New video, new winds, new targets

 New video, new winds, new targets

OPINION BY: GHK LALL November 2026

National Intelligence head, Mr. Narine, said that he came under attack, that he feared for his safety, and that he took appropriate measures.  From the new video, Narine’s account cracks and peels, then flakes off.  He seems to be more waiting in ambush, anticipating a target; not one retreating to a defensive perimeter.  Presented differently, he was on hair-trigger alert.  I go further.  A reasonable video interpretation is that he was ready for war, adrenalized to launch one from his side of the fence.

Further, and from the videotape, there seems to be no aggressive streaks or flares, nothing threatening coming from the vehicle in which Mohamed and company were present.  The vehicle has bullet holes that evidence some lethal intent from whoever fired at it.  Then, there’s the Police evidence chain.  One questionable gun, the three vehicle occupants questioned, and hard questions about the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory discovery re gunshot residue. 

Mr. Eugene Thorne was said to be the driver of the Mohamed vehicle on the night of October 12th.  Yet, according to the Science Lab, Thorne was one of two who tested positive for gunshot residue.  Did Mr. Thorne possess such skill and nerve to shoot whilst driving, then transfer the gun to Mohamed?  Or did he test positive just by being close to the shot allegedly fired?  These questions beg for straight, clean answers.

More is missing.  Assuming a shot was fired from inside Mr. Mohamed’s moving vehicle, where did the ejected shell tumble?  The odds would favor its deposit inside the vehicle.  Guyanese have heard about a comparatively big object, the gun allegedly employed in the shooting, being quickly found, but nothing relative to the location of the bullet (or bullets, if so).  The big gun is located inside the vehicle; but of the fallen bullet(s), likely to the seat, or on the floor, little has been said.  If there was more than one shot fired from the Mohamed’s side, where are those warheads?  Did the gun connect anyone to anything occurring that night?

Separately, the Guyana Police and the Guyana Govt’s modus operandi relative to the new video swiftly kicked into high gear. Who is responsible for the new video released into the public domain?  A video generating considerable interest, and raising a hell of a ruckus.  If the first objective is truth, fairness, and justice, that’s a secondary concern.  A clean government would welcome such a development, if only so that Guyanese are presented with the case for or against Mr. Mohamed and his night patrol. 

For reference, I dredge up the PPP Govt’s own defense (“national security”) in the aftermath of a series of killings, many of them phantomlike and extrajudicial, in the post Mash Jailbreak interval.  To nail this on the head, the PPP Govt’s position was clear: don’t focus on the means and methods; take note of the benefits, count the results.

Finally, from the first hour, Mr. Mohamed has claimed an attempt on his life.  I thought that he got carried away.  Now, I’m more accommodating.  From day one, also, the call has been for an independent probe, preferably an international one.  I wonder about the quality and quantity of the evidence that the keeper of it, the government, would present to such a body. 

From the inception, I calculated that Mr. Narine’s story had traction, despite some misgivings.  On this new day, Mr. Narine’s representations now call for the deepest, widest, and most critical scrutiny.  The new video, so long as it’s genuine, changes everything.