sowe who was tasked with ensuring the Popes Security.
  It is good that Pierre is comparing Jammeh to Saddam, which marks a clear justification of my previous article on another Saddam Hussein in our unfortunate republic.Pierre should take note that the same way how the whole world saw Saddam fail and pulled out of a hole like a rat,is the same way Jammeh will fail.I want all to know that this debate will continue,for discussing  Yaya's bio-data means discussing the legacy of the APRC,and we all know that the APRC is centered around no one,but Yaya.

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