Gambia-L, I am forwarding these extracts to the L from one of my sources in the Gambia. Ebrima Ceesay Tombong Saidy: Do you think people now take you seriously having already made a fool of yourself with your shallow analysis of the Senegalese Elections in which you stated categorically that Abdou Diouf will win the elections? My brother, just send your PROPAGANDA version to the L, and allow me, as well, to send my version and then it would be up to the people to believe whichever version they want to believe. Do you think people like me believed the Government when it said that only 12 were killed? Anyway, I'll deal with you when I do some analysis for the L on the situation back home. ****************************************************************** Ebrima, The atmosphere is still tense despite the calmness on the surface. As reported yesterday, the various branches of the security forces continue to point fingers at each other. The pressure can be seen in their faces; a pressure they have never experienced before and never thought possible. To illustrate the point, now two soldiers (instead of the usual one or a policeman)have been assigned to each Secretary of State. The performance of the Secretaries of State day before yesterday, during their press conference, says it all. Each and every one of them had a version different from the other, as if they were not recounting the same event. In fact, I'll send you a copy of the video cassette capturing the rioting and you can distribute it to Human rights groups if they have not yet received it. The video, though recorded by the security forces for their own keeping, tells a very tragic story or in other words, shows how brutal these Jammeh thugs are. The "Point's" editorial on Thursday, a two-page editorial expressed the desire of the population which pleaded with the VP referred to as our "Dear sister" to resign. She has let the entire Gambian people down. We should say a big THANK YOU to "The Point" With another Paper like it, there will be no need for people like me to be filing these Up-dates. FOROYAA has also done a magnificent job on the the tragic events of 10 April. I understand (but I am yet to confirm it) that President Jammeh arrived early this morning, stopping over in Dakar. Anyway, as I am sending you this update, he is definitely nowhere to be found in the country. What I do know for a fact is that the a section of the NIA was of the view that he should return to the country unannounced or secretly, admitting that contrary what they are saying, things are still not under control in the country. The students are planning another demonstration on Monday; but this too I cannot confirm. I tried snooping around the Police Station to see if an application for such a protest has been filed, without success. I'll tell something definite later. By the way, the UDP has issued a statement condemning the actions of the security forces. An emergency meeting of the Party Executive is planned for today. Just keep on the pressure. You people on the Internet have been very effective. Don't you see they have started releasing the dead bodies following reports on the Net that they were decomposing. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------