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  • #1

    Miss London has it made news in the U.K ?

    I did a google search, it made aljazera news !

    Do you think the P.M has to answer for spending government , i mean party resources , i mean both to defend a man and then turn around and level a community in search of said man ?

    How do we build after the liquidation process , does Bruce have a plan ? He certainly didnt have one going in .

    To me nothing has changed , we have been down this road before .I want to see real action , not talk .

    I need for the government to convince me to be a believer, how do I know its not a ploy to put poor people in dem place for a preffered DON that bows to party wishes?

    Yes its my day off , I have all day fi chat sh*t.
    THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

    "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


    "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.
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  • #2
    Columns
    Casualties of war
    LLOYD B SMITH

    Tuesday, May 25, 2010

    FROM here on, Jamaica's checkered political history will be chronologically categorised as AD - Anno Dudus (in the year of Dudus), BD (before Dudus) and AD (after Dudus). And 2010 will forever be regarded as annus horribilis for all well-thinking, patriotic Jamaicans, both here and abroad. Yes, we are "in deep trouble".

    National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante, founder of the Jamaica Labour Party, must be weeping in his grave. His statue downtown Kingston which depicts when he bared his chest to the security forces, daring them to shoot him but spare the lives of his people, must now be viewed with bitter-sweet emotions when seen against the backdrop of what is happening in the Corporate Area with respect to the attempts to arrest West Kingston strongman Christopher "Dudus" Coke.

    Today, one of his successors as leader of the JLP, Bruce Golding, who is also MP for West Kingston as well as Minister of Defence, has come across as seeking to say, "Shoot me (kill my political career) but leave Dudus alone." In a foolish, cowardly and ill-conceived manner, Mr Golding and those in his party and government who have followed him blindly into this current conundrum, would have us accept that it is okay for one man to hold this country to ransom. Constitutional rights do not stop at Liguanea, indeed!

    But in all of this, I have much difficulty blaming Dudus per se for what has transpired. After all, we all know who Dudus is and what he stands for. He has carved out his own fiefdom and established a state within a state which he rules over as the "president". The people of Jamaica did not elect him; they elected Orette Bruce Golding who, by virtue of having convinced the governor general that he commands the majority of support from the 60 MPs, was appointed prime minister - first among equals. The oaths that he took would have served to convince us that as chief servant, he would be there to ensure that Jamaica remains a safe and potentially prosperous society.

    In this context, how does one juxtapose collective responsibility with patriotism in order to ensure that the national interest supersedes narrow, partisan and personal interests? It takes statesmanship. Let me remind my readers that the definition of a statesman is a person who shows wisdom and skill in conducting state affairs and treating public issues, or one experienced or engaged in the business of government.

    A politician, on the other hand, is described as a person actively engaged in politics, especially party politics, professionally or otherwise; often, a person holding or seeking political office: frequently used in a derogatory sense, with implications of seeking personal or partisan gain, scheming, opportunism, etc, as distinguished from statesman, which suggests able, far-seeing, principled conduct of public affairs. Bearing all of this in mind, can it be honestly said that there is one single statesman emerging from this wretched affair? Has our prime minister acted statesmanlike? You be the judge!

    For all intents and purposes, there is a civil war unfolding in Jamaica. The dictionary definition of a civil war is a war between geographical sections or political factions of the same nation. This is a most peculiar civil war unprecedented in the history of modern man as there are so many grey areas and conflicts of interest. And what is most unfortunate is that Bruce Golding, who was seen by many Jamaicans both here and in the diaspora as the politician most likely to take a statesmanlike attitude towards governance, especially within the context of the nexus between politics and organised crime, has failed most miserably. To put it bluntly, he has lacked the testicular fortitude to take Jamaica to a higher level. So it is not that Jamaica has become or is becoming a failed state. It is that it has a failed government.

    Bustamante, in defending himself against a Daily Gleaner columnist named G St C Scotter who questioned his motives in wanting to lead the Jamaican people, stated in a letter to the editor on August 31, 1938, entitled, "Why I want power", inter alia, "Yes, I want power, sufficient power to be able to defend those weaker than I am, those less fortunate, and that's what I have today - POWER..." The potent question then for Bruce Golding is, why do you want power? If you can answer this question as succinctly and sincerely as Bustamante did, then maybe we can begin to trust you again.

    Before this civil war ends, there will be many casualties. One that bothers me is the future viability of the JLP. It would be unfortunate if the JLP becomes a spent force, thus leaving Jamaica to be PNP country indefinitely. Our democracy needs vibrant, viable political parties both in government and opposition. It cannot be good for this country if the JLP dies a long death. That is why the Bustamante Labourites must rise up and retake the party so as to ensure that it remains a credible entity seeking to retain or seek state power.

    The PNP, in the meantime, must take sleep and mark death. It cannot be business as usual. Lest we forget, in war one of the first casualties is always the truth. This is a turning point in Jamaica's history. Now is the time for all good men and women to stand up and fight for Jamaica land we love, bearing in mind that cowards die many times before their death, but the brave taste of death but once.
    Last edited by Karl; May 26, 2010, 10:07 AM.
    THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

    "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


    "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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    • #3
      Corruption, criminality, chaos
      HEART TO HEART
      With Betty Ann Blaine

      Tuesday, May 25, 2010


      Dear Reader,
      So the People's National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party have succeeded in wrecking Jamaica, and the rest of us have stood by and watched the two warring tribes take the country down the road to destruction.

      I continue to be amazed that a society so saturated with brilliant minds, and so densely populated with Christians, could be so deficient in wisdom and foresight, and so bankrupt of courage and conviction - hence the current crisis enveloping the country.

      Not one of us has the luxury of saying that we didn't see it coming. The writing has been on the wall for decades, and despite the cajoling, the pleading and the outright warnings that the nation was heading for a crisis, very few of us seemed to have been listening, and fewer yet, willing to speak truth to those in power and to stand up against the negative forces.

      The root of the problem has been the destructive nature of tribal politics, but even more acute, the broad band of corruption that has infected all the major sectors and institutions of the country and has led to powerful synergies with criminal networks inside and outside of Jamaica. It is no surprise that right now both a PNP and a JLP politician are under probe and trial for fraud.

      The end of Michael Manley's experiment with democratic socialism in the '70s simultaneously signalled the end of the chapter of national sacrifice and the closure of the book on collective responsibility. The period of the '80s ushered in a new era of individual aggrandisement and vulgar self-interest that was distinctly different from what existed before. It became common talk that the days of politicians being poor under the Michael Manley regime were over and that it was "black man time to make money".

      What transpired from that time until now has been a story of unfettered greed with the attendant characteristics of political corruption and widespread complicity throughout all sectors and branches of the society. As the tentacles of corruption spread, they formed natural attachments to public officials, the police and private citizens, and a governmental and institutional structure already porous and fraught with weaknesses and loopholes fell victim to deep and widespread skullduggery.

      In a climate of unrestrained corruption, organised crime always finds a perfect habitat and subsequently flourishes, and so it is with Jamaica. With no regulations or restrictions on campaign financing, with weak civil society, and very few independent voices, the links between political parties and criminal networks grew and solidified. And the relationship was reciprocal - you scratch my back, and I scratch yours - I will ensure that you win elections, and you will ensure that I share in the largesse when your party becomes government. Of course, the way to guarantee that the system is maintained and controlled is to ensure access to guns and ammunition.

      As politically astute and resourceful as Jamaicans are, it didn't take long for the ordinary person to understand how the game was played, and they acquiesced. The "hustling"-to-survive mentality meant peddling bribes to whomever and wherever it was necessary - customs, police, public servants - you name them. It was the way to get things done, and the surest way to put food on the table. It was also the way to build criminal empires, some of them taking on multinational dimensions.

      The chickens have now come home to roost with the Christopher "Dudus" Coke crisis deepening by the minute. Essentially, the masses have been left up to their own devices and the result is what is now unfolding before our very eyes. It is a tale of how a criminal empire established deep roots in the hearts, minds and pockets of inner-city people - those Jamaicans who have been abandoned, abused and exploited by the political establishment - both green and orange.

      It could be easily argued that Dudus Coke himself is a victim of a vicious political system. When the legitimate government divested itself of its role and responsibilities to the citizens of the country, it opened the door for illegitimate rule, and area leaders and dons walked in. The country could not have had a Dudus Coke without a corrupt political system, and while Coke must take personal responsibility, the truth is that the system encouraged and facilitated his ascendancy to power.

      Corruption thrives best in chaos, and the Jamaican society has been deliberately driven into a state of chaos and anarchy by those forces, political and private, whose motives have been selfish and self-serving, and those who see criminality as the material means to the political end. It is simply mind-boggling that a country with the incredible natural and human resources that Jamaica possesses, could become socially and politically emaciated and bankrupt, and is now on show in front of the whole world as a rogue state in which criminality is glorified and protected, and where some officials are among those purported to be on international criminal lists.

      But even more worrying is the vast underclass whose existence has been intertwined with criminal activities to the point where there is no distinction between right and wrong. It is clear to me that long after the Dudus matter is settled, the job of re-socialisation and re-education must be vigorously pursued if Jamaica is to survive.
      With love,
      bab2609@yahoo.com
      Last edited by Karl; May 26, 2010, 10:09 AM.
      THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

      "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


      "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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      • #4
        To all the forumites , now thats its in the american media , do we know where this might spin politically in the USA?

        I see them calling Bruce and acquitance , affiliate , payer or symbotic of Duduss.......if that Mannt issue sullies the Obama administartion in anyway , expect extradition proceedings for Bruce .
        Last edited by Sir X; May 26, 2010, 07:47 AM.
        THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

        "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


        "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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        • #5
          Tivoli doomed from Independence?

          Published: Wednesday | May 26, 2010 0 Comments and 0 Reactions


          Supporters of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke celebrate on May 20 while protesting attempts to arrest him. His Tivoli Gardens stronghold has since fallen to the security forces. - Ian Allen/Photographer





          From the outset, even before it got its name, Tivoli Gardens always seemed destined for conflict. When Jamaicans voted for its first government for post-Independence Jamaica in 1962, the community, then known as Back-O-Wall and Ackee Walk, was the only scene of major political discord in the entire island.
          Less than half a century later, despite the name change to erase stigmatisation, the West Kingston community has been unflatteringly dubbed 'wild, wild west' and the 'mother of all garrisons'.
          Back in 1962, when hope oozed and nationalism reached fever pitch, Jamaicans could not have hazarded a guess that political violence would be at the core of its development .
          In the Western Kingston constituency, though the ground was fallow, the seeds of discord were ready to be sown.
          Even an ambitious initiative undertaken by the Church dubbed 'Operation Friendship' was not able to bring salvation to the community already torn by strife, fed by poverty and deprivation - ready and ripe for political exploitation.
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          that The Gleaner reported that Sir Alexander Bustamante had prevailed in the historic polls, the newspaper brought the tragic news that two Back-O-Wall shacks had been set ablaze.
          "Flames lit up the night sky over the shanty town known as Back-O-Wall in Western Kingston last night as two of the matchboard dwellings were razed in what police believe to be a political arson," The Gleaner reported.

          It was as if then president of the People's National Party, Norman Washington Manley, had a premonition as he spoke about his electoral defeat and the political violence that had reared its head.

          "In politics, one must always be prepared to accept the decision of the people," he declared. "Jamaica faces a stern and challenging future."

          In words that have turned out to be quite pointed, Manley declared: "Jamaica has chosen the way ... . I can only pray a blessing on my country."

          The Gleaner reported that the two West Kingston dwellings that were razed on election night in 1962 were a full hundred yards apart and top-ranking police officers said the fires had probably been set as a form of political protest.

          It was in the same general West Kingston area that there was much celebration.

          This characteristic has stayed with West Kingston - celebratory one minute, combative the next.

          "To the beat of an improvised drum - a piece of stick and a tin can - JLP supporters converged last night, spilling into Duke Street ... . Crowds danced and shouted while officials worked to set up microphones and a loudspeaker to broadcast victory songs."

          But even in the midst of celebrations, the signs of violence were noticeable.

          A mere two chains away, police equipped with steel helmets and batons stood by.

          Hints of public disobedience were also in evidence in Western Kingston, as police had said no victory marches were planned for election night.

          In the midst of the celebration, the Labourites observed a "wake" described by The Gleaner as "perhaps in the noisiest in the island's history".

          To the chant "Manley gone", they paraded through the streets of downtown Kingston with a miniature coffin - Manley's - borne aloft with two lit candles on top, and a cross carried before it."

          The Gleaner reported that during most of election day in 1962, the only area of high tension was a section of Spanish Town Road outside the Queen's Theatre polling station in West Kingston.

          "There, Edward Seaga is reported to have been slapped and another man stabbed ... . The police used tear gas to dispel a crowd and members of the riot squad stood guard in the area for the remainder of the day.

          "This area was one of very few in the Corporate Area where people queued up to vote. Mr Dudley Thompson, PNP candidate in the four-cornered struggle for representation of the area, paid several visits; but Mr Seaga kept away after the early incident."

          Even the well-meaning Operation Friendship, which was established a few years earlier, was not able to divert Western Kingston from its seemingly determined pathway through the course of the succeeding 48 years.

          An interdenominational church organisation had seen the needs of the people of Back-O-Wall - a high brick wall dividing the cemetery from an area bordering the Ackee Walk - and had moved in to assist.

          "Two years ago, bitterness against Back-O-Wall was very marked and pronounced. No one cared whether their children were taken care of," The Gleaner reported. "Houses were hovels. The bitterness seeped out."

          Operation Friendship packaged its "practical salvation" with needed food, health care and other basic necessities to the people of West Kingston.

          But politics came and disrupted it all.



          Seeds of crime sown in politics






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          THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

          "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


          "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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          • #6
            Adams talks to Mosiah ...calls for occupying force in garrisons - Vindicated over claims about Tivoli

            Published: Wednesday | May 26, 2010 0 Comments and 0 Reactions


            A soldier lays down orders to men detained by the Jamaica Defence Force yesterday. The location of the makeshift detention centre will not be revealed because of security concerns.





            Mark Beckford, Staff Reporter Colourful retired Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams has called for the security forces to expand their operations to 80 other communities in Jamaica, which, he says, are besieged by criminal gangs.
            "I want them security forces) to stay in Tivoli, Arnett (Gardens), Mountain View, Olympic Gardens, Spanish Town. I want them to stay as long as possible. Then, we should invite civil society to come together to reorientate or orientate these people, because they have been trained to hate the Government, the Church and the police," he said.
            He also wants a command post to be established in the centre of Tivoli Gardens for the foreseeable future.
            Adams, who served in the Jamaica Constabulary Force for 41 years, said he had foreseen the latest stand-off between the security forces and criminals in west kingston.
            "I saw criminal organisations implemented with the complicity of some politicians on both sides, the private sector

            and other people. I have seen criminals spread their crime all over the island in a deliberate manner," he said.
            Adams was himself involved in a July 2001 police operation in Tivoli Gardens, which claimed the lives of 25 persons. Adams, at that time, received sharp criticism from various sectors of society, which decried his policing tactics.
            In that attack, the ex-crime fighter had prophetically declared that Jamaica "will pay dearly" for the entrenchment of thugs in Tivoli.
            He says that the build-up to the latest situation and the aftermath have left him feeling "highly vindicated" about his position that the west Kingston community was a hotbed of criminality. He is not asking for an apology from his detractors, however.
            "I am not demanding it. If they are contrite in their hearts and said they hoped they had supported and cooperated with me when I went there and was not blinded by politics, and that they need redemption, then I will guide them," he said.
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            THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

            "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


            "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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            • #7
              hmm.. that is one interpretation..

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              • #8
                yuh vindicated yes!

                Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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                • #9
                  Yuh want MORE action? **************** bredrin yuh bloodthirsty ehh man?

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                  • #10
                    Yuh and Ben a brethren now ....showa unite in times of trouble ,yuh use to guh campion to ?..lolol
                    THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

                    "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


                    "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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                    • #11
                      Trouble ??

                      Is how much nail dem waan put inna PNP coffin ??

                      By di time election roll round.. between the money and the accomplishments (hell if di 13 PNP Garrison seats get shake up) PNP will be left with 10 seats..

                      lol !

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                      • #12
                        Wall Street Journal ....Grand Chess master move

                        Bloody Conflict Escalates in Jamaica
                        Security Forces in Capital Attack Armed Groups Believed to Be Backing Accused Drug Lord, Bringing Death Toll to at least 44
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                        By JOEL MILLMAN And NICHOLAS CASEY

                        At least 44 people were said to be dead after a third day of violence in Kingston, Jamaica, as security forces assaulted the slum stronghold of armed groups believed to be defending accused Jamaican drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke.

                        Mr. Coke, the son of one of Jamaica's most influential gang leaders, is fighting extradition to the U.S., where he is wanted on drug and gun-trafficking charges.

                        One member of the security forces had been killed and seven injured in the confrontation that broke out following Prime Minister Bruce Golding's decision to extradite Mr. Coke, according to local media reports. Mr. Golding, perhaps fearing violence, had wavered on the extradition, but issued a warrant for Mr. Coke's arrest last week.

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                        Soldiers were on guard in Kingston, Jamaica, Monday. Armed police and soldiers barged past barricades into the capital's most violent slums, clashing with defenders of a gang leader sought by the U.S.

                        Shooting, looting and attacks on Jamaican police soon followed. On Sunday, the government declared a state of emergency.

                        On Tuesday, the violence centered mainly in the Trench Town area, a notorious warren of shantytowns and public-housing projects celebrated as the childhood home of reggae legend Bob Marley. Fighting has also been reported in Spanish Town, a suburb west of Kingston.

                        "Security forces are under extreme pressure now," said Mark Shields, the island's former deputy police commissioner, who now runs a private security firm. "We have urban war going on." A spokesman for Jamaica's police department declined to comment on Tuesday's events.

                        The Associated Press quoted Jamaica's official ombudsman, Bishop Herro Blair, saying at least 44 people have died in battles between police and the drug gang. The island of 2.8 million is considered one of the hemisphere's most violent. Nearly 1,700 people were killed in 2009, with the death toll hitting more than 600 so far this year.

                        Much of the problem, authorities say, lies with the long-festering issue of Jamaica's criminal organizations, many centered in Kingston's shantytowns, and the rise of powerful "dons." In exchange for the community's protection of their illicit activity, these figures offer services that the government at times doesn't, such as welfare and local justice. Mr. Coke is among the most powerful of these men.

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                        Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is wanted in the U.S.

                        The Jamaican government has shied away from attacking these figures in the past—particularly the government of Mr. Golding, whose district lies in Mr. Coke's stronghold. In past altercations in Trench Town, drug bosses have armed neighborhoods with weapons and used women and children as human shields.

                        Unattended, the problem has grown—a similar predicament faced by countries like Mexico, which is facing rising levels of drug-related violence after having let the problem worsen for decades.

                        "Civil society in Jamaica has risen up and said 'enough is enough,'" says Mark Thomas of Jamaica Trade and Invest, a group that promotes foreign investment in the country.

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                        A man injured in the battle between Jamaican security forces and groups believed to be defending an accused drug lord is taken to Kingston Public Hospital in the capital Tuesday.

                        Jamaica, whose English-speaking population has led to the rise of call centers for U.S. businesses, is in need of "law and order," he says. "We want criminality, tyranny and disorder to be dealt with."

                        Airlines on Monday canceled a number of flights to and from Kingston. Air Jamaica said it was calling off three flights, two of which were headed to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the other bound for New York. American Airlines suspended service between Kingston and Miami.

                        While Mr. Coke remains at large, wild rumors have spread through the capital. One has him directing a counterattack from his stronghold; another that he has fled to a hideout in Jamaica's mountains.

                        Reports have circulated on Jamaican radio of battalions of gunmen earning large daily sums to resist police and build barricades, but couldn't be confirmed. Jamaica's daily newspapers report that demonstrators protesting Mr. Coke's arrest have interfered with police actions, a tactic similar to events in Mexico's drug war in recent months.

                        U.S. officials have attempted to keep a low profile. On Tuesday, State Department spokesman Charles E. Luoma-Overstreet said the U.S. was cooperating with Jamaica to counter illegal drug trafficking, but didn't offer specifics.

                        The State Department also issued a travel warning to U.S. citizens and halted nonessential embassy services in the city over what it called the "deteriorating situation."

                        Don Foote, an attorney for Mr. Coke, has pressed for a meeting with the chargé d'affaires officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kingston. He said his client should be tried in a Jamaican court.

                        Mr. Luoma-Overstreet wouldn't say if an alternative trial in Jamaica was an option. "The charges upon which the extradition request are based are violations of U.S. law. "

                        Write to Joel Millman at joel.millman@wsj.com and Nicholas Casey at nicholas.casey@wsj.com
                        THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

                        "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


                        "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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                        • #13
                          Just think of it as the Debt Exchange Program... no pun intended..

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                          • #14
                            Yes it's made the news here. I said it would once the violence starts. I'm really confused about what's going on though.

                            From the news I can gather that the security forces have control of tivoli? So where is most of the gun battles now?

                            How soon before the gun men start to run out of ammo? Or is that not a problem?

                            Are the security forces winning the war?

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                            • #15
                              Glad you made it to the site Love , I will leave Ben aka Maudib & Lazie to answer all questions as it pertains to the security operation.
                              THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

                              "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


                              "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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