La Moure County (LST 1194) - Naval Cruise Book

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JUL fl'l'll-I l2US'l'llN SIFNIMY ULUIIE I JULY 2l, lt!!-l Gambia soldiers declare bloodlessigovernment takeover usocrmzururss ' ' ' DAK.-KR, Senegal - Mutinnus soldiers in Gambia declared a mili- tary govemment yesterday, and the elected president of Afric-a's smallest nation wok shelter on an American warship. The four lieutenants who pro- claimed themselves the new guvem- ment ofthe West African nation said the overthrow had been bloodless. They suspended the constitution and political parties, and declared a T p.m. to 7 atm. curfew. - , Senegal, which sunounds Gam-, bia and intervened to put down a coup in 1981, ordered its military on alert. and moved troops to the bor- der. On Friday, Gambian soldiers-who had served in a mission in Liberia seized the airport and a nearby pow- 'er- station in' Bardul. the capital. They were apparently protesting lack ot' pay. V .Gunlire 'was reported. There were no details on casualties. Broadcasts yesterday announced the fomiation ofa Provisional 'Coun- cil of the Armed Forces,!headed by the four lieutenants, who were iden- tiiicd only as Yahah Jammeh, Sadibu Hydara. F. D. Sabaly and l. Signa- teh. ln Washington, Sondra McCarty, a 'Staten Department spokeswoman, said Gambia's president. Sir Dawda Jawara. was aboard the USS La Mnurc'Cuunty, which had been pay- ing a courtesy call when the distur- bances broke out. , ' The president, nntingthe in- creased tension between the soldiers and his government. asked if he could go'on aboard the ship, McCarty said. l'hat's where he is now. Jaxrara, 70, became Gambia's irst prime minister wheri'the coun- try achieved independencc from Britain in 1965 and was elected president in 1970. V .Gambia's borders were sealed yesterday. the airport was closed and telephone connections other countries were severed. ' The 800-member Gambian army is led by a Nigerian colonel under a H192 agreement between the two' fonner British colonies. Both have contributed to the West African peacekeeping force in Liberia. A British Foreign Ofiice spokes- man, speaking on condition ot' ano- nymity, said London 'strongly de- plured' the events in Gambia. It urged all concerned to .E spent the legitimate authority of the democratically elected govemmem of a fellow member of the Commu- wealth. and to ensure the amy or the civilian populationf' hg ,id- A largely MllBlil'Il nation on the nest coast oi' Africa, Gm-,hh is I narrow strip ot' land on each gd, of the Gambia River, nw 6 miles wide. er mm um THE GAMBIA RESCUE DEBRIEF HIDING OUT IN THE GAMBIA

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