Can some one give the us information about the demonstration that took place at 57 kensington court on the 11/4/01 Happy easter to all of you >From: "Movement for restoration of democracy in Gambia [NY]" ><[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: THERE'S A FEELING OF DEATH HANGING OVER THE NATION-GAMBIA >Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:31:37 EDT > >Never in the annals of Gambian history, with the exception of the 70's, >[Matarr Sarr-Saul Samba fiasco], shocked Gambians woke up to the April 10 & >11, 2000 planned and executed massacre of demonstrating students. We have >witnessed psychotic and traumatized 20th and 21st Century leaders like >Yahya >Jahanama hiding behind a political mask, surrounded by emptiness and >fear. >with the July 22, 1994 putsch of Jawara's regime, the AFPRC [ Armed & >dangerous forces of pillaging rudderless criminals], the abandoned mantra >of >ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY & PROBITY was the order of the day, now, it's >the desperate and survival mode of THIEF-THIEF TECHNIQUE, whereby, the >Emperor [Yahya] has no clothes on and do not like to be told that, he's >naked; stole the farmer's $30million and shifted the blame on Captain Ebou >Jallow; Crushed ex-Minister of Finance's [Koro Ceesay] skull with a >baseball >bat and torched the brother in his car and claimed the Cabinet Minister >committed suicide. How absurd? How callous? How Dreadful? Mutilated and >riddle the bodies of sleeping soldiers with AK47 rifles and claimed >attempted >coup d'etat; positioned Gambia into $$ counterfeiting heaven, drug & blood >diamond entrepot and mercenary/arms/ammunition bastion and blamed the hard >working Sarahules as masterminders of such trades; Before leaving for Cuba, >left strict orders to shoot and kill any demonstrating students, resulting >in >16 students dead and dozens still unaccounted for, guess what? He, Yahya >and >coconspirators blamed students for raiding an armory at a police station >and >killing each other. It's Yahya stupid! Knowing his creepy and reptilian >character, Yahya, now wants to mark the anniversary of the massacre, with a >staged parade of corrupted/coopted/gullible students lead by the >drunken/high-on-smack pied-piper police band. What a shame and travesty >Yahya >Jahanama. I know, the bodies of the fallen students are rolling in their >graves. Parents/family members of the deceased, don't despair, as their >spirits will haunt him and his 'killers for hire' for their eternal lives. >The literary sedation of the Gambian populace by the status quo include the >threat that, since all Movements and Opposition Parties are unpatriotic and >subversive, dire punishments will be meted out to any supporters of theses >groups. We have permitted a suicidal situation to unfold, wherein, our sons >and daughters, as young as three years of age are murdered and society's >innate hypocrisy, contradictions and apparent failure of almost every facet >of our sociopoliticoeconomic life. >Our way out of this conundrum, lies in our action or inaction. Either, we >organize or unite in a coalition that employs realistic, strategic and >tactical manifestation of our societal welfare, or, our fears and >frustrations will always turn into political paranoia, hence turning us >into >the lowest common denominator. The time to act is obviously not when? But >now. > >--part1_90.12c713da.2803e0a7_boundary >Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Never in the annals of Gambian history, with the exception of the 70's, > >[Matarr Sarr-Saul Samba fiasco], shocked Gambians woke up to the April 10 & >amp; > >11, 2000 planned and executed massacre of demonstrating students. We have > >witnessed psychotic and traumatized 20th and 21st Century leaders like >Yahya > >Jahanama hiding behind a political mask, surrounded by >emptiness >and fear. > >with the July 22, 1994 putsch of Jawara's regime, the AFPRC [ Armed & > >dangerous forces of pillaging rudderless criminals], the abandoned mantra >of > >ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY & PROBITY was the order of the day, now, >it's > >the desperate and survival mode of THIEF-THIEF TECHNIQUE, whereby, the > >Emperor [Yahya] has no clothes on and do not like to be told that, he's > >naked; stole the farmer's $30million and shifted the blame on Captain Ebou > >Jallow; Crushed ex-Minister of Finance's [Koro Ceesay] skull with a >baseball > >bat and torched the brother in his car and claimed the Cabinet Minister > >committed suicide. How absurd? How callous? How Dreadful? Mutilated and > >riddle the bodies of sleeping soldiers with AK47 rifles and claimed >attempted > >coup d'etat; positioned Gambia into $$ counterfeiting heaven, drug & >blood > >diamond entrepot and mercenary/arms/ammunition bastion and blamed the hard > >working Sarahules as masterminders of such trades; Before leaving for Cuba, > >left strict orders to shoot and kill any demonstrating students, resulting >in > >16 students dead and dozens still unaccounted for, guess what? He, Yahya >and > >coconspirators blamed students for raiding an armory at a police station >and > >killing each other. It's Yahya stupid! Knowing his creepy and reptilian > >character, Yahya, now wants to mark the anniversary of the massacre, with a > >staged parade of corrupted/coopted/gullible students lead by the > >drunken/high-on-smack pied-piper police band. What a shame and travesty >Yahya > >Jahanama. I know, the bodies of the fallen students are rolling in their > >graves. Parents/family members of the deceased, don't despair, as their > >spirits will haunt him and his 'killers for hire' for their eternal lives. > >The literary sedation of the Gambian populace by the status quo include the > >threat that, since all Movements and Opposition Parties are unpatriotic and > >subversive, dire punishments will be meted out to any supporters of theses > >groups. We have permitted a suicidal situation to unfold, wherein, our sons > >and daughters, as young as three years of age are murdered and society's > >innate hypocrisy, contradictions and apparent failure of almost every facet > >of our sociopoliticoeconomic life. > >Our way out of this conundrum, lies in our action or inaction. Either, we > >organize or unite in a coalition that employs realistic, strategic and > >tactical manifestation of our societal welfare, or, our fears and > >frustrations will always turn into political paranoia, hence turning us >into > >the lowest common denominator. The time to act is obviously not when? But > >now. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 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 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------