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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| Belmont Club: Sound of Silence |
| 2005-06-07 |
| Robert Mugabe continues his insane demolition of houses and businesses as he increasingly starts to look like Pol Pot reborn, seeking to depopulate the cites and drive the now homeless and unemployed population into the countryside to eke out an even more miserable living, thereby dispersing and isolating people from communities which might oppose his tyrannical rule. On Friday morning last week I got a call that the riot police had come into a section of the area and demolished everything - most of the wooden Shacks are just broken to pieces. I went out on Friday and Saturday - people were sleeping out in the open, many of them sick, cold and hungry. On Saturday I visited again some had managed to leave (those who have Z$500 000 - and have some relatives in "legal" places".On Sunday morning I got a call that the police had given instructions That all structures in the original section have to be demolished within 24 hours, including the creche, clinic and other structures which we had built with and for the people. Where do I get people on Sunday to come and dismantle all the buildings. I decided to wait until Monday. On Sunday evening I received one phone call after another saying "come quick they are going to kill us" - others would say "don't come you might be killed".Early on Monday morning I drove out to Hatcliffe, already in the distance I Could only see smoke rising up - nothing else. I arrived, I wept, Sister Carina was with me, she wept, the people tried to console us - they were aLL outside in the midst of their broken houses, furniture and goods all over the place, children screaming, sick people in agony. Some of the people who are on ARV drugs came to us and said we are phoning Sister Gaudiosa (Sister is doing the ARV programme) but she is not answering us, we are going to die". We explained that Sister was on Home leave but that we would help in whatever way we could. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #6 So what would happen to Zim if a big JDAM landed on the palace and sent Bob to the Parts Guy? Would anarchy be a step up in this troubled land? Inquiring minds want to know. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-06-07 22:50 |
| #5 No angle to bash Bush Unlike the pale, WASPy Bushitler(tm), ZimBob is a noble, dark-skinned 3rd-worlder and therefore his actions and motives are beyond media reproach. So what if f**ks up their economy and commits a little mass murder; at least he isn't a white Republican. Chump-ass media bastards, indeed. Of course, I suppose it is easier to yammer and grandstand in a nice air-conditioned press conference briefing than go mucking about in hot, humid Africa where you might get a bullet in the head for your investigative efforts. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-06-07 12:03 |
| #4 Yup, and where is the "vital" UN in all of this? Must be no money for the Euro's to extort or kiddies for the blue helmets to diddle. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2005-06-07 07:59 |
| #3 Where is the MSM on this disaster? Hmm? No angle to bash Bush, so they will friken ignore it. Bastards. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-06-07 02:52 |
| #2 The bizarre thing is that "so ronery" ol' Kim looks to be doing the same thing. I guess it's just forcible-starvation season. |
| Posted by: someone 2005-06-07 01:54 |
| #1 Not worry. Bob Geldolf is going to hold a concert. You should see about $3.50 USD for your community in about six months. Sorry. Until Mugabe and others like him are killed and their repalacements do not drink Old Karl Marx from the bottle, there will be no end to Marxist inspired "economics." |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-06-07 00:09 |