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bamba
Sweden
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 Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 16:53:03
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Frankly, it’s difficult to describe my feelings over the present torture and killing of the captured coupists in the Gambia. A feeling of empathy with the victims and their families constantly alternates with extremely strong disgust of the primitive brutality showcase—black to black.
If UN statistics is anything to go by, every fifteen minutes, a human being kills another human being. Against the horror background of such a mundane killing reality, the modalities of human killings come to mind. Undoubtedly, torturing, beating someone to death is the most brutal and unparallel killing modality of all in this our world of killing orgies.
The piece below is culled from the Gambia Journal. I surpress the gruesome reality of the piece deep down in my subconscious mind. Bamba.
POLITICAL LEADERS MUST TAKE A STAND NOW
By Mbaye B Sarr & Mohammed L. Sillah
Apr 11, 2006, 19:56
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The alleged coup plot of March the 21st and the crackdown that followed and continue to unfold is threatening to transform the Gambian political landscape and hindering the prospects of free and fair elections later this year. The stunning drama of the past several weeks has whipped up a climate of fear that Gambians have not felt since the transition years of the middle nineties. The gory stories of the treatment of the alleged coup detainees that have been making the rounds in the country have helped to intensify this climate of fear. The horror stories speak of broken necks and limbs, of men driven nuts by the inhuman torments inflicted on them by state-sponsored torturers and of former state dignitaries weltering in mixtures of their blood, tears and excreta. People who over the past several months have had their political instincts aroused have now sunk back to their apolitical shells and apathy threatens to grip the nation.
While the ruling APRC party carries on with its election campaign in spite of it all, holding meetings all over the country, the opposition parties have not held a single mass meeting for over six weeks. This at a time when the coming rainy season will call for a suspense of most political activities. After the rainy season comes the month of Ramadan, an other season of political refrains. In the middle of that season itself, or just after, the elections are supposed to be held. So when will the opposition be able to meet with voters, introduce their programs and explain their failure to maintain a serious political coalition against the Jammeh tyranny that has been cleverly masked behind the façade Reluctant Democracy.
What are the opposition political parties waiting for? The UDP/NRP coalition’s recent release calling for the proper treatment of detainees and respect for the constitution and the rule of law is indeed welcomed, but this is not enough. The opposition must not let the Jammeh regime be always seizing the initiative and dictating the agenda. What has happened to the plan supplementary registration of voters? What measures are they planning to take against the APRC’s apparent plan to once more manipulate the voter register and bring tens of thousands of hired voters from across the border? Currently the ruling party is making maximum use of the climate of fear by keeping the opposition muted and paralyzed. The so-called rallies of solidarity, supposedly non-partisan are only meant to boost the APRC’s chances in the coming elections and almost gone are all talks of reconciliation that dominated the media just about a month ago.
What has become of the Obasanjo-sponsored Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)? Everywhere in the country, district chiefs and divisional commissioners have been busy campaigning for the regime. Around the whole country, potential opposition party militants and activists have been cowed and paralyzed by the fear of being taken along by the storm of terror as the gory aftermath of the alleged coup tends to spread and unfold endlessly.
Being the only hope for return to genuine constitutional government and the rule of law, opposition party leaders must take the bull by the horn and make sure the coming elections will be free and fair. For only this will immunize our dear nation against both tyranny and conspiracies by clandestine groups to seize political power and impose their will on the Gambian Nation.
As for the alleged coup attempt the opposition leaders must treat its tale only with a pinch of salt until ample evidence on the veracity of official versions are allowed to be confirmed by independent scrutiny. Political opposition party leaders must urgently call for the immediate restoration of the rule of law. They must call for the setting up of an independent commission to look into all the evidences so far available on the alleged coup. The constitutional and legal rights of the detainees must be restored and upheld.
Opposition leaders must call for access to detainees by families, lawyers and humanitarian organizations. Until then, all support or solidarity with the Jammeh regime may be treated as complicity in breaking necks and limbs and the practice of secrete killings. Opposition party leaders in The Gambia of these days must openly call for the boycott of the planned Ten Thousand Man March planned for this Saturday April 15th. If they, the leaders, dare not do all these; if they fear they may be taken in as detainees of the alleged coup, and if because this fear then they must consider resigning their position, or they must reconsider a second chance for a fresh coalition.
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salimina
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 17:31:06
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| What a sad reality! But when it comes to the oppositions i think thats all one can say.They have to get out from their hiding places and challenge this regime.If they feared death then they should resign.They are the ones everyone is looking at. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 18:35:38
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In any society where freedom has prevailed, the people laid down their lives and was never granted on a silver platter. Until Gambians line up the streets and say not in our names, then they must be ready to be butchered one by one.
Since 1994, the number of deaths is uncountable not to mention those missing in action. If we sacrificed 100 gambians at one go and push the devil out, we would have been thinking of something else. Now that number will have been surpassed and yet no change will have been achieved. The opportunity cost of loosing 100 Gambians far outweighs the current scenario on the ground. May be, those who have taken up the hobby of counting the dead will agree that we are not far from this number if not exceeded already.
Even in America, they had to lay down their lives to achieve freedom. Abraham Lincoln who is dubbed the father of the nation even at some point suspended the herbaes corpus, underwent a civil war which claimed more lives than the total number of dead among the allied forces during the second world war. in one day the civil war would consume over 23,000 lives which was a common occurence.
Those who have made america their home must remember the sacrifices of its people to defend democracy with their blood. gambians cannot expect that God will come from the sky and do the job for them.
I believe that a nation gets the leaders they deserve and Gambians deserve Yaya. May be the problem is us and we need to do a deep soul searching to find the answers. Yaya has never had a shortage of willing Gambians ready to torture, maim and kill their fellow Gambians. I am sure yaya has not personnally perpetrated all these but by his thugs. So it is brother against brother. If Gambians were fed up, they will change and personally i have take one stance and that is, change must come from within and may be they have not pushed to the wall yet.
One Senegalese musician said that if you want to know on what side of God you are, you need to check on what side of your you have placed God.
Freedom had always thrived by being watered with the blood of tyrants and i am yet to learn of any society that did differently. I am not calling for a national uprising but sitting under the bantaba hoping another Moses will come to liberate us from Pharoah is to live in illusion. We have to be out there on the streets and some form of civil disobedience is necessary to bring some sanity to the people who for many years have been robbed of their rights in the name of security. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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salimina
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 18:48:46
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| 1000 death with a decent burial and achieving freedom is better than unknown death toll without even seeing the bodies( sorry if i offend anyone). |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 18:52:08
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| No offense Salimina. Enough is enough. We need civil disobedience in the gambia NOW! pEOPLE SHOULD MARCH IN THE STREETS TO SHOW THEIR DISGUST IN THE WAY JUSTICE IS BEING DISPENSED ANYTHING SHORT OF THAT IS HPOCRISY. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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bamba
Sweden
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 19:32:14
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| I think there is a need for a reproduction of a new breed of blacks with "sacrifice" in their DNA. All other races,except for the black one, have some form of bequest from their ancestors to thrive on in this 21st century. Blacks have God/Allah. |
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taalibeh
Gambia
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 22:09:45
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You see, even Kofi Annan an african of his calibre is so silent about what is happening as if he does not care. He should be saying something for the whole world to know.
I could not believe my eyes when I read on the gambiajournal about the us praising the jammeh government for their security corporation with the us. America should have been pressurising jammeh to leave the country just like they did to taylor. Two bloody hopeless sons of africa.
Today one is in hell and the other is on the way to join. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 22:12:45
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| taalibeh you really have a sense of humour |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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Sitasungo
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 23:25:49
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Hi brothers,
Did you all know that the alledge excaped coupist were never taken anywhere as alledged by the state?
They were killed and burried in the nyambai forest.This is the roumour very strong in the country today.Some people are even asking questions as to :
(1)Who gave the first message to the state that the car taken the alledge coupist has had an accident?
(2)Where is the driver and the rest of the escort?
Why did Jawara went to the TV to tell people about his accident and the spot was shown on TV whilst the alledge coupist's broken car was no where to be found?
The person who gave the information to the nation, where did he got it from and who was the eye witness who gave the information?
(3) We now all believed that the Cassamance guards at state house are killing our brothers while the Nation kept mute due to fear.
People now fear Jammeh more than God and I wounder why we Pray when we will all go to hell?
We call ourselves Muslims but we are only hypocretes who deserve nothing but the worst Hell of all Hells.
My friends Jammeh is not more of a man than all of us and I know in my heart of hearts those who call for a mass march to uproot Jammeh out by popular movement,will be the first to stay at home when the day comes.
Come-on let us not fool ourselves.WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO MAKE THE MOVE?
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 23:28:23
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| The true citizens |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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taalibeh
Gambia
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 23:52:44
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Bro we are praying because it is an obligation upon us. We must not question our faith because of what yaya is doing. We should instead be questioning his faith.
We are still not living in a lawless socity. We have got leaders within the opposition with a measured judgement and we must continue to listen to them. Can you remember in the early days of the 1994 coup when people were agitated. Halifa was always on radio assuring people to be calm and considerate. We listened to him then and we emerged from that difficult moments without problems.
Let us exercise the same level of judgement and be calm. There are two denominators here; a senseless group of thugs and a group of faith. Let us continue to use our intelliegnce and our faith without rushing. The truth will come out in the public domain without delay. Ofcourse no Gambia is comfortable with what is currently happening.
I am saluting you all for your indifatigability, your strength and your courage to speak your minds in denouncing the mishaps befalling our motherland. But I urge you to wipe the tears. Help is on the way, you and I do not know how close but it is on the way.
Did you hear me boys and girls? It will be ok, it will be ok INSHA ALLAH. |
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kondorong
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 23:58:11
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You remind me of Mborr at Armitage when he said help was on the way. It was one night we had no food for dinner and tractor that went to Kuntaur to collect supplies broke down on the way. We were all in the Assembly hall at night.
Taalibeh, you raise my spirits as though change will happen now but the Lords KUNFA YAKUN is so fast that we hope he hears your prayers. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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taalibeh
Gambia
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Posted - 12 Apr 2006 : 00:03:54
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konds you are my favourite. You remind my about a lot of things. I hope ndongo sillah at the gambiajournal is reading as well as all the Armitage boys.
I cant stop laughing konds.
I tell you what I'm picking someone from the airport, you are making me late. I am off. GOOD NIGHT KONDS AND CO. SLEEP TIGHT. |
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Sitasungo
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Posted - 12 Apr 2006 : 00:05:23
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Kondorong,
Who are the true citizens?
I have never seen one here in serekunda.Except if you go to the opposition camps.
Even us are seen by others to be unpatriotic.
Some here will tell you "Gambia today needs survival than politics". If I go arround talking to people to vote for NADD,some peolpe tell me what will Nadd do?Why are they not demonstrating to urge Yaya to explain where those coupist had their accident?
You people don't even have a slightest clue as to what we(the opposition in the Gambia) are facing now.The police,NIA,Army and all security agents are having a very hot iron in their anus.
Every body wants to show to Jammeh publicly that thwey are with him for fear of being accused by the green stupid boys as a coupist and either getting send to prison or put 9 feet deep.Not to be seen again or heard of till Jammeh is out.
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kondorong
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Posted - 12 Apr 2006 : 00:09:24
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| i did not know ndongo is at gambia journal. i will vist the site. he like big words. You rmemebr one savage who used to attend our Speech days. Those days will never come back again. They wer the innocent days. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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sss
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Posted - 12 Apr 2006 : 00:27:51
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| AM WONDERING WHETHER THE RELATIVES OF THE ALLEGED COUP SUSPECTS RECEIVED THEIR BODIES?I DONT THE GOVERNMENT WILL SAY THEIR BODIES ARE IRRECOVERABLE AFTER THE ACCIDENT. |
THE MESSENGER OF GOD(peace and blessing be always upon him)SAID,"WHOEVER WALKS WITH A TYRANT IN SUPPORT OF HIM,WHILE AWARE OF HIS TYRANNY,HAS ABANDONED ISLAM."At-Tabarani
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