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Africa Subsaharan
Zim: Bob claims foreign intervention
2006-06-16
(SomaliNet) Zimbabwe's ruling body has revealed that there is an international effort to overthrow the current government of Zimbabwe. It warned that he is ready to protect the government of Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe's president in case anything like that happens. "Having failed completely and repeatedly to topple the strong government of President Mugabe either by the ballot box at elections that are held regularly, or by acts of sabotaging the national economy, they are now resorting to the last card, a military coup," Zimbabwe's ruling party leader Shamuyarira said.

Zimbabwe's accusing finger is pointed at ICG, in Brussels. However, this organisation strongly denies the accusation of trying to topple the government of Zimbabwe. "Clearly as bad as this government is, we've never called for its violent overthrow. The text of the recent report makes that very clear," Andrew Stroehlein, the ICG's media director about the Zimbabwe's government accusation. The ICG claims that Zimbabwe's government is just scared.
ICG has started overthrowing governments? I suddenly have this picture in my mind of Rohan Gunaratna in cammies and a beret, waving his Uzi as 150 Fiji mercenaries erupt from the back of a C130...
Posted by:Fred

#12  #11, why would we bother? Zim is spiralling down into a Konradian Heart of Darkness scenario, and we are supposed to care? Why? The West had its chance in 1980-81 and blew it by letting this scumbag and his party setup a "one man, one vote, one time" state; do you think the liberals and socialists will let us do right by the local people, especially since it involves splattering large number of black African thugs and troops all over the countryside? Not hardly. The cries of racist and imperialist would start the moment ONE of Mugabe's thugs got toe-tagged.
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2006-06-16 17:06  

#11  How hard would it be to get a single guy into Zim with a laser guidance system to pain Bob when the stealth bomber flies over?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-06-16 15:13  

#10  Heh... Intervention.

Zimbabwe is but a future Venezuela or Nork in my eyes. The Socialist dream lives!
Posted by: closedanger   2006-06-16 13:42  

#9  Zimbabwe's ruling body has revealed that there is an international effort to overthrow the current government of Zimbabwe. It warned that he is ready to protect the government of Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe's president in case anything like that happens.

Note that "he" (the majority leader) is suddenly the entire gov't in how this is written. Very bad omen, indeed, Bobby.
Posted by: BA   2006-06-16 10:28  

#8  Beware the deadly Zimbob scorched earth defense.
Posted by: 6   2006-06-16 10:15  

#7  We wasn't looking.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-06-16 09:59  

#6  ICG, in Brussels. However, this organisation strongly denies the accusation of trying to topple the government of Zimbabwe.

Smart thing to do would be to TAKE CREDIT and finish the JOB! But of course, it's a "democratically elected gummet of the people" designed and set up, and allowed to revert to tribal chaos by the west, right? How could we do such a thang?
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-06-16 09:31  

#5  Fred's fingerprints are all over this job. Go Fred!
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-06-16 09:25  

#4  Oh, how terrible the oppressive colonialism of the European powers. Guilt rather than brains allows these terrible things to continue today.
Posted by: Whugum Choling5814   2006-06-16 09:11  

#3  its like a country ruled by children

Indeed. Lord of the Flies - throughout the region.
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412   2006-06-16 07:46  

#2  RUSSIA > men tend to die between ages 40-50. That leaves the post-Middle Aged/Seniors vs. mostly female as Single-Joint Heads of Household to control emotionalist, headstrong youths whom comprise the majority of the normal population.
SECULAR ANDOR NON-SECULAR, SOCIALISTS SHARE THE SAME GENER PROB.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-06-16 00:55  

#1  its like a country ruled by children
Posted by: bk   2006-06-16 00:43  

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