'Making Strasser a target is a thinly veiled attempt by Jammeh to show the world that he does not keep company with evil people' Yayah Jammeh should be very careful because what goes around comes around. >From: Sidi M Sanneh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: FWD : Sierra Leone ex-junta chief, Strasser, arrested in Gambia >Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 11:54:33 -0000 > > BANJUL, Nov 22 (AFP) - Gambian soldiers have arrested Sierra Leonean >former >military ruler Valentine Strasser and handed him over to intelligence >agents >for questioning, a military source said Wednesday. > An army patrol picked up Strasser last week between Tallingding and >Latri >Kunda, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Banjul, and held him at a >military >base before turning him in to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). > The soldiers found him carrying "operational" documents giving >"strategic" >site descriptions, the source said. He was still being held by the NIA on >Wednesday. > However, it was unclear whether the documents referred to Sierra Leone, >where Strasser seized power in April 1992 and was ousted in 1996, or to >Gambia, an enclave along the Gambia river between northern and southern >Senegal. > The Gambian government on November 2 deported Strasser back to London, >where he had been living in exile, shortly after he entered the small west >African country without notifing the authorities. > The ex-army captain returned to Gambia about a week later, whereupon the >Sierra Leonean ambassador in Banjul said he would vouch for him. > When President Yahya Jammeh's government first sent Strasser back to >London, it stated that it did not wish Gambia "to be seen as a refuge for >those who have committed crimes against humanity and are wanted in their >own >country." > Human rights organisation Amnesty International has urged Britain to put >Strasser on trial for murder and torture carried out by his regime. > Strasser was sent to Britain in 1997 as part of a deal brokered by >United >Nations peacekeepers. > dh-at/nb/kc > >_____________________________________________________________________________________ >Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : >http://explorer.msn.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 >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------