Greetings: I join the rest in expressing my condolences to the families of the deceased students. I also express my indignation to this attrocities perpetrated by the officers. All reports being received indicate that only students and civilians died, killed by 'law enforcement officers'. While some have cautioned to wait for the full details of this attrocity to come out, one cannot deny that at the very least, the officers over stepped the boundaries of human dignity. If they were provoked by the students, assuming that was the case here (there was reporting of looting by the students), the officers ought to have simply arrested the students using restrained force. I am sure they have other less deadly tools of their trade that would have been more appropriate. But using deadly force??? No! No! No! What do we do? Certainly move in the direction suggested by Dr. Saine, Alpha and others. My suggestion is to also mobilize our respective communities, draft a protest letter to be signed by as many people as possible and submit it to the Gambian Missions abroad, while also following through with the other suggestions being developed here. Latjor ______________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------