EDITORIAL We are back in business. My computer was grounded by Jammeh's "Jalang." Just kidding here....Just imagine a world without an internet. What will happened? I had to call my computer expert to help address this serious state of affairs. My former class mate Bunja, one of my loyal readers was also equally concerned about my absence on the news stance. Hear Bunja, in this piece sent to The MIGHTY GAMBIA POST "Is P.M'bai around? His news is not sighted for sometime. Boy, come out and do your thing. May be he might have TABAKONKORONG SCAM in his computer. Or is he is on French leave ? Am joking with you. We miss you so much. P. M'bai, your job in the post cannot be measured. I'm calling for your quick return and serve us. I hope you are fine. Allah akbarr. Thanks for your steadfastness and balance descriptive electronic news. Speaking my mine. I remain, Bunja." Bunja, thanks for the complements. You were partly right when you said my computer was faulty. Thanks to a colleague, my computer is connected back. My apologies to our esteemed readers for such a media black out. It was not intentional at all. We will continue to provide you with the usual breaking news stories about Gambian related news and elsewhere on the continent. Despite our busy schedules, we will continue to keep The ALLGAMBIAN going. We appreciate the support and encouragement we received from our readers, without some of whom, we will not reach to this stage today. As we piece this editorial together, we are challenging the government of Yahya Jammeh to throw some light on this alleged coup story we ran today. We know that this government is in the business of detaining people in the name of national security. As a media organisation, we have no alternative, but to publish such a story. We have no malicious intent to run such a story. Samba Bah's detention is surrounded with a lot of speculations and rumours. If the government is not keen at discussing why Bah was detained, we at The ALLGAMBIAN will not hesitate to report news items we received. The system is eating each other. This is a government formed on the pretext of "Jangfa" or betrayal if you like. Yahya will sacrifice all those he used or abused before facing the musical chair. Yahya's attempt to disown his former errand boys is typical of African dictators. Dictators don't have friends. They believe in permanent interest and not permanent friend. Who on earth expected that Samba Bah, 13 Badjie, Abdoulie Kujabi, Foday Barry, Momodou Badjie, Ousman Badjie, Lang Conteh, Baba Jobe or "bourr Jobe", the list goes on will be subjected to such degrading treatment by Jammeh? How about his former loyal aides such Almamo Manneh, Corporal Dumbuya, Barrow and other soldiers who were executed in grand style. It is time for Gambians and members of the various security units in The Gambia to be cautious about the way and manner they relate with Jammeh. If Samba Bah can be jailed by Yahaya, no Gambian is safe. What is the point of aiding and abetting a dictator who will end up disgracing you? Does it worth it after all? Gambia's interest overrides the interest of Jammeh. Please take note of this. The said people we mentioned have one way or the order served Jammeh and were one time in his good books. What happened to Samba Bah could happen to anybody in Yahya's government. It is time for those serving Yahya-be it the military, the police, the NIA and our so called bureaucrats to start asking themselves the question as to whether the current governance trend is in the interest of The Gambia and her people. Why supporting a "Jangfa" leadership? The interesting thing is that some of these people being brutalised by Yahya today, might likely be held responsible for their past deeds by any future government. We don't expect any future government to embark on witch hunting exercise, but the reality is that some of the crimes attributed to some of Yahya's errand boys cannot go uninvestigated. Without an independent and impartial enquiry the truth will not be known. It is imperative therefore, for those serving Yahya today to know that this government will one day come to an end. Let justice guide your actions. The rule of law should be observed in The Gambia. Detaining people for more than 72 hours, without trial is not only illegal, but unconstitutional. This is a government, which used to detain journalists, politicians and human right activists for days and weeks without trial, is today resorting to the same undemocratic and unconstitutional moves against its own former allies and supporters. As indicated earlier, Samba, Baba, Lang, 13 Badjie and others experiences with Yahya should serve as an opener for those state guards and NIA officers executing Jammeh's dirty errands. The Gambia is ours and we should not allow one selfish person like Yahya Jammeh to separate us. From day one, we knew that Yahya was going to sacrifice all those behind his so called revolution. What happened to Edward Singhateh, the main man behind the July 22ND coup? Singhateh is today reduced to a stranger in Jammeh's cabinet, even though he paved the way for Yahya to be what he is today. Singhateh is a minister without portfolio as the likes of Neneh, Jali Touray and co have hijacked his responsibilities or close ties with Jammeh. One good thing is that Sinhateh is still surviving the dictatorship. His former council members, such as rude boy Sabally, and the late Hydara are gone, while he is still with Yahya. Edward never dreamt that Yahya will one day sidelined him like this. This was the man who named Yahya as the AFPRC interim Chairman with the support of his colleagues Sabally and Hydara. Today Edward is facing Jammeh's "Jangfa." It is a question of when will Jammeh discard him. We do know that he had brother in the army and as such Jammeh is finding it difficult to discard Edu for security reasons. A government formed in "Jangfa" will end in "Jangfa." Happy "Koriteh" prayers to Gambians. いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい 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] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい