Infact the Gendarmes were given blank barrels. According to one of my
friends who was then in the gendarme, some of the officers complained why
they were given only guns without bullets. And the answer to that  from one
of the senior officers is , they are going for crowd control and not to a
battle field. I was a student at Saints then and I also participated fully
in that demonstration. Only I can remember is we were beaten with gun butts
and belts and even blows were exchanged. I still have my scars. NO BULLET
WAS FIRED.
Bamba


>From: Yusupha C Jow <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: "The Power Of Negativity"
>Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 16:44:17 EDT
>
>Saiks:
>
>All you have said is nothing new.  Your point about a bullet being fired
>during the 1987 rrots is nonensene since I was there and no bullet was
>fired
>in my presence.  Unless someone else can verify your single bullet theory,
>I
>shall take your reports with a grain of salt.
>
>As for all the non-substantiated allegations your reported, the atrocities
>comitted by the Jammeh regime make your allegations look like child's play.
>Furthermore, the Gambia despite all your claims, had the best human rights
>record in Africa during that time.  So when placed in their proper
>perspective your claims are nothing more than petty gripes against the PPP.
>Nothing more and nothing less..
>
>
>Saiks, tell us more..
>
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