Dear Lamin,
The only reason why Jammeh and his Alliance of Puppets, Rogues and Cannibals
(APRC)are at pains to defend Baba Jobe from his indictment by the UN as a
blood diamonds and arms dealer is neither because they love him(Jobe)so much
nor is it that he is innocent of the charges, it is simply as a result of
the hidden connotations that this indictment  bears upon Jammeh and the APRC
regime.In case you are oblivious of this fact,Jammeh and his diplomatic
apparatus led by Dr Seedat Jobe are not,as evidenced by the extent to which
they are ready to defend Baba Jobe.Isn't it an open secret that Baba Jobe is
Jammeh's number one henchman and international arms procurer who affiliated
the regime with the likes of Col. Qaddaffi.There are two attributes that
Jammeh shares with Western leaders whom he like to potray as his mortal
enemies;first is their hypocrisy,in that they would both respectively add
fuel to wars while parading as international peace-makers.The 'Diamonds war'
in S/Leone has 3 sides:The Government and the so-called international
community on one side;the RUF rebels discretely supported by Qaddaffi,
Taylor, Jammeh and Campaore on the other hand in exchange for diamonds and
thirdly; the innocent people of S/Leone who are the victims in this
unfortunate equation and whose rights the other two sides proclaim to fight
for and try to sway to their side.Jammeh is a filthy rich man not only
through the Late Abacha or from the Gambian treasury but also from his role
as an arms agent for Libya, Cuba, former Communist European countries like
Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and the former Yugoslavia.His chief agent in
this role is none other than Baba Jobe.While preaching Pan-Aficanism, Jammeh
like his master Qaddaffi practices the destruction of Africa,the blood of
the innocent in the Gambia, Cassamance and S/Leone smears his hand.This is a
depiction of Jammeh's hypocrisy.
The second common attribute he shares with Western policy-makers is his
obsession with acquiring wealth as a means of consolidating his political
and economic influence over the deprived and oppressed masses and even his
genuine supporters.Both would  go at any length to realise this objective,
even if it means innocent people dying in their thousands or millions,for
Jammeh liberation means to unscrupulously enrich himself to be able to throw
his bread crumbs to people like you who worship him, for those who don't; he
and his cronies classify such as unpatriotic and agents of the West.
It is either a result of sheer arrogance or selfishness that people like you
defy their conscience not to stand for the truth or do you plead ignorance
to the facts? How can you justify your assertion that "Jammeh has tried to
bring us together than any of our political leaders"?The opposite is indeed
true,he has more than all of them tried to divide Gambians along tribal
lines.In the last elections campaign,for instance,he and his machinery
campaigned along the lines that the great majority of Mandingos are against
his regime because they lost power to him; a Jola as a ply to unite the
other ethnic groups against the Mandingos.It might have worked but this
time, he was cut short from the same trick by OJ, much to his embrassment.Is
this version of tribalism what trying to unite Gambians represent to you.In
the early days of the failed revolution he also tried to incite the youths
against the older generation and what did he do to the justice-loving youths
in April 2000,he ordered them brutally massacred by his death squad.Can't
you also see from the sharing of cabinet portfolios that Jammeh only entrust
his tribesmen with the top security and finance posts of the land.If this is
not tribalism, what then is? Whoever you are, clear your conscience by
admitting the thruth that Jammeh and his regime is a shatterer of unity and
not a uniter and therefore:

The yoke of oppression must be shattered!

BMK


>From: Lamin Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: FWD:President Jammeh Defends Baba Jobe,              Accuses
>Critics of Malicious Propaganda
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 20:54:15 +0000
>
>Joe Sambou,
>That was a very well thought piece. I can certainly see from which angle
>you
>are coming from. Your mind is already made up. You feel that hence Baba
>Jobe
>is sanctioned, Jammeh is also involved. This is what I think may not be
>right. The UN resolution never pointed at Jammeh. It pointed at Baba as an
>individual. I have no doubt that they must have some kind of an evidence,
>but don't you think we all deserves to know what they are? And do you think
>if the UN has something against Jammeh like they do against Baba or Taylor
>as alladged, they would not have said so? I am just curious.
>I see that you tried to attach President Jammeh to Milosovik. These are
>very
>different people. Milosovik raised a war against his own people. And
>remember, one tribe/ethnic group against the other was how he played his
>cards. Jammeh has tried to bring us together than any of our plitical
>leaders. Of course there is still room for improvement, but let us not be
>too emotional to dictate out thoughts.
>
>Lamin Ceesay.
>
>
>>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
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>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: FWD:President Jammeh Defends Baba Jobe,              Accuses
>>Critics of Malicious Propaganda
>>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 19:23:16 +0000
>>
>
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