Kejau
Brilliantly articulated, lots of lies and calculated propaganda. This is not surprising coming from somebody who even lied on his cv. I was never at Independence Drive and those who were present during that day know.
Pack of lies during Ramadan by a Nasirou Deen?
Ebrima
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From: Kejau Touray <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:12:06
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Subject: Re: [G_L] PRESIDENT (JAMMEH) EXPLAINS COUP D'ETAT (Standard.gm)
Thanks Laye for sharing. There is a lot of contradictions and basically
a lot of bullshit and downright lying and incoherent narration from
this idiot. First of all there was no resistance or firing as the
Nigerians had taken all the heavy weapons to the GNA from the then
Gendarmerie HQ and even at Denton Bridge they were with small arms, rifles
and only firing in the air. Secondly there was no Gendarmerie as that unit
was dismantled and he was part of that unit he called baboons and that is
why he ended up in the GNA, where he was very new and did not know
anyone's names. The coup was done by Charlie Company mainly i.e. Edward's
unit with Sanna and Edward running the show until he usurped the
leadership and betrayed them one by one. Thirdly he was with the rest were
disarmed at the airport by the Nigerians and the then TSG at the airport.
and they had used the pretext of the training with the Americans the next
day to get that far and to access the armory, others
believe.
This shows the type of egomaniac at the state house
and we should all be very
worried.
Kejau
>
*" I told them that when Prophet Muhammad was leading a jihad he
never
> took
> a back seat and therefore I would not to take a back seat. I want
them to
> be responsible for the consequences of whatever might happen. So
we
> negotiated and I told them to stop slinging their catapults at us
because
> we were going to eat them alive. "*
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Bamba sering Manka Mass <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> This man is sick to his bones. So Yahya still is living in his
>> prehistoric
>> mindset that he is some kind of super man?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 24 Jul 2012, at 16:13, "Laye"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> *
>>
http://standard.gm/site/news/3380-PRESIDENT-EXPLAINS-COUP-DETAT.html?print
>>
>>
>> *
>> PRESIDENT EXPLAINS COUP D'ETAT
>> 24/07/2012 12:32:00 Saikou Ceesay
>> <http://standard.gm/site/author/webadmin/>
>>
>> * President Yahya Jammeh has explained his command role in the
>> successful staging and execution of the coup that brought an end
to the
>> 30-year-rule of the PPP regime on 22 July 1994. *
>>
>> Speaking in the traditional anniversary interview with GRTS
deputy
>> director-general, Malick Jones on Saturday evening, on the eve of
the
>> 18th
>> anniversary of the takeover, President Jammeh who was 29 at the
time and
>> one of the youngest heads of state, explained: “It was the
Almighty
>> Allah
>> who made it possible why there was no resistance. I cannot tell
you they
>> [other security units] were on our side. At various stages of
our
>> movement
>> from Yundum military camp there was resistance but I think the
stiffest
>> resistance was at the Denton Bridge. It took time because I did
not want
>> to
>> kill anybody. So we were trying to negotiate with them to lay
down their
>> arms and were firing at us. I made it very clear to them that I
would
>> lead
>> the revolution and I am not taking a back seat. And I told them
what the
>> consequences would be if they don't surrender. They said as the
group
>> leader I should not negotiate with them and I should instead
send
>> somebody
>> to negotiate with them. I told them that when Prophet Muhammad
was
>> leading
>> a jihad he never took a back seat and therefore I would not to
take a
>> back
>> seat. I want them to be responsible for the consequences of
whatever
>> might
>> happen. So we negotiated and I told them to stop slinging
their
>> catapults
>> at us because we were going to eat them alive.
>>
>> At first, they thought we were joking. Then something happened
all of a
>> sudden and that changed the atmosphere. I then told [my men] not
to fire
>> back but just disarm them and collect their weapons. When we saw
their
>> firing was ineffective we started collecting their weapons. We
called up
>> a
>> truck and loaded their weapons onto the truck. Then word got to
Banjul
>> that
>> Denton Bridge had fallen. Again at Radio Syd, they were firing at
us and
>> we
>> disarmed them and came to Banjul. We came up to the road going to
ABC by
>> the cemetery. There was a baobab tree and it is still there
[laughs].
>> When
>> we came to that point I looked at the time and realised that it
was two
>> hours before the Friday prayers.
>>
>> I promised them that by Friday prayers we would be in the State
House. I
>> had to stop them for a while to calm them down because the boys
were
>> very
>> hot. We were there, the boys fired guns in the air and said, 'Sir
we
>> have
>> to go, these people are escaping'. I asked them, 'Escaping to
where?'
>> Then
>> they said they were crossing the ferry but that day the ferry
stopped
>> for
>> some reasons. I told the boys if they have to go, let them go and
they
>> said, 'No, you know we have to kill them'. I told them, 'Kill
them for
>> what?' I told the boys, 'If you kill somebody you are not
punishing him.
>> You are instead relieving him of his burden. Why kill them? We
will take
>> them to court and take back what they have taken illegally. If
you kill
>> them you have saved them from troubles'. I told them that we were
not
>> going
>> to kill anybody. One of them said, 'Sanna, the Yahya Jammeh I
knew on
>> Monday is not the Yahya Jammeh that is speaking today on Friday'.
I
>> said,
>> 'Good, there is a difference between Monday and Friday. And what
I am
>> telling you stands. If you scratch the head of one civilian, I
will cut
>> your head into pieces'. He said, 'Oh, we have to kill them for
them to
>> respect us'. I said to him, 'Do you think by killing people, they
will
>> respect you? You don't know this world. Kill them for what?' I
told him
>> we
>> were not going to treat anybody outside of the law. That day
was
>> exceptionally very hot so the boys were extremely hot. We had to
find
>> water
>> for them to drink and calm down. We had water from the
Community
>> Development and Film units. As soon as the water arrived,
somebody
>> spotted
>> [Ebrima] Chongan around the Arch 22. Then there was a cemetery
there. He
>> did not know that we were around and was coming with the Pajero.
I think
>> it
>> was [Amadou] Suwareh who told him, 'guy-I yang I fale! (the guys
are
>> over
>> there!). He turned the vehicle in such a way that you can hear
the
>> screeching sound of the tyres and this made the boys very angry.
They
>> started saying, 'Sir you see, this is what we told you. We don't
want to
>> drink water! I told them that nobody would go without drinking
water.
>> Interestingly, God saved the day. It was the work of Allah
because I had
>> no
>> intention of shedding blood on that day, bloodshed on that Friday
or any
>> other day. It was the work of Allah. The former president was not
at
>> State
>> House, he already fled to the vessel called USS La Moure
County…
>>
>> It was not that day that we had to tell the officers what was
happening
>> because they knew before. They backed out on several occasions
and
>> reported
>> us to the extent that we had a list. I would not tell you details
of the
>> list or what the list was for. But we had a very long list.
Remember it
>> was
>> Thursday and Friday. Thursday was at the airport. People were
made to
>> believe that we aborted the coup at the airport for fear of the
presence
>> of
>> those clowns called gendarmerie. That was not true. We looked at
the
>> situation and realised that we there is no way we could do
anything at
>> the
>> airport and avoid bloodshed. And for me, avoiding bloodshed was
more
>> important because I knew no matter how long it takes I would take
over
>> the
>> country. But I did not want to shed one drop of blood. They got
wind of
>> it.
>> They knew there was something going on and that was why the guard
of
>> honour
>> was put aside. And interestingly enough, they searched and did
not find
>> anything with anyone of the boys. When they conducted the search
I was
>> not
>> there.
>>
>> They panicked. I was at the camp. A lot of soldiers got panicked.
I told
>> them, 'Whether I am there or not they will not find anything with
you'.
>> When we came, we realised that we were going to kill a lot of
diplomats
>> and
>> that was going to be a bad start. I knew that conducting an
operation
>> meant
>> to solve an internal problem without violence ending up
killing
>> diplomats.
>> And of course a lot of people were going to die and I decided
that that
>> was
>> not the right time. So we aborted the mission. On our way as
there was
>> this
>> group called Tactical Support Group (TSG) that came but they did
not see
>> me. As the Gambia National Army soldiers were passing with the
truck,
>> TSG
>> members said to them army…Yen degnen muna sorp (You people
are
>> bluffing).
>> The boys were very angry and they wanted to come down, I said no.
I
>> asked
>> the truck driver to go straight to the barracks. I told the
driver that
>> I
>> would fix the problem. I asked the TSG troop what was their
problem with
>> the army? They said, 'Oh, sir, you were here'. I told them, 'You
are not
>> the people who can prevent anything from happening'. I told them
that we
>> were going to make meat pie out of them. 'With ten soldiers I can
enter
>> the
>> State House… If you think you have jujus and you rely on
your marabouts,
>> tomorrow, don't run. We will either pray with you during Friday
prayers
>> or
>> pray on your skulls.
>>
>> If you think you are men wait for us tomorrow. We'd rather warn
you,
>> give
>> you advance notice than take you by surprise because that is
cowardly'…
>> My
>> challenge on that day was to ensure that people don't take the
law into
>> their own hands. Most of the people were angry against certain
>> ministers;
>> some had personal issues to settle with some people. How do you
make
>> sure
>> that people don't take the law into their own hands? Remember in
those
>> days, there were no cellphones; I had to have the radio with me
all the
>> time to make sure that I knew where all the units are and what
they are
>> doing. And we made it very clear that whatever anybody is about
to do
>> should come on the radio. Therefore that day, the USS La Moure
County
>> was
>> given three minutes to leave the territorial waters. So what did
they
>> do?
>> They decided to leave from the port and come and just anchor
right
>> facing
>> us and the boys were saying, 'Oh the people have taken position'.
We
>> sent
>> word to them that we're giving them five minutes to leave or is
a
>> declaration of war and we will deal with them. So then they came
back
>> and
>> said, oh no no, they were just passing and told us we should not
use the
>> guns from the navy.
>>
>> At that time they were repairing Bolong Kanta and others and they
told
>> us
>> they had not finished fixing the guns so if we used them, they
were
>> going
>> to explode. They thought they were talking to fools but we made
it very
>> clear that we were not even banking on that…. but we were
going to take
>> them by surprise. So if you want to know what's going to happen,
stay
>> more
>> than five minutes and see. Then we started deploying some
soldiers to go
>> and…the whole objective was to impound the vessel because
everybody was
>> there. Then somebody was counting. We had a heavy machine gun.
The
>> vessel
>> was within hitting range. So we mounted the guns and someone
was
>> counting
>> the minutes. The first minute there was no movement, then in the
second
>> minute they started moving and they told us through the radio
that they
>> were going and were not trying to intimidate us or to engage us.
We told
>> them we came to die and so they could not intimidate someone who
wants
>> to
>> die. But if they want to be part of it, let them make the mistake
of
>> intervening. But we also have people who were going around
picking up
>> officials on their own… So I had to coordinate all that to
make sure
>> that
>> whoever is picked up is sent to the NIA [NSS]
headquarters… The toughest
>> thing that day was to make sure that nobody picks out an official
and
>> shoots him because whatever anybody did that day was going to
be
>> attributed
>> to us. We also had to deal with soldiers who were criminals;
going to
>> petrol stations taking fuel and selling it…We were also
trying to ensure
>> that nobody looted. This was another daunting challenge. Allah
was on
>> our
>> side and Allah has always been on my side.
>>
>> Our preoccupation was to deal with any eventuality from the
Americans as
>> well as from the Senegalese…But Alhamdullilah everything
went smoothly.
>> The
>> statement was made on the second day… As the tension was
going down, all
>> of
>> a sudden I saw a presidential guards van and who did I find
there, the
>> late
>> Kebba Ceesay [NSS director-general] and the then PS of defence
and some
>> of
>> the boys were very angry with the NSS. They were very angry with
this
>> guy
>> and Sabally was saying he would teach him a lesson… I felt
sorry for
>> them
>> and told them to let them go but Sabally wanted them for one
reason or
>> the
>> other… So I told one very strong sergeant to escort them
to the NIA
>> headquarters for their own security. So Ceesay was saying, 'So
you are
>> not
>> coming with us?' I said, 'How can I come with
you…'[laughs]. Nobody
>> would
>> touch you. I went to see them in the evening…”
>>
>> --
>> -Laye
>> ==============================
>> "With fair speech thou might have thy will,
>> With it thou might thy self spoil."
>> --The R.M
>>
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