Mr.sowe,I dont know how much you want to know about the said demonstration.I am told that it took place but the turn out was poor.

Am sure some body will help.Wishing all of you a happy easter break.

Why did the students meet jammeh?Can some body tell us something about the meeting.  

>From: Biram w sowe <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: PROPOSED DEMONSTRATION 57KENSINGTON COURT-
>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 12:55:05 -0000
>
>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.
>>
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>>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.
>>
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