NEWS Following Gambia's 3-1 Victory Against Brazil, President Jammeh Presents $10,000 to APRC Supporters in the US BY OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 18, 2005 Following Gambia's 3-1 victory against Brazil, jubilant Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Saturday presented a gift of $10,000 (ten thousand United States dollars) to his APRC supporters residing in the US to organise a picnic party today at a park in New York City, The ALLGAMBIAN online Newspaper can reveal. Our Correspondent who was at the New York APRC meeting, attended by Jammeh's ministers, senior government officials and some Ruling Party followers said The Gambian leader told the gathering that he was impressed by the overall performance of The Gambian boys and consequently decided to organise a $10,000 dollars picnic party for his supporters here in the US. According to Jammeh, despite moves by what he called "My enemies who posted flash news on the Internet that Brazil had defeated The Gambia, we have been vindicated. We have emerged victorious despite their postings on the Internet. Thank God that we have won the game. This is the first time for such a victory in Africa." Jammeh also informed the New York gathering, which was strictly restricted to people perceived to be opponents of his government that he earlier told the Brazilian President who is here to attend the UN World Summit that The Gambia was going to defeat his country. Jammeh added that Gambia's victory was not a surprise to him, as he always predicted such a victory. The Gambian leader also told the meeting that the victory celebrations will be extended in The Gambia upon his return. According to our correspondent, many observers at the meeting wondered how The Gambian president can engaged in "such a spending spree" when the average Gambian cannot afford one decent meal. The picnic party is scheduled to take place today at an undisclosed park in New York. Go To Top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2004 AllGambian.Net. All Rights Reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤