Based on the testimony of the police witnesses at the Truth, Reconciliation & Reparations Commission (TRRC) one could notice their common distinctive position of having prior knowledge of the Gambia National Army’s (GNA) overwhelming strength in terms of lethal weaponry that far outmatched that of their entire forces to stand[Read More…]
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The Gambia’s July 22nd 1994 Coup – Part Four
I concluded my last paper, on this series of chronicling my experience of The Gambia’s July 22nd 1994 military takeover, at the offices of the Vice President and Minister of Defence of the Republic of The Gambia. At where the five important American visitors paying a courtesy call to the[Read More…]
The Gambia’s July 22nd 1994 Coup -Part Three
Former Gambia Marine Unit – now Gambia Navy – Commander Mahmoud. B. Sarr was the officer chosen from the Gambia Armed Forces and sent to the USA in April 1994 to join the USS Lamour County battleship. He was to guide Captain Bookhart to navigate the jumbo vessel into Gambian[Read More…]