Why the US has to confirm our Nation’s fears?

The revelations from the early stages of Roger Khan trial painted across the media spectrum has spurn the Government’s offering of protection to the US fugitive and exonerates the effort of the law enforcement agencies - both police and army - to track down Khan in relation to the disappearance of several high-powered rifles from the army.

Perhaps, the state-owned, Guyana Chronicle under a fairly new editor puts the US allegations into perspectives.

“THE United States government has alleged what has been whispered in the ‘underworld’ for some time now that indicted Guyanese businessman Shaheed Roger Khan, also known as ‘Shortman’, was responsible for the deaths of two persons -businessman Davendra Persaud and former boxing coach Donald Allison.”

Those court documents hold such hearth-wrenching revelations for the relatives of those two men and perhaps it offers a ray of hope for the dozens of young men who died or disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

Khan by his own public statements has identified a belief by the Government that he was a vital link in preventing a military or political overthrow of the administration.

Khan presented himself to the public as a tartar individual with great control over the underworld and tremendous influence in public offices.

Yet, this Government never announced publicly that Khan should be at least the subject of questions, but in fact, the Government formed an alliance with the cartel.

The revelations are indeed serious but at the same time, we here at Guyana360 with all respect for those families still hurting, we find it scintillating that the shady life of Khan is being revealed in US courts and not here in Guyana.

Maybe the day of reckoning is coming for Guyana. An awakening is rumbling in US courts, and maybe there is a flicker of hope that we will get to the bottom of the unsolved murders, the forced removal of Police Commissioner Winston Felix, those missing guns from the army, the disappearance of a container of guns and that sophisticated laptop that was seized on the East Coast of Demerara.

Striking enough, the US is slowly confirming that Guyana was home to one of the largest drug cartel and probably still has a vibrant narcotics organisation.