Gambia-L: Again I am sending this e-mail from a source in the Gambia unedited. Ebrima Ceesay ___________________________________________________________________ >Ebrima, >I am sure you have heard about the "six-feet deep" statement by Jammeh . I >told you several weeks ago that Jammeh is unwell, both physically and >mentally. I also told you that the gambian people have lately come to >realise that after all, Jammeh is full of hot air. He has an inferiority >complex despite the fact that he is the most powerful man in The Gambia >presently and undisputably the richest Gambian. He has to resort to >intimidation and murder not only to silence his critics and the opposition >but to regain the upper hand. But I have news for Jammeh. The people are >no longer afraid on neither his thugs nor his guns. The people shall never >cede the spotlight. The center stage will never be relinguished by the >Gambian people without a fight. Intimidation, rape, murder and other forms >of crimes committed by the Jammeh regime will not achieve his primary goal >of gaining the upper hand. The people have it and shall not forfeit it >without a fight. He has promised to sweep Radio Gambia clean of what he >percieve to be a den of opposition elements simply because, according to >Jammeh, "the way they (Radio Gambia) edit his speeches." Well, the news >editors and readers at Radio Gambia are not the target of Jammeh. My >contacts at Kanilai tell me that your(Ebrima's) response to his 22 July >statement especially your comments on his pictures that accompanied his >statement on the QANET site got him REALLY mad. The pictures were truely >awful but, again, that was Jammeh-that's the way the monster looks these >days:awful looking. I will give him this one this time around. It is not >Jammeh's fault to look the way he does. So you cannot blame him. If he >chooses to blame Radio Gambia for the way he looks then I guess you should >begin to believe what i have been saying all along: JAMMEH HAS GONE NUTS. >Ebrima, "Radio Gambia" is not a single legal entity; remember there is the >television aspect of the operation-Gambia Radio and Television Services >(GRTS).Radio Gambia is a short hand for radio and television so expect >Jammeh to go for the jogular. GRTS personnel have been aware of Jammeh's >intentions all along and so it is no news to them. Consequently, over ten >staff members have gone on abroad and stayed put in the UK and Germany >while others are finding their way into the USA. They are fleeing at such >an alarming rate that the Director of GRTS, acting in desperation, >contacted the Personnel Management Office (PMO) with instructions not to >allow any more of his staff to go on study leave with salary and/or be >endorsed any training request until further notice. IT IS THAT BAD, EBRIMA. >So I will not be surprised if Jammeh finds no one to sweep when he gets to >"Radio Gambia". They would have all fled the country to avoid being further >persecuted by this illegal regime. Tombong also wrote to the US & UK >Embassies here and asked them not give visas to his staff this year. > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------