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Is the phantom squad still lurking in Guyana?

Years after Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon coined the term “phantom” squad references to the alleged killings of hundreds of men by this gang have been surfacing at the trial of Roger Khan in New York even as questions linger about its continued activities here.

It was in 2002, at the height of the execution-style killings of a number of young men that Luncheon had said that intelligence agencies were examining the possibility that there was a “phantom body” out there involved in a number of killings.

In its amended form the term ‘phantom squad’ has been with Guyanese ever since. While some are angry at the murderous activities of the members of this group, others praise them as the ones who curtailed the 2002-2006 crime spree in the country. Former Minister of Home Affairs Ronald Gajraj had been accused of having links to the squad. Though an inquiry subsequently cleared him, he was relieved of his ministerial post and sent to India as high commissioner. Prior to that, US authorities had revoked his visa as well as that of his wife.

Meanwhile, in its case against Khan, indicted on charges of exporting cocaine into the US, the US government has named him head of the phantom squad. According to papers filed in the US Eastern District Court of New York, he caused the deaths of some 200 Guyanese through the same squad.

This is the same Khan, who had boasted in a statement to the media in 2006, which was published as an advertisement in some newspapers, that during the crime spree in 2002, he had worked closely with the crime-fighting section of the police force, providing assistance and information at his own expense. He had said that his participation had been instrumental in curbing crime during that period.

He had also boasted that when American diplomat Steve Lesniak had been kidnapped and taken to the village of Buxton, he had met operatives from the US Embassy on a daily basis and provided them with information. It was hard evidence from him, he said, that had led to the issuance of an arrest warrant by a US district court judge for escapee Shawn Browne, who was thought to have masterminded the abduction. The security forces cornered Browne in a house a few days later and shot him dead. Stabroek News was told that Khan employed ex-convicts and policemen, paid them and had them gather intelligence on the five escapees, Browne, Dale Moore, Andrew Douglas, Mark Fraser and Troy Dick.

The quintet had made a bloody escape from the Camp Street Prison on February 23, 2002, which became the catalyst for a wave of crime the country had never before experienced. During this period, some 21 policemen were shot dead and numerous civilians murdered. Scores of policemen left the job and confidence in the force was at an all-time low.

‘Propensity for violence’
Meantime, according to court documents in support of Khan’s charges the government said it would seek to establish that he was the leader of a “violent drug trafficking organisation (the Khan organisation) that was based in Georgetown, Guyana, from at least 2001 until his arrest in 2006.” Khan and his co-conspirators reportedly obtained large quantities of cocaine, and then imported the cocaine into the Eastern District of New York and other places for further distribution.
“Khan was ultimately able to control the cocaine industry in Guyana, in large part, because he was backed by a para military squad that would murder, threaten, and intimidate others at Khan’s directive. Khan’s enforcers committed violent acts and murders on Khan’s orders that were directly in furtherance of Khan’s drug trafficking conspiracy,” court documents said. The documents added that the paramilitary squad was referred to as the phantom squad.
These accusations had led Justice Dora Irizarry to rule earlier this year in favour of an anonymous jury for Khan’s drug trial.

This ruling meant that the names, addresses and workplaces of members of the jury would not be revealed and that they would eat lunch together and be escorted to and from the courthouse each day by the United States Marshals Service.

The judge was of the opinion that the dangerousness of Khan, as alleged by the prosecution, was a fact worth considering since according to one of the government’s confidential sources the ‘phantom squad’ Khan was associated with was responsible for “at least 200 extra-judicial killings from 2002 to 2006,” in Guyana.

While Khan was not charged with crimes considered violent in nature, his involvement with and leadership of a criminal organisation indicated his “propensity for violence,” the judge had said.
The judge, in making her ruling, had said that there was evidence of Khan’s willingness to tamper with the judicial process since he admitted that in 1993 he successfully evaded federal prosecution in Vermont for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon by absconding to Guyana while on bail.

‘Allegations’
While there had been talk about the phantom squad, no one had publicly come out and admitted its existence until January 2004 when the now dead George Bacchus went public with allegations that linked Gajraj to the squad, while admitting that he had acted as an informant for the squad. A person or persons unknown killed Bacchus in his Princes Street, Lodge home later that same year.

It was after condemnation over Gajraj’s alleged role with the squad from a number of groups and organisations that President Bharrat Jagdeo announced the setting up of a Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate the allegations against Gajraj.

Bacchus’s allegations about Gajraj’s link to the squad had been made in statements to the media and to officials at the US embassy after his brother Shafeek was gunned down outside his Princes Street home on January 5, 2004. Bacchus had said he believed he was the intended target as he had been complaining about rogue members of the phantom gang formed to hunt down the five escapees.

Bacchus had claimed that it was the “the atrocities” carried out by criminals during the crime wave in 2002 that had inspired his involvement as an informant but said that was the full extent of his participation in the group’s activities.
He had said that he was responsible for collecting “intelligence” for the group, often locating criminals whom the group was targeting.

But after the elimination of the criminals who had been its targets, the ex-informant said the squad had begun to carry out executions for people who were willing to pay for its services. The man had also identified to embassy officials a spot in the city where people who were abducted by the group were tortured. By this time he had left the group, but he was still critical of its activities. These included several killings that continued even after the death of escapee Shawn Brown.
“I told [the official] about the killings over and over,” he had said in a statement. “He said he would ‘look into it.’

“Those men killing people all over and some a dem innocent, if a man jam you car and you want he dead all you have to do is pay dem men.”
For his criticism of the group’s activities, the man said, he became a target as his concerns were filtered back to the squad. He had said he was even placed under surveillance by some of the gunmen, who would park their cars along his street, watching his house.

‘Any Tom, Dick and Harry’
Bacchus’s allegations had also sparked calls from the PNCR, the Working People’s Alliance, ROAR and the African Cultural Development Association for Gajraj’s resignation.
Telephone records had subsequently revealed that a suspected key squad member, Axel Williams, who was killed on December 10, 2003 in Bel Air in a well-organised hit, had made several calls to Gajraj at the ministry and at his home.
Gajraj has always maintained that he knew nothing of a phantom gang or any killings.

“Not at all,” he had told reporters when asked if he was aware of the killings. “I have said time and time again what my position is with respect to those enquiries. And it is still the same. Anybody can go out there and say whatever they want to say. It must bear scrutiny, it must bear analysis; and not just because somebody jumps up and says something, you will arrive at a judgement position.”

He had said experience had shown that if government officials said anything, it was given very little, if any, credibility. “But any Tom, Dick and Harry can jump up and make statements, and they are treated as gospel.
“Nobody stops to look at circumstances or the validity… of the statements that are being made. So long as it is made against a government official… or the government per se, irrespective of who says it, it is gospel.”
With regard to the telephone records showing calls made to him by Williams, Gajraj had said, “Axel Williams was only one individual. There were several other persons who were in contact with me on the telephone and on several telephones. So the press might choose to exacerbate Axel Williams’s case but I say that there are several other persons throughout the length and breadth of this country who have been in contact with me through all hours of the day and night.”

Asked why he was in contact with Williams, he had responded, “Like any other issue, it could be a host of reasons [for which] he might have wanted to be in contact with me, or I [might] want to be in contact with him…
“I would not disclose if you call me or somebody else calls me, especially if it relates to matters of national security. Sometimes what you tell me might be very innocuous or putting it in the wider context of the security system, might be (deficient). Any informant or information received on criminal situations in my view is a matter of national security.”

Rival groups
President Jagdeo never believed there was a phantom squad carrying out extra-judicial killings.
“…If there are Phantom Groups, how would I know about their existence? I know that we have people mysteriously turning up dead and I have been advised that there are rival groups fighting for supremacy especially in the drug trade,” the President had said when he was asked about the issue. He had said that although he would have admitted that the crime situation was quite a serious one, the media still painted a very negative picture of Guyana.
The President had said that there were several factors responsible for the crime in Guyana including Guyanese involvement in the Colombian drug trade, the large number of deportees and other domestic problems. And he had admitted that his police force was under-equipped, but said that his government was exploring various possibilities to solve the problems.

‘No private militias’
While the President, his former minister and the police denied the existence of the squad, Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, earlier this year, in so many words had admitted that such a squad existed.
He told those who were gathered at this year’s wreath-laying ceremony for police officers who died in the line of duty, that the Guyana Police Force was the only entity tasked with dismantling the criminal enterprise, “not any private militias, not any phantom group, not any individual who has personal vendettas, that is an era that is left behind.”

Rohee told the officers that the best tribute they could pay to their fallen peers was to “capture by any means, and I emphasise that, by any means possible, this notorious group of men and dismantle the enterprise which gives them support.” He called on all Guyanese to support the force while pointing out that those who had died had made the ultimate sacrifice.

The police may have heeded his words as less than two months later, the two most wanted men in the country, Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles, were cornered and killed by members of the force.

‘Execution killings dropped’
In the same vein as Rohee, Crime Chief, Seelall Persaud, had boldly announced last year that since Khan had been captured by the US, execution-style killings in Guyana had dropped considerably from 43 in 2006 to 12 last year.
Speaking at the launch of the 2007 Christmas policing plan, he had said that the force had been working to dismantle the many criminal gangs operating in society.
According to Persaud, since the US had arrested Khan in Suriname and extradited him to face drug charges in New York there had been a decrease in execution-style killings. Persaud had said too that Khan had a group of men who worked with him while he was here, but since he had been locked up the men had all gone in different directions.

“We believe that Mr Khan was involved in narcotics trafficking and since his arrest we have seen a fragmentation of his gang instead of them being one place they are all over the place,” he had said.
Asked why the police had not gone after Khan’s gang, many of whom, as he had indicated, still roamed the streets today, Persaud had responded that charges were laid against individuals based on evidence. He said the police were still conducting investigations.
This year, the force said it had asked US authorities for information based on revelations made in Khan’s court case.

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66 Responses to “Is the phantom squad still lurking in Guyana?”

Andy
on October 5th, 2008 7:18 am

This is a well-written and highly informed article. If a reader heard about the Phantom Squad but lacked details, this is good enlightement.

1. “Bacchus had claimed that it was the “the atrocities” carried out by criminals during the crime wave in 2002 that … he was responsible for collecting “intelligence” for the group, often locating criminals whom the group was targeting.”

2. “But after the elimination of the criminals who had been its targets, the ex-informant said the squad had begun to carry out executions for people who were willing to pay for its services. The man had also identified to embassy officials a spot in the city where people who were abducted by the group were tortured. By this time he had left the group, but he was still critical of its activities. These included several killings that continued even after the death of escapee Shawn Brown.”

3. Bacchus: “I told [the official] about the killings over and over,” he had said in a statement. “He said he would ‘look into it.’

The ‘official’ in this case turned out to be a government official, and this is why the public asking: if a government official or officials knew of the Phantom Squad, and by inference, Roger Khan, then how could the President not know, given a US diplomat was reportedly kidnapped? Would government continue to deny knowledge of Khan if Khan rats out all those he dealt with in government?

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LoveGT4Real
on October 5th, 2008 7:48 am

What a story!
How could one have confidence in the authorities after reading this?
The statements made by senior officials are laughable at best.

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drumup_change
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 9:29 am:
……mark you roger khan had his motive………who do you know have that type of operation would not have an army to protect it money……what a story…….remember this statement with the money launders….”is a family business”……we would like a full investigation into where the laundered money went…..sn…can you start the ball rolling….

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ChocolateCCM
on October 5th, 2008 8:30 am

YES THEY ARE STILL LURKING IN GUYANA.

I DETEST THEM TOO AND THE GOVERNMENT ACTIONS.

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amen-ra
on October 5th, 2008 8:59 am

Of course the phantom is alive and well, after reading this article and reading past news from 2002 to now tells me that the group was in existence. Even recently with the arrest of roger knan’s lawer a member of the group was to testify against khan and they had wanted him eliminated. Guyana govt needs to wake up and investigate this group more.

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Fineman cousin
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 11:24 am:
today is sunday i cant say what i want to say to you how can the government start any investigation when from all appearances elements of it are involved …get real you know how long it took them to get pinochet and his likes eventually we will get them all

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Raj
on October 5th, 2008 9:13 am

SN hats off. Thanks for raising the bar on investigative journalism. The Phantom still reigns. Minister Rohee confirms in KN of September 29, 2008 “that he is aware of persons who used to be associated with the so-called phantom gang, but he is unaware of whether they are carrying out activities that are associated with criminality.”

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drumup_change
on October 5th, 2008 9:21 am

“According to Persaud, since the US had arrested Khan in Suriname and extradited him to face drug charges in New York there had been a decrease in execution-style killings. Persaud had said too that Khan had a group of men who worked with him while he was here, but since he had been locked up the men had all gone in different directions”

…..…..this statement is enough for the people of guyana to remove the ppp/c government….over two hundred people die at the hands of roger khan all or most of them black and guyanese sitting on their hands….this is enough for a full united nation investigation…..this is wrong and all guyaners need to stop sleeping….we should demand moore….what can we do to bring back the love we had….let see the outcome of roger khan’s case….my guyanese brothers and sisters all is not done…….

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good guy
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 4:37 pm:
Drump — NOW there is an INCREASE in crimes 100 % . Maybe we need a balancing of the equation again .

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Carl
on October 5th, 2008 9:26 am

As long as members of the so-called phantom squad are out there, then the pernicious group should be viewed as viable, and thus as a clear and present danger to the stability of our country.

Didn’t Stabroek News recently report that residents of Buxton have reported threats against them by men whom they believe are members of the phantom squad? Why wasn’t this fact mentioned in the article above?

Anyway, justice will eventually reach out and touch the phantom squad, whose members are now scattered in Guyana, Antigua, and other places.

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badlall
on October 5th, 2008 9:44 am

The killers are still out there as one can see with the recent threats to Mark Benschop and Lincon Lewis. They are now directed by people higher than the level of which it was in the past. Govt and Police are not keen in arresting this group. Bacchus’s body was stolen from the cemetery and it hardly made a ripple on the police radar. On the deaths of Policemen it was after Merai shot and killed Shaka Blair that these murders were committed. Murder begets murder” “ALL” Criminals should be charged and put before the courts.

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evileyes
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 12:18 pm:
DUH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ZERO - TOLERANCE
In reply to the above comment on October 11th, 2008 3:32 am:
“DUH” is all you can say when faced with the TRUTH !!
tweetybird
on October 5th, 2008 10:05 am

and the beat goes on,we knew all along about the phantom,its nothing new.

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Johan
on October 5th, 2008 10:59 am

What comes through most clearly in all this, is that none of these gangs - not phantoms, not escapees, not deportees, nor any other ‘ees,’ could have been so successful without leaders in high places. This is why gun violence is still prevalent in Guyana even after so many of these foot-soldiers have been killed. Nothing is being done about the high placed commanders, so the fallen are merely replaced and the killings continue.

Remember the ‘impartial’ commission of inquiry that cleared Gajraj?

Isn’t it sickening that Guyana’s law enforcement in UNINTERESTED in Khan even after all that has already come out about him?

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Fulano de Tal
on October 5th, 2008 11:18 am

I recall one Sunday, Father’s day of 2002 two cops, in civilian clothing, were escorting me to a station for a false accusation that a girlfriend of a Phantom operative made against me. While on the way another Phantom operative with whom se was very friendly appeared & she repeated her lie to him. This gang member drove his Starlet & knocked me down in front of the cops who immediately ran away, one dropping his motorcycle as the phantom member came towards me with his right hand behind his back under his shirt. I almost got up & ran away but chose to challenge my attacker. While in a verbal confrontation with him one of his cronies in the vehicle said, “them men with he look like babylon, gi dem a stout money, apologise an leh we go” he immediately put his hands into his pockets & gave the cops who subsequently returned some $1000 GY. The attacker left & I was taken to the station. When we arrived the cops immediately said *********** you ent waan no story right!?!?! I immediately realised I was between a rock & a hard place since they were paid,, they knew the accusations against me were false & were only trying to extort money out of me but as I had witnessed something that would compromise them they decided to let me go. While in the station one of them said, “hey duh man is Many, he wanted yuh know” Nothingelse was done about the issue. I asked a friend of mine who was also a policeman what could be done & was very disappointed when i was told, “Dem man is phantom, yuh cyan touch dem”. I did my own investigations & realised that this group made up of ex-cops, career criminals & men of very questionable & immoral character had links that were high & wide in our society. I also discovered that RK was their main contact & liaison with the current administration who had given him a green light to do whatever he desired as long as “he helped them fight the crime situation” Ironically the “crime situation” was created by him to give himself credibility. When I learned that the “jailbreak” was partially orchestrated by a businessman one of our most recent wanted men & another prominent “businessman” with businesses on several streets to name a few my sadness increased. I realised that our Police force was partly “owned” by these men. When men like Waddell were assassinated it strengthened my resolve to make a difference, but like a virus their strength grew & it became more & more difficult to confide in anyone since the depth of their connections & payroll was unknown. I do KNOW that they are still there & his lieutenants are continuing his busineses with the blessings of the powers that be.

Unless there is GENUINE government with morals, values & the WILL to make a POSITIVE change these criminal entities will continue to grow & citizens who feel threatened will continue to arm themselves. What makes it even more sad is the fact that these men are caught red-handed in criminal activity & are set free at times without even a charge while others are gunned down like wild beasts on a hunting day.

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evileyes
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 2:35 pm:
when all is said and done the Govt is ligit….cant deny that…..

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SUPERERRO
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 4:20 pm:
“when all is said and done the Govt is ligit….cant deny that…..” POSITED EVILEYES. I agree that they are ligit, but do that give them the right to be corrupt and lawless; I don’t think so! However, judgement day is near. The denial will continue. Nevertheless, ligit or not, they have to go!

guy123
In reply to the above comment on October 6th, 2008 6:57 am:
Whatever!!!

tiger
In reply to the above comment on October 6th, 2008 4:54 pm:
ligit and courupt and involved in mass murder and drug dealings ect ,ect.
roger khan claims so and the former informer said so also the former home affairs minister did not dispute the fact that he knew axel williams an ex squad man and so forth and so forth, we will know the truth in future what went on here.

evileyes
In reply to the above comment on October 6th, 2008 8:23 pm:
Tiger and you said so…..ehehehehehehehe

ZERO - TOLERANCE
In reply to the above comment on October 11th, 2008 3:36 am:
Somebody said ligit? eheheheheheheheh!!!

torbo
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 2:39 pm:
there is lots more stories like yours fulano de tal , i have one two , i was in buddys
nite spot having a drink and standing in the corner when several young ladies
come over by the bar i did not pay much attention , but i notice a nice looking
girl looking at me and smiling so i look back and smile to be greeted
by one of her female friend gesturing to me to stay away i found that to be funny
so i mention to one of my friends what had transpired and he told me that is
one of R K women and her friend was just warning me to stay away not soon after here comes about 4 to 5 phantom gang members to that same spot of
the bar where i was standing dancing with some girls and one of them was
looking at me in a suspicious way i high tail out of there in a hurry , also it
was amazing everybody got to be frisked when entering buddys disco and bar
so i was shock to see this guy in the male restroom with his hat down on his face
and low and behold a 9mill gun resting on the urinal

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good guy
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 8:04 pm:
Torbo –your “fairy tail story ” should be in Rilpeys –”Believe it or Not ” . Or maybe i should nominate for an Academy award . Get real .

good guy
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 4:03 pm:
Fulando –your story is a figment of your imagination . If it is true as you said —you would not be writing this story .Believe it or not

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guy123
In reply to the above comment on October 6th, 2008 7:11 am:
Who is this(good)guy?Did you just arrive from space?There are so many stories like these guys are talking about,that you can believe it or not…..would make some horror movies look like a picnic,you should get real and take your head out of the sand.

AMAR NAUTH
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 7:14 pm:
the only positive government is one who know all their secrets ,hipocritical and immoral behaviour. that is a government lead by the AFC and i say ALLIANCE FOR CHANGE . ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE. THE COLONISERS HAVE CHANGED SO GIVE GUYANA A CHANGE. ITS WORSE THAN COLONIAL DAYS TODAY.JUST LOOK AT THE HYGIENE IN THE STREETS OF GEORGETOWN. THATS WHAT PPP AND PNC WANT POWER TO SHOW TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.THATS WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING AFTER ALMOST 40 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP.

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bbuckman
on October 5th, 2008 11:56 am

guyana is a country of law and order.the problem the civil servants,police and army has to carry out,the fuction of the state.
intstigation of the civil servise of the pnc is undemocratic and barbaric.this mind set”you and them” has prevented guyana for 26 years.
i say 26 ,to undo the democratic gains of the ppp took 2 years after the 1964 election,then the high fall.

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On the look out
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 1:17 pm:
Be more clear in your comment bbuckman

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evileyes
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 2:37 pm:
read into it what he is saying…..its called inheritance…….

Fulano de Tal
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 3:10 pm:
BBuckman remove the veil from your eyes. The attrocities under the current administration make anything anyoneelse may have done in the pass look like church.

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LoveGT4Real
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 4:28 pm:
bbuckman’s problem is the emperor’s new clothes.
Even if you try slapping sense into him he still won’t see things differently.

jamar
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 4:25 pm:
BUCKMAN U OUT OF TOUCH I MEANT IRRELEVANT.

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tweetybird
on October 5th, 2008 1:22 pm

these bloggs r full of crap,they edit what they want,ppl need to stop blog.its a waste of time

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coolieman
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 2:58 pm:
Stabroek gave Fulano a whole page because it suits their agenda, ppl wasting their time blogging here, they will not publish the truth

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jamar
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 4:34 pm:
GO BLOG SOME WHERE ELSE THEN MAY BE CHRONICLE WILL GIVE WE MORE SPACE

Fulano de Tal
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 5:15 pm:
This is not personal coolieman this is reality. If you have no knowledge of your past you’re doomed to repeat it in the future. Nevertheles it’s nice to know that you are reading the posts. Hopefully someone may manage to open your eyes & the eyes of those like you.
The wise seeketh knowledge, since “we” are not given the truth through the other media here’s your opportunity to “speak your mind”
torbo
on October 5th, 2008 2:13 pm

IS THE PHANTOM STILL LURKING IN GUYANA ? WHAT A QUESTION ,OF COURSE WHERE THEY GOING ??

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evileyes
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 5:18 pm:
better question:::who are they? eheheheh i often wonder what they look like……

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torbo
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 7:03 pm:
YOU CANT LIVE IN CANADA AND KNOW WHO THEY ARE EVILEYES

evileyes
In reply to the above comment on October 5th, 2008 11:17 pm:
TORBO YOU LIVE IN THE US RIGHT?DO YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE?IF SO THEN TELL IT TO THE LEGAL AUTHORITIES….IF NOT YOU KNOW AS MUCH AS I DO…..FAIR ENOUGH?
good guy
on October 5th, 2008 4:08 pm

As the saying goes —”desperate times calls for desperate measures ” . As in multiple choice tests –it is not how you get there but the END result is what matters . Another riddle –”if it works –why change it ” . Let the good times continue.

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AMAR NAUTH
on October 5th, 2008 4:57 pm

coolieman you are blind and will never see .weather its a page or a line .the truth has to be expressed so that others who dont know will soon know.you and others like yu will soon take Guyana to the grave.

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berryl
on October 5th, 2008 6:53 pm

WHO WILL REMOVE THEM . THIS IS A CASE THAT IF YOU REMOVE THEM WHO WILL CARRY OUT THE GOVERNMENT DIRTY WORK

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torbo
on October 5th, 2008 7:13 pm

ASK ANY BIG BUSINESSMAN PRIVATELY IN GUYANA WHO DOES PROTECT THEM AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THE PHANTOM , IF YOU MAKING MONEY
YOU BETTER GET THE SERVICES OF THE PHANTOM IF YOU DONT YOU
WILL GUARANTEED TO BE ROBBED.

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Arnold
on October 5th, 2008 10:51 pm

Sr Amar Nauth;
Why you are justifying the others, at the expense of Collieman?
Surely because, his sense of Vision is more is more focused. Or probably, he has to think like ya’ll.

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evileyes
on October 5th, 2008 11:26 pm

I have a question for all those who blog here with the US flag…I am sure most you are from Guyana or had visited Guyana previously….To those who care saying Guyana is stink-filthy-run down-rotten…My question to you all…Have you ever seen a sign posted anywhere in Guyana that reads as follow::::NO STITTING–NO URINATING:::::Now I can tell yaal I saw that with my very eyes in NY……..and I bet all of you saw it too but you have no other choice to live in it just like you say Guyanese have to live in it….and let me tell you…its worse in the US where garbage crap and sh..it are concerned…….the same tiger bay linden and lodge you condemn are in better shape than where most of you live in the US…I know it and many people know it too…..

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torbo
In reply to the above comment on October 6th, 2008 1:04 pm:
evileyes i get the impression that you hate the USA. Is it because you did not
get a visa to come here to live so you had to settle for the next best thing
CANADA, AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY where freedom to buy anything
you want freedom to walk the streets with your wallet full of money,freedom to
express yourself, freedom to live in a big house and drive the best automobiles,
freedom to get the best medical treatment and care, just plain old freedom mr evileyes,

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evileyes
In reply to the above comment on October 6th, 2008 2:18 pm:
ehehehehee Turbo i have news for you hahahahah….where yuh think i bin to see all dis before deciding on canada hahahaha i saw too much rotten stinking trash and dem big stinking rats yuh got there in NY ehehehe man talk about stench i had to run back to guyana..come on man yuh cant deny that…yuh got all dat deh and mo ehehehehehe…

torbo
In reply to the above comment on October 6th, 2008 4:28 pm:
EVILEYES i know you looking at too much movies , you were never here in
usa.. hahahahahaha i know your type keep dreaming man maybe one day
we going to let you in evileyes …..

malaika06
In reply to the above comment on October 6th, 2008 6:47 pm:
ehehehehe…Evileyes,
Obviously yuh people didn’t aspire to nuttin, since they remained in dutty, stinking NYC fula rats and didn’t had the ambition to move to just round de corner to Valley Stream, Briarwood, Kew Gardens, Fresh Meadows or even Queens Village and Laurelton! ehehehehe

ehehehehe, even good ole’ lil Guyana “Richmond Hill”, what about Ozone Park and South Ozone. Aw shucks! I jus remember Howard Beach ehehehehe!!!

And on a point of order, NYC is not the USA. Go figure boooya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tiger
In reply to the above comment on October 7th, 2008 3:00 pm:
i disagree with the best medical treatment , thats unless u have medical insurance to cover you, here in canada its free with most drugs easily available the reason why most americans come to canada for our superior medical facilities, we welcome you americans.

Johan
In reply to the above comment on October 6th, 2008 4:03 pm:
Evileyes, yo’ betta come walk ah South New Jersey, boy. People might think yo’ see de whole America an all ova stay suh. Me nevah see nuttn like wha yo ah talk bout (except on TV), an me bin yah five year now.

Then again, meh spen 35 in Guyana - and nat all ovah nasty. So wha wrang wid you really?

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evileyes
In reply to the above comment on October 7th, 2008 8:47 am:
dont get in this fight if you dont know what the fight is about…make sure you read each and ever blog here b4u do..ok….they are trying to tell people that guyana stink and when they are told based on what is seen in ny they cant take it…you got it…and by the way..you go ask people who lived there how it used to be b4u get there…ask them who lived through it if they never saw no spitting and no urinating signs on pulbic transport in ny…..OK?

malaika06
In reply to the above comment on October 7th, 2008 7:44 pm:
Man evileyes, u were really living in de slums when u came, if you came to the NYC.

But then again I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. Sometime in the mid 90s, the mayor who preceded Bloomberg, can’t remember his name right now, had inherited a seedy and rundown NYC. Ah! Guilliani. Then he really had to clean up NYC which had suffered a blight due to severe economic hardship facing the city.

Nonetheless, there are tons of places in NYC that are well kept beautiful and yes, served by mass transit where people don’t piss on public transportation

evileyes
In reply to the above comment on October 7th, 2008 9:22 pm:
oh no Malaika dont get me wrong….after spending one week there i could not stand it and left eheehehhe…but my point is this…those are the ones who are calling guyana stink rotten and run down…im just pointing to them what i and many people saw in ny…there is no denying that…and sorry…i dont live in slums….eheheheheh….you are right..it Guillaini that cleaned up the place…but they are denying what i saw and said….

Johan
In reply to the above comment on October 8th, 2008 4:12 pm:
Evileyes, you addressed yourself to all who blog with the US flag - not just New Yorkers, and made a broad statement about USA - not just NYC. I have no doubt u saw what u saw. My objection was about judging a whole country - be it US or Guyana - by one nasty part, hence my defense of my hoods in both South NJ and Guyana. I cannot therefore be in agreement with those who say Guyana nasty. So whaddayu know? WE’RE ON THE SAME SIDE! Kick butt.
BIG D
on October 6th, 2008 3:52 am

The phantom has always been there.The former administration used it .The Phantom starred in The Arnold Rampersaud Case,Jonestown.and The Rodney Assassination.These were criminal cases.The record shows that the Phantom was active.

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joe joe
on October 6th, 2008 7:06 am

Hey,they is no phontom in Guyana,this is only a nightmare for the ones that is commiting these crimes….keep jumping in your sleep…keep watching your back…you didn’ent commited any crime.He is watching your moves and ready to strike….scary cats.

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evileyes
In reply to the above comment on October 6th, 2008 11:44 am:
Joe Joe next thing they will tell you is there are no criminals living in any part of Guyana…eheheheehehhe

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Babydoll
on October 6th, 2008 1:56 pm

Well Jagdeo your police force is under-equipped, who fault is that ? I would prefer them to be under-equipped that equipped because they cannot not be trusted, the police loan their guns out to criminals back in the late eighties to commit roberries. Your police force and the guyana defence force is a failure and it is because of many reasons, 1st reason wages are low, 2nd reason they are well trained, 3rd reason I do not think that they go through a criminal back ground check, these are my views and that is the bottom line.

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AMAR NAUTH
In reply to the above comment on October 6th, 2008 8:40 pm:
i agree with you and if bharat jagdeo got any love and respect for Guyana and Guyanese he will do someyhing about it immediately.

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Get Real
on October 6th, 2008 3:33 pm

Torbo why are you being so rude to Evileyes ? Don’t you think that they have freedom of speech in Canada ? They have all the privledges that you have here, if no more and better. So please do not say that we can get all those nice things that you typed in your blog, without having the money to accomplish them and another thing is that all the luxury in life does not belong to you it belongs to the bank until you are finish paying for them. Isn’t that so Torbo ? May be you are a millionaire so you purchased all those luxuries cash. Evileyes I am backing you up for real.

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evileyes
In reply to the above comment on October 7th, 2008 8:55 am:
He is too dumb to understand that anyone can get anything in any country once they are willing to work hard…he thinks only in america you can get things….im willing to bet him that he is one of the many tens of millioins right there in america who is living from paycheque to paycheque…i say to torbo..empty vessels makes most noise…ehehehehe thanks….

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tyronemiller
on October 7th, 2008 1:06 am

FIRST OF ALL U GUYS NAME ONE POLICE IN THE FORCE THAT THE CRIMINALS FEAR NOW ……YRS AGO WE HAD ALL THESE POLICE,THAT SINCE U HEAR THEY COMIN U GONE U DNT HAVE TO DO NOTHIN ANYTHING BUT U RUN B/CAUSE OF THE MAN’S REPUTATION ,WHERE R THEY NOW FORENETANCE TOOTHS,FRASER,MERAI,GANGSTER ECT ECT’ ….DO U KNOW Y THEY R NOT HEARD OF NOW B’CAUSE NOTHIN LAST FOREVER U CAN DO HOW MUCH U LIKE BUT NOT AS LONG AS U LIKE …..THIS WILL SOON HAPPEN TO THE SAID PHANTOM OR WHO EVER U CALL THEM N THE ONE IN HIGH PLACES WHO’S SHOULDERS THEY R LEANIN ON …..PPL CAN U IMAGIN THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE BEIN INTEVEIWED BY A MEDIA PERSONEL N WAS ASK ABT THE DEATH SQUAD N HIS RESPONDS WAS [IS THERE A DEATH SQUAD I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT] THERE R SO MUCH RESTLESS NITES FOR THESE PPL THAT THERE IS NOT ONE NITE THAT ANY OF THEM CAN GO TO SLEEP WITH OUT GETTIN HIGH ON SOMETHING WITH THE EVIL THAT IS ON THEIR MIND …..ALL THOSE INNOCENT LIVES THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE HANDS OF THESE EVIL PPL …..THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING ……PPL TALKIN ABT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE SAID PHANTOM SQUAD ….I LEFT GT IN 2004 I USE TO SELL ON THE MARKET N TO C THESE TINTED VEHICLES STOP ARREST PPL OF THE STREETS NEVER TO C THEM AGAIN N U KNOW THAT THESE PPL R NOT POLICE ANY ONE WOULD B SCARED

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AMAR NAUTH
on October 7th, 2008 9:55 pm

GOD will deal with every evil doer on an individual basis. politician and police men as well. what they sow they will surely reap. the sins of the mother or father will fall upon the the third and fourth generations.let them continue .God is watching them. His camera never runs out of battery.

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