"The
documents supposedly from NADD, urged Senegal to intervene in The Gambia,
because Jammeh was supporting Casamance rebels. The document purportedly
from"

Ebrima:

From your entire piece, and the above caption extracted from your write up, Jammeh arrested the NADD leaders because of these document forwarded by the Senegalese Government. Like some of the others that have posed the question: but why these three leaders - were they the signatories on the said documents. It will be definitely helpful if you can throw light on this issue.

Thanks

Musa Jeng


>
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Date: 2005/11/27 Sun AM 11:28:31 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New Light Shed / Ebrima
>
>
> Ebrima,
>
> I have been battling the flu over this long weekend and that is why all I
> could venture on Saturday was a brief response and commentary on Sidibeh's
> response to your post and which I do hope brother Sidibeh does  not take as a
> personal attack on him as that was not the intent. It was my gut  reaction in the
> midst of my drugged stupor  but you know they say  people say what they mean
> when in a semi conscious state (laugh) but my brother  will understand I am
> sure.
> I wanted to personally thank you publicly for your dedication, hard work  and
> continued contribution towards the effort to lift the yoke of  oppression
> from the shoulders of our people, and in which effort you have always  made sure
> you are guided by the principles of your profession. I have always  told you
> in our private conversations that you are a valuable asset to us  because
> journalists with integrity and who a true to their profession and  un-swayed by any
> form of bias speak for the people and help to make leaders  accountable and
> without these assets in place for the people, there is  nothing to deter
> tyranny from flourishing, especially in Africa where our  leaders seem to have
> mistaken the trust of the people as a passport  to unleash a lifetime long reign of
> tyranny by any means necessary.
>
> Please keep up the good work because accuracy and integrity have to be part
> of the main ingredient in any sincere struggle.
>
> The Senegalese may have their reasons for handling things the way they do
> with the Jammeh regime when it comes to issues of this nature, some of which
> may infact have to do with their own attempt at providing a rope for  fools to
> hang themselves, but in the final analysis,  it is the character, intent and
> make-up of the Jammeh regime that  enables them to have these opportunities, and
> the most important part is that  the Jammeh regime is hell bent on subduing
> our people so they can rule for as  long as possible and they will employ any
> means necessary to make this  possible.
>
> Thererfore, in view of the long record established by this regime of
> concocting lies and false allegations to enable them to eliminate  those perceived as
> enemies, we must perhaps pause to give thought to the role of  the Senegalese
> in this matter, but most importantly, we must also inevitably ask  the
> following questions, namely:
>
> 1: Did the Jammeh regime orchestrate this sending of forged documents  to the
> Senegalese in order to give them the excuses they were seeking to make  good
> on Jammeh's Koriteh day threat? Could such an opportunity have miraculously
> materialized for them just in the nick of time just when they needed such  an
> excuse?
>
> 2. Or, did someone do this in order to gain the good graces of this  regime?
>
> 3. Did someone who is eager to see this regime go think that this was  a way
> to expedite the process?
>
> Of all the above, I would venture to say that I doubt that any of  those who
> sincerely want to see this regime go would be so naive as to employ  this
> method of accomplishing their departure, nor would Gambia Government  document
> templates be readily available to them and if they were made  available, any
> clear thinking person would have questioned the legality of the  undertaking and
> the potential risks it carried for the opposition on the ground  if they
> in-fact cared about the safety of the affected people.
>
> Whoever did this in my opinion, and knowing the nature of this  murderous
> regime and their ardent desire to eliminate anyone who they see  as a potential
> threat, and at this point, NADD is number one on that list, knew  exactly that
> this act would place the people arrested in direct danger.
> However, these are my personal thoughts on this matter. I do hope that the
> perpetrator of this dastardly act will be exposed and again, my personal  view
> is that the intent here was far more sinister than just mere over  -enthusiasm
> on the part of a sincere supporter of the struggle against this  regime and
> must be treated with the gravity it deserves once all the facts  are known.
> Again, Ebrima, thank you for your continued hard work and your dedication  to
> the betterment of The Gambia and her people.
>
> Sister Jabou Joh
>
> In a message dated 11/26/2005 11:43:01 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
>
> My Fellow Gambians and friends  of The Gambia,
> I join others in condemning the  arrest and detention of Halifa Sallah,
> O.J.Jallow and Hamat Bah.  These men are decent, law-abiding  citizens and each has
> his own unique qualities.  Combined, they form a very  considerable force for
> democracy in The Gambia. I know each of these men  personally, and have had
> the pleasure of working with them on many  occasions.  It is clear to me, and
> to all those who know them, that each of them has the best interests of The
> Gambia and Gambian people at heart and in mind.
> Yahya Jammeh has yet again  shown himself to Gambians and to the whole world
> to be a corrupt and cowardly  dictator.  Arrest and detention  are Jammeh?s
> habitual responses to oppositional challenge:  any hint of criticism of the
> regime  leads to imprisonment and often to murder.  Jammeh?s notion of himself as
> a  democratic leader of a fully functioning democracy reveals his increasing
> mental instability:  The Gambia is  no longer the haven of human rights and
> democratic principles:  indeed, it has not been since July  22nd 1994.  It is
> now  characterised by irresponsible and inept leadership, misappropriation of
> public monies, cronyism, illegal detention, brutality and assassination.
> Despite a very heavy  professional and personal schedule at the moment, I
> have been urged to make  public comment about recent events in my homeland, and
> to pass on information  which sheds new light on the arrest of Mr Sallah, Mr
> Jallow and Mr Bah.
> Unimpeachable sources close to  the Senegalese government have told me that
> recently, the Senegalese  government received several documents, purportedly
> from the NADD leadership in  The Gambia and also an Intelligence Report on
> Senegal signed, apparently, by  Samba Bah, former Director General of the NIA.  The
> documents supposedly from NADD,  urged Senegal to intervene in The Gambia,
> because Jammeh was supporting  Casamance rebels.  The document  purportedly from
> Samba Bah told the Senegalese government that Jammeh is  currently arming the
> Casamance rebels in order for them to attack  Senegal.  This particular
> document  alleged to have been sent by Samba Bah also asks Senegal to help Gambians
> to  topple Yahya Jammeh, and names people like Lie Conteh as amongst those
> seeking  Senegalese help in "de-throning" Jammeh.
> Now, believing these documents  to be genuine and above-board, Senegal
> confronted Jammeh first at  ambassadorial level and subsequently face to face when
> Jammeh visited Senegal  last month.  Jammeh was shown the  documents themselves
> and the arrest of Mr Sallah, Mr Jallow and Mr Hamat Bah  followed.
> Senegal continued to  investigate the provenance of the documents and has
> since found them all to be  forgeries emanating not from The Gambia, but from the
> USA (I am awaiting  further source information before revealing the name of
> the forger).
> Senegal immediately informed  Jammeh that the documents were in fact
> forgeries, and that the information  contained within them was spurious.   It was too
> late for our NADD leaders and Samba Bah however: the NIA had  already picked
> them up and charges of sedition had been laid against Sallah,  Jallow and Hamat
> Bah by the regime.   But Jammeh?s preferred treason charge was shattered when
> the Senegalese  informed him that the documents had been proven to be
> forgeries.
> Jammeh?s evidence base of  NADD?s supposed incitement of Senegal against The
> Gambia collapsed, and the  original charges he had in mind (ie.treason) had
> to be dropped.  However, Jammeh is reluctant to talk  publicly about the
> reasons for this (he and his regime would be made to look  both gullible and
> foolish), and Mr Sallah and Mr Jallow are being charged with  unfairly criticising
> the regime (Halifa in an open letter to the Gambian  people, and OJ in an
> interview given to Gambian journalists).  Hamat Bah is now being held because of
> his failure to surrender government documents following his defeat in the
> by-election (i.e. his Gambian diplomatic passport). My sources tell me that Mr  Bah
> has no intention of surrendering his Gambian diplomatic passport until his
> appeal against the conduct of the by-election and its result has been  heard.
> We can trace the arrest and  detention of our Opposition leaders directly to
> the forged documents sent from  America, and I personally urge the forger to
> refrain from sending any more of  these unhelpful documents to the Senegalese,
> or any other, government.  The documents serve to put our  opposition party at
> serious risk, and to add to the fuel of discontent between  Senegal and The
> Gambia.
> I am no friend of Samba Bah or  Lie Conteh, but I am a believer in the truth.
>  The situation in Casamance is already  grave enough, without adding
> unnecessarily to it.
> We none of us have to resort to  forging documents to expose the butchery and
> ineptitude of Yahya Jammeh and  his cronies:  they do this well  enough
> themselves and without our help.   Jammeh can be exposed without implicating others
> and putting them at  risk.
> In international politics,  there is little regard for the damage which may
> be done to innocent people  when forgery is perpetrated and incorrect documents
> passed on. Senegal did not  give thought to the implications for Halifa
> Sallah, OJ Jallow and Hamat Bah  when it showed the forged documents to the Gambian
> regime:  the Senegalese government?s concern  was on a different level.
> However, it was these forged documents that directly  brought about the arrest of
> our opposition leaders.  Let us all be aware of the dangers and  miscarriages
> of justice that can occur as a result of forged  documentation.  Let us think
> of  those people on the ground who are already at grave risk in their struggles
>  for honesty and decency in government, before we expose them to further
> risk.
> Let us now pray that Yahya  Jammeh will now drop all charges against Halifa,
> OJ and Hamat.  We know now why our friends were  arrested and detained, and
> that the reasons underpinning the original charges  were false.
> Yahya:  I challenge you publicly to release  our NADD leadership and to put
> the record straight.  The eyes of Gambians and the world are  on you.
> May God Bless The Gambia and  help her in her struggle back to democracy and
> decency.
> Ebrima Ceesay
> Birmingham, UK
>
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