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Biram w sowe <[log in to unmask]>
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Can some one give the us information about the demonstration that took place
at 57 kensington court on the 11/4/01

Happy easter to all of you


>From: "Movement for restoration of democracy in Gambia [NY]"
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>Subject: THERE'S A FEELING OF DEATH HANGING OVER THE NATION-GAMBIA
>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:31:37 EDT
>
>Never in the annals of Gambian history, with the exception of the 70's,
>[Matarr Sarr-Saul Samba fiasco], shocked Gambians woke up to the April 10 &
>11, 2000 planned and executed massacre of demonstrating students. We have
>witnessed psychotic and traumatized 20th and 21st Century leaders like
>Yahya
>Jahanama  hiding  behind a political mask, surrounded by emptiness and
>fear.
>with the July 22, 1994 putsch of Jawara's regime, the AFPRC [ Armed &
>dangerous forces of pillaging rudderless criminals], the abandoned mantra
>of
>ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY & PROBITY was the order of the day, now, it's
>the desperate and survival mode of THIEF-THIEF TECHNIQUE, whereby, the
>Emperor [Yahya] has no clothes on and do not like to be told that, he's
>naked; stole the farmer's $30million and shifted the blame on Captain Ebou
>Jallow; Crushed ex-Minister of Finance's [Koro Ceesay] skull with a
>baseball
>bat and torched the brother in his car and claimed the Cabinet Minister
>committed suicide. How absurd? How callous? How Dreadful? Mutilated and
>riddle the bodies of sleeping soldiers with AK47 rifles and claimed
>attempted
>coup d'etat; positioned Gambia into $$ counterfeiting heaven, drug & blood
>diamond entrepot and mercenary/arms/ammunition bastion and blamed the hard
>working Sarahules as masterminders of such trades; Before leaving for Cuba,
>left strict orders to shoot and kill any demonstrating students, resulting
>in
>16 students dead and dozens still unaccounted for, guess what? He, Yahya
>and
>coconspirators blamed students for raiding an armory at a police station
>and
>killing each other. It's Yahya stupid! Knowing his creepy and reptilian
>character, Yahya, now wants to mark the anniversary of the massacre, with a
>staged parade of corrupted/coopted/gullible students lead by the
>drunken/high-on-smack pied-piper police band. What a shame and travesty
>Yahya
>Jahanama. I know, the bodies of the fallen students are rolling in their
>graves. Parents/family members of the deceased, don't despair, as their
>spirits will haunt him and his 'killers for hire' for their eternal lives.
>The literary sedation of the Gambian populace by the status quo include the
>threat that, since all Movements and Opposition Parties are unpatriotic and
>subversive, dire punishments will be meted out to any supporters of theses
>groups. We have permitted a suicidal situation to unfold, wherein, our sons
>and daughters, as young as three years of age are murdered and society's
>innate hypocrisy, contradictions and apparent failure of almost every facet
>of our sociopoliticoeconomic life.
>Our way out of this conundrum, lies in our action or inaction. Either, we
>organize or unite in a coalition that employs realistic, strategic and
>tactical manifestation of our societal welfare, or, our fears and
>frustrations will always turn into political paranoia, hence turning us
>into
>the lowest common denominator. The time to act is obviously not when? But
>now.
>
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>Never in the annals of Gambian history, with the exception of the 70's,
>
>[Matarr Sarr-Saul Samba fiasco], shocked Gambians woke up to the April 10 &
>amp;
>
>11, 2000 planned and executed massacre of demonstrating students. We have
>
>witnessed psychotic and traumatized 20th and 21st Century leaders like
>Yahya
>
>Jahanama &nbsp;hiding &nbsp;behind a political mask, surrounded by
>emptiness
>and fear.
>
>with the July 22, 1994 putsch of Jawara's regime, the AFPRC [ Armed &amp;
>
>dangerous forces of pillaging rudderless criminals], the abandoned mantra
>of
>
>ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY &amp; PROBITY was the order of the day, now,
>it's
>
>the desperate and survival mode of THIEF-THIEF TECHNIQUE, whereby, the
>
>Emperor [Yahya] has no clothes on and do not like to be told that, he's
>
>naked; stole the farmer's $30million and shifted the blame on Captain Ebou
>
>Jallow; Crushed ex-Minister of Finance's [Koro Ceesay] skull with a
>baseball
>
>bat and torched the brother in his car and claimed the Cabinet Minister
>
>committed suicide. How absurd? How callous? How Dreadful? Mutilated and
>
>riddle the bodies of sleeping soldiers with AK47 rifles and claimed
>attempted
>
>coup d'etat; positioned Gambia into $$ counterfeiting heaven, drug &amp;
>blood
>
>diamond entrepot and mercenary/arms/ammunition bastion and blamed the hard
>
>working Sarahules as masterminders of such trades; Before leaving for Cuba,
>
>left strict orders to shoot and kill any demonstrating students, resulting
>in
>
>16 students dead and dozens still unaccounted for, guess what? He, Yahya
>and
>
>coconspirators blamed students for raiding an armory at a police station
>and
>
>killing each other. It's Yahya stupid! Knowing his creepy and reptilian
>
>character, Yahya, now wants to mark the anniversary of the massacre, with a
>
>staged parade of corrupted/coopted/gullible students lead by the
>
>drunken/high-on-smack pied-piper police band. What a shame and travesty
>Yahya
>
>Jahanama. I know, the bodies of the fallen students are rolling in their
>
>graves. Parents/family members of the deceased, don't despair, as their
>
>spirits will haunt him and his 'killers for hire' for their eternal lives.
>
>The literary sedation of the Gambian populace by the status quo include the
>
>threat that, since all Movements and Opposition Parties are unpatriotic and
>
>subversive, dire punishments will be meted out to any supporters of theses
>
>groups. We have permitted a suicidal situation to unfold, wherein, our sons
>
>and daughters, as young as three years of age are murdered and society's
>
>innate hypocrisy, contradictions and apparent failure of almost every facet
>
>of our sociopoliticoeconomic life.
>
>Our way out of this conundrum, lies in our action or inaction. Either, we
>
>organize or unite in a coalition that employs realistic, strategic and
>
>tactical manifestation of our societal welfare, or, our fears and
>
>frustrations will always turn into political paranoia, hence turning us
>into
>
>the lowest common denominator. The time to act is obviously not when? But
>
>now.
>
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