Our hearts bled the whole of Monday evening and continue to bleed even now as we visualise, after we were told the picture at the morgue of the bodies laid there, with their little faces covered, their school socks and shoes on. And now their colleagues and parents are being told that they are responsible for what happened; that they will be dealt with, I guess, when the "death squad leader" gets back?. We cannot allow the psychological warfare being waged against these students and their parents to succeed; That would be another tragedy. I spoke to a parent whose child demonstrated. He started our conversation with a quote - "if you want to catch a cow and it is a little dark, take the cow by the horns." (I'm sure I've lost the impact of the statement in translation, I apologize). He went on to say that he blames the army for taking the kinds of orders which led to what the country has seen the last few days. He fully supports the students and that it's just a matter of time. I fervently hope that his sentiments reflects those of the majority of people in the country and that no one falls for the hogwash being given by the mouthpieces of this rogue regime. Which print media will print, for the rest of the Gambia to read, the kind of support the students have in their quest for justice; which radio station will air our voices; which TV station will show us demonstrating our disgust of this murderous regime? But we will demonstrate, write, and speak for as long (short) as it takes to give these goons their just dessert. Soffie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------