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| Mugabe preparing for war, warns DA | |
| 2009-08-07 | |
The ageing leader was also trying to procure 7,62mm and 9mm ammunition from South Africa. "I think there is no doubt Mugabe is preparing for war. We spoke to very, very reliable sources," Mubu told journalists. These included the Human Rights NGO Forum, comprising 16 local NGOs; and the Harare-based organisations Justice for Agriculture, the Legal Resources Foundation and the Research and Advocacy Unit. Mubu said they had also spoken to Zimbabwe's Regional Integration and International Cooperation Minister, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, and Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Moses Ndlovu. "These people are on the ground, they are in touch with the communities, in rural areas particularly, and we have no doubt what they tell us is true," he said. Citing a Belgian research group, International Peace Information Service, James said some arms shipments had already arrived in Zimbabwe. "On August 21 2008 the first of many arms shipments, containing 32 tons of [ammunition] was flown from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Harare. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 ION PAKISTAN DEFENCE FORUMS > CHAVEZ: US-COLUMBIA BASES RISK WAR. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-08-07 20:38 |
| #6 Telegraph.co.uk Hillary Clinton presses for South Africa role in Zimbabwe By Sebastien Berger in Pretoria Published: 5:55PM BST 07 Aug 2009 Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, asked for further help from South Africa in solving Zimbabwe's political problems, as she promised closer ties between the Washington and Pretoria. Mrs Clinton acknowledged that Zimbabwe's continuing problems, despite the formation of the unity government, were an issue for its neighbour as she met South African officials on the second stop of her seven-nation African tour. "South Africa has three million refugees from Zimbabwe and every one of those refugees represents a failure of the Zimbabwean government to care for its own people and a burden that South Africa has to bear," she said. The United States, troubled by what it sees as an absence of reform in Harare, has no plans either to offer major development aid or to lift sanctions against Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, and some of his supporters. Washington wants more evidence of political, social and economic reforms by Mr Mugabe and the government he shares with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's prime minister. |
| Posted by: Willy 2009-08-07 17:32 |
| #5 Mike's right, he's preparing for an (Well deserved) Uprising. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-08-07 13:13 |
| #4 ...War on his own people. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2009-08-07 09:32 |
| #3 newc, like many other shithole countries, Zimbabwe does not have money for food and other essentials, but they have plenty of money for weapons and ammo. Witness the years long fights that have gone on in places like Somalia, Sudan, and many others. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-08-07 07:14 |
| #2 takes money to make war idiot. They WILL win. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-08-07 04:53 |
| #1 Botswana? Mozambique? Zambia? Who's got something worth stealing? |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-08-07 01:04 |