Gambia-L:

I am sending the e-mail below unedited. It came from one of my sources in
the Gambia.

Ebrima Ceesay

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>Subject: Cheyassin, Talibo Sanneh & remnants of Kukoi "boys".
>Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:57:23 GMT
>
>Ebrima,
>
>KB: Unfortunately, your request for the court's judgement cannot be
>provided right now. We will have to make do with the "spin" that the
>Observer will put on it for now, at least. I solicit your understanding. I
>cannot afford, at this stage of the struggle, to keep poking my nose on
>everything. Whenever, I lay my hands on, it is through friends and
>collaborators; I will make it available to the L probably over the weekend.
>Saul: The network has a book on Simon Talibo Sanneh. I do appreciate
>however the additional information on this character. He has been the tool
>of Cheyassin and the Kukoi gang since 1978. As you rightly said, because of
>his low level of intelligence, he is an easy prey to the likes of Cheyassin
>and the so-called "intellectuals" of the Kukoi group to which he belongs to
>this day.
>Amadu Kabir: I remember Ebou Colley rightfully complaining sometime back,
>about the lack of follow-up on some of the vital information being
>disseminated on the L. Your recollection of your days in Libya with the
>Kukoi boys and the relations between Baba Jobe and Charles Taylor show that
>there are some on the L and in The Gambia who are putting the pieces of the
>puzzle together. I was the one who recounted the story about Baba Jobe and
>Charles Taylor at Banjul International Airport. This was to show that even
>Yahya doesn't understand the complex nature of the network of
>subversive/terrorist elements operating within the Gambia. Yahya did not
>know the close relationship between Baba Jobe and Charles Taylor until that
>day; the same Baba Jobe that Yaya entrusts with the power of governing the
>Gambia. Baba Jobe and Charles Taylor are closer than any one can imagine.
>Baba acts as a conduit for Charles at times. Simon Talibo, Cheyassin Secka
>are in the thick of it.
>Blaise Campaore, the Burkinabe President, is their godfather. As the entire
>world is now aware, Burkina Faso and Togo have been listed as active
>participants in the arms, diamond and terrorist trafficking in the Region
>and Angola. Before arms are exported, the requirement is that the
>"purchaser" must be clearly identified, including the final destination of
>the shipment and an "end-user certicifate" issued.  Blaise signs those
>certificates to indicate that the arms are destined for his country which
>is, of course, false.  They end up in Liberia and Sierra Loene and some to
>Banjul.  Baba Jobe, Simon Talibo and Cheyassin, together with lesser known
>figures or what I refer to as the "remnants of the Kukoi boys" act as mutes
>for these arms. So, Ebrima, tell Talibo Sanneh's relative that his cousin's
>(or whatever) frequent trips, which are now facilitated by Cheyassin
>providing him with a brand new van, are not for the sole purpose of seeking
>"marabouts" but to traffic in arms in furtherance of their aim to sieze
>power in The Gambia. Some food for thought for Yahya.
>This brings me to a question asked a while back by, I think, Habib Ghanim:
>Where is Kukoi? He is around. He is between Monrovia, Ouagadougou and
>Tripoli. He tried in 1994/95, and again in 1998, to make "peace" with Yahya
>Jammeh but when he was rebuffed by Yahya, he directed his "boys" to attack
>Farrafeni barracks in 1996. Some of his boys are still with Charles Taylor
>acting as body guards. As Kabir said, Charles Taylor did not trust his own
>people; so he made a deal with Kukoi to have Gambians to guard him in
>return for his assistance in seizing power in The Gambia.  Kukoi's boys are
>with him to this day. I have both their real names and nom-de-guerre. They
>frequent Burkina Faso during their R&R.
>I agree fully with Kabir that these elements must be exposed for what they
>are if they are to be neutralised. Otherwise, the political situation in
>The Gambia would become increasingly dangerous.
>Lastly, Hamadi's concern about these elements infiltrating and mingling
>with the Gambian population is genuine.  Unfortunately, it has become
>reality. One sees elements of the MFDC and the other factions of the rebel
>group in the Department of Foreign Affairs, milling around; having access
>to files and other information that even Gambians working there do not have
>access to. Some of the paramilitary that massacred innocent Gambian school
>children were foreigners from the Cassamance region and Guinea-Bissau. So
>the Gambian people, especially the opposition, must deal not only with
>Yahya and his rogues but also the rebel elements from the Baba
>Jobe/Cheyassin/Kukoi group in addition to the rebels from the Cassamance -
>all with different agendas. THE LONGER YAHYA STAYS IN POWER, THE MORE
>DIFFICULT IT WOULD BE TO DISLODGE THESE CRIMINALS FROM OUR BELOVED COUNTRY:
>THE GAMBIA. I find solace, however, in the fact that the International
>Community, particularly the American and British intelligence, are hot on
>their trail and they may soon declare The Gambia a TERRORIST STATE. Baba
>Jobe is aware of it and that is the main reason why he convened a press
>conference which was attended by the British High Commissioner's deputy.
>Read his Observer interview carefully. He dwelled more on terrorism than on
>the Basse incident.
>

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