As  we remember the April Massacre in our various ways, what are/have these
institutions done to mark the event? That is our honorable National Assembly
and the Opposition Parties. I hope they do not stay on the sideline as Yahya
toys around with our kids?

Malanding


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dampha Kebba" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: April 10/11, 2000 Massacre ---- Case Against Yaya


> The peaceful demonstration that ensued to commemorate last year's
Massacre,
> just goes to show how senseless and avoidable the Bloody Massacre of April
> 10 and 11, 2000, was. Students were angrier this time; not to downplay
their
> anger when they were fighting for Ebrima Barry and Binta Manneh. This time
> around, injustice is being done in the case of the cold-blooded murder of
14
> children as young as three. The atrocity is more heinous than what
prompted
> students to demonstrate on April 10 and 11, 2000.
>
> Why was this one peaceful and the other one bloody? Among other things,
this
> time around Yaya has been demystified. The vermin is no longer sure of
> himself. The coward's impotence has been unmasked. During the year he has
> realized in no uncertain terms that Gambians are not going to let him and
> his bunch of losers walk all over people. During the year he sent his
thugs
> to try and ambush Darboe and they failed in their diabolical mission.
During
> the year the cowards went in droves to assassinate the proprietor of Radio
> FM and were scared away by two brave individuals before they could carry
out
> Yaya's and Baba Jobe's deadly orders. During the year a sustained assault
> has been launched to continue to inform people about Yaya's ineptitude and
> unfitness to lead. During the year, Dumo et al have been abducted,
kidnapped
> and tortured and these brave citizens did not break down and confess to
> crimes they did NOT commit. Many things have happened to highlight Yaya's
> insanity and cowardice when he ordered the massacre of our children.
>
> The fact that this was peaceful also shatters another lie that was being
> peddled by the illegal government we have back home. Part of the reason
Yaya
> gave those shoot to kill orders on April 10 and 11, 2000 was because he
> thought that the Opposition back home was instigating the students. You
see,
> Yaya's sick and cowardly brain will permit him to use lives of innocent
and
> defenseless children in order to perpetuate himself by sending a message
to
> the Opposition. We in the Opposition would not even think of that. We have
> consciences and we have blood running in our veins. All Yaya was concerned
> about last April 10 and 11, was to prevent his overthrow and his
replacement
> by one of the Opposition leaders. In the face of this imagined enemy
> (Opposition leaders he thought instigated the students), he decided to
> defend himself at all cost. He decided to use our children in order to
send
> a message to his Opponents. That message is loud and clear. Yaya wants his
> Opponents to understand that: IF HE YAYA IS PREPARED TO MASSACRE CHILDREN
AS
> YOUNG AS THREE IN ORDER TO PERPETUATE HIMSELF, HE WILL NOT HESITATE TO
> MURDER OPPOSITION LEADERS THAT WANT TO REMOVE HIM.
>
> This is the simple message the vermin wanted to send to the Opposition
> leaders. Needless to say, the message backfired. In light of  the
> nonexistence of evidence to link Opposition leaders to the student
> demonstrators, I ask, who is using children in order to further a
political
> ambition? Who massacred children in order to perpetuate himself? Who
> massacred children in order to scare the Opposition leaders?
>
> Yaya and his cohorts are in denial. We will not allow them to ignore these
> self-evident truths. Yaya has never once denied responsibility for the
> massacre. On the contrary, he tacitly admits responsibility by not blaming
> his top military and cabinet personnel. Until yesterday when Kebba Jobe
> tried to craftily shift focus to Isatou Njie-Saidy, the official APRC
stance
> was that "the children asked for it. Their parents did not bring them up
> properly. Blame the victims. I, Yaya have shown the children and the whole
> world who the boss is. I am not impotent. I am a macho man." That is what
> APRC and Yaya was saying.
>
> Yaya is attempting to deny responsibility now because he realized that his
> calculations went terribly wrong. Instead of being scared, Gambians now
know
> that he is the worst coward on the face of the earth. The vermin also
> realizes that there are individuals that will ensure that the criminals
that
> perpetrated this heinous massacre, face justice. Now, he is trying to run
> away from his macho image because he wants to beat the murder rap. He
wants
> to hide behind a woman (Isatou Njie-Saidy) this time. Last year, he used
our
> children to perpetuate himself. Now he is attempting to use a woman to get
> away with murder. Let low-life be my guest and fry Isatou Njie-Saidy. I
care
> less if he blows the woman's sick brain. But that will not help Yaya in
any
> way. Yaya will have to pay for his role in the cold-blooded massacre of
our
> children on April 10 and 11, 2000. This isn't about revenge. This is about
> justice and the rule of law. According to the laws of the land, not to
> mention laws of natural justice and humanity, murderers get punished for
> their crimes. We send a wrong message to the Yayas and the Hitlers of this
> world if we allow them to get away with the cold-blooded and callous
> massacre of defenseless and innocent children as young as three.
> KB
>
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