Binneh, thanks for this forward.  Folks, why Gambia, and not Senegal?  This
article insinuates something about a people, in my reading.  It did not say
much about the government as it does about the people, for the recruits are
going to be the people, yours and mine relatives, friends, kit and kin.
Could this be because of the religious bigots that were sprouting in our
midst, at the encouragement of the Yaya, or is the US just scaling the map
of West Africa and circling any country that has more that 80% Muslims?  If
the latter is the case, I can understand why Ghana, Liberia, IC, Bissau
Guinea, etc., are excluded.  However, why is Senegal not in the list?  They
have similar demographics as Gambia in terms of religious composition; the
same per capita landed gentry from the Arabian Peninsula, I suppose, if not
more; a bigger fundamentalist potential, if there is such a thing, etc.
Poverty is also just as rife in Senegal, as in Gambia, same with corruption,
porous borders, etc.  Thus, why not Senegal, but tiny Gambia?  Do we want
the US on our shores working with Yaya?  Could this be a trump card for Yaya
to continue to victimize Gambians in the name of fighting terrorism?  Or, is
there a coincidence in oil potential?  If the US teams up with Yaya, the
same army that is keeping him in power (the Jola Army to some, but 80%
other), is going to be strengthened.  Should we be concerned?  This should
be of concern to all of us, I think.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


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>Subject: Gambia in AL- Qaeda's Plans Again
>Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:20:18 -0400
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