Saturday, April 16th 2005


Dear Editor,

Whether it was Mr. Gajraj or whoever it was that assembled the Death Squad / Phantom Force, imagine where we probably would have been today without their intervention. They are the only reason why we were able to sleep a little more soundly at nights.

The police were obviously outgunned, outfoxed and outmanoeuvred, many a time even running for their lives, much less confronting the problem head on.

If it was indeed Mr. Gajraj who was responsible, he probably was the only individual with the audacity to undertake arresting the problem by the only means available in a time of crisis and terror.

My question is where were these US, Canadian, and EU donors when our sisters and mothers were being brutalized. Where were they when innocent, hardworking men were being systematically shot and killed in their homes, in the presence of their children who will forever be scarred!

I know where I was,...wondering when my family would be next!

What had to be done had to be done, and thousands of Guyanese whether they are willing to admit it or not, are eternally grateful.

Yours faithfully,

S.C. Persaud