Suntou, please post on Gambia-l. Thanks  First of all, I don't really understand what Abdul means by "carrying the decaying carcass of a Fulladoo Kangaroo" to the bantaba. I suppose by "decaying" he might be implying old age; well if that is right, all I can say is that I might be old but I am not dead yet.  As for Pa Samba Jaw, his personal attack does not bother me one bit. I would agree that I may have had some alcoholic drinks the night before the day of the coup, but on that very morning, I was very sober and clear headed. Moreover, he has reminded me of my favourate hangouts; Ousman Jallow's "Bus Stop Shop bars, where The Gambia's "who is who" of intellectuals gathered to fraternize over beers and hot broiled mutton or pork, and we ran the gambit from bankers, general managers, permanent secretaries, cabinet ministers, corporate executives, educators, bureaucrats, lawyers, judges and the list goes on and on. It was a fun time to be alive in The Gambia and I regret none of it. Ahhhhhhhhh Julbrew. Today, unfortunately, so many of these friends and once "radical progressive" Gambians are serving Yahya Jammeh at the highest levels of power. Many of these intellectuals within my circle of friends then would probably sneer at Pa Samba Jaw if he ever came close to our environment, and moreover, Pa Samba Jaw and every one else out there who has determined to hate me for no reason should atleast give me the credit that I have remained loyal to my progressive philosophy. If I wanted to, I could have easily landed a any job within the government by simply contacting Leut. Sanna B. Sabally, but my progressive ethical philosophy and Fula pride would not allow me get anything riding on someone else's back. --- On Tue, 21/4/09, pasamba jow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: pasamba jow <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Mathew K Jallow's item To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, 21 April, 2009, 5:53 PM Demba, Mathew has no credibility and cannot be taken seriously. I just have a few questions for him How can a person who was visited by the military brass to offer him a ministerial post stand in the street like a spectator and even run away?Which storey building was this and who is the owner.?What relation does Halifa have with the owner to run into a building?Can he name one Gambian who is still alive as witness? I hope he will help us by answering these questions. I remember that day vividly and was in constant contact with Halifa and other PDOIS members. I will await his response. Pasamba "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Mathew K Jallow's item To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 3:39 AM Did Matthew not know who Halifa was at the time? Ask uncle DA if Matthew did not know who Halifa was. Who would confused Halifa, Sedia and Sam Sarr with anyone else in the Gambia? You know guys credibility is about everything. Without credibility a story and its teller has no validity. Suntu and Matthew are in the same boat "Rebels wihtout a course" looking for attention in anyway they can get it.  The mind is a terrible thing to waste and knowledge without common sense is a sad combination. Dr. King once said " If a man cannot find something to die for, then they probably are not worth living"  Thanks  On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:39 PM, yanks dabo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Suntu  I told you Bailo won't be happy with your revelation, but tell him to get lost. What's wrong with Halifa leaving a trail of dust behind him. Only that dim-wit, Muhammed Drammeh, would regard that as cowardice; then you wonder what is wrong with being cowardice after all.  James Boswell wrote in the "life of Samuel Johnson", 1971:  "It is thus that mutual cowardice keeps us in peace. Were one half of mankind brave and one half cowards, the brave would be always beating the cowards. Were all brave, they would lead a very uneasy life; all would be continually fighting: but being all cowards, we go very well".  Therefore, being cowards is not criminal after all for it keeps us in peace. In fact all mortals are cowards for they fear dead, simple!  Yanks   Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:03:59 +0000 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Mathew K Jallow's item To: [log in to unmask] Suntou wrote: "I don't hate anyone".That cannot be true, you know that and we know that. Suntou also stated: "Trust no politician, the game is SELF." Trust me, the political profession contrary to your understanding is not always about SELF. Sir Edward Francis Small, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Ghandi, Halifa Sallah, Seedia Jatta! Look before you leap and think before you write. Bailo i don't hate anyone. It is a political exchange, bringing what may be of interest to some members is not tantamount to hate. Our politics should pass the stage of sensoship and comfort zones. The item produce by Mathew can be challange and it should be challange. Those that mean, all card should be off the table for reconcialiation talks? Halifa trying to safe his life is no crime and it should not be. I will run if that means geting away from the thugs. He is no super-man. You are well aware Karim that, our own labour government is going through a bad patch. The party is under intensive scrutiny for many things, And rightly so. I, like many ordinary folks don't trust politicians, And that will include you Karim, haruna, Dr Jaiteh or whoever enters politics. Trust no politician, the game is SELF. --- On Mon, 20/4/09, abdoukarim sanneh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: abdoukarim sanneh <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Mathew K Jallow's item To: [log in to unmask] Date: Monday, 20 April, 2009, 5:10 PM Suntou To honest I agree with Dr Jaiteh's statement. I don't know why you hate an individual as it is the problem.  Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:59:38 +0000 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Mathew K Jallow's item To: [log in to unmask] It is an instruction malanding, --- On Mon, 20/4/09, Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Mathew K Jallow's item To: [log in to unmask] Date: Monday, 20 April, 2009, 4:50 PM Suntou, I think you are a very fine man to go this lane. This is very low. I sincerely hope you will find time to re-examine you position. Malanding Jaiteh SUNTOU TOURAY wrote: > Suntou please post for me on the G-L. Thanks: > It was a warn Tabo-Koto July mid-morning in 1994. The time was around 9.30 am . The coup was in progress, but I did not know it yet. As I headed for the Latri-Kunda car park for The Daily Observer in Bakau, I notice something very strange. Everyone in Tabo-Koto and Fagi-Kunda seemed to be coming towards my direction and there were no moving vehicles on the roads. As I walked towards the car park, I kept asking people I met what was going on, but no one really knew. Around the Latri-Kunda market, I saw people I knew and went to them. They thought a coup was in progress, but were not sure. I decided to press on to Sere-Kunda. I walked all the way to Sere-Kunda market as many other people were also doing. Throughout the trip, military vehicles were coming and going either towards Brikama or Banjul . There was a large crowd of confused citizens around Sere-Kunda market who had idea what was going on either. Everyone saw what I saw; soldiers with guns driving ceaselessly up and down the streets. At the Sere- Kunda police station, a group of soldiers had surrounded the station; trapping all the police officers inside. Outside the station another crowd of curious onlookers gathered. I elbowed and shouldered my way through the crowd to a military officer standing outside the station main door, who liked like he was the leader of the military contingent and I asked him what was going on. "Mr. Jallow, get out of here.� He said. I repeated my question and he repeated his answer. So I walked back. I was able to gather pieces of information here and there and I went to Sweabou Conateh's newspaper office at the Sere-Kunda market and called the Observer and the Point to file a report. I think I was the only reporter out and about gathering news on that day. Everyone else from the Observer to the Point and Sweabou’s Gambia News were holed up in the safety of their offices. In any case, after three hours, I began to the long walk back to Fagi Kunda. Around the twin storey building near where the Brikama Highway branches into the Banjul and Sere- Kunda roads, I found a group of about five people standing by the side of the road talking rather animatedly. The gentleman in the middle was doing the talking while everyone else listened. I stopped to listen to what they were discussing, but within a few minutes, some military vehicles appeared in the distance around Bambo Nightclub, racing towards Brikama. As the military vehicles approached the gas station at the corner, the man in the center of the group turned around and without saying a word, bolted and ran inside the twin storey compound leaving a trail of dust behind him. I turned and looked at him disappear hurriedly behind gate of the compound leaving the other people behind. I could not believe what I was seeing. The man was none other than the brave savior, the hero, the sacrificial lamb. The man was Halifa Sallah. I turned around and headed for Fagi-Kunda and towards home. 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