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2004-03-10 Africa: Subsaharan

Zimbabwe Talks of Death Penalty for âMercenariesâ

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Posted by Steve 2004-03-10 11:30:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bob better be careful with these guys. After all, the US is being thoroughly drubbed for allowing the death in custody of a terrorist convicted and sentenced in Italy of participating in the execution of an American.

These white guys may be criminals but they still deserve the full protection of AI and other human rights group that protest every time Rumsfeld, Ashcroft or Chainey detains an innocent murderer.

Is it possible that Bob is just using strong-arm tactics in his negotiations with this group of liquidators.

[Scene 1 - a dark prison cell]
"Sven ... Sven, now the dummy says he won't release us until we agree to bring him the heads of George Bush, Tony Blair and some guy named Afredo Garcia.

Listen Carl, tell him we'll set a large explosive charges in Paris and Washington.

But Sven, how will we do that?

Carl, don't worry. I don't think he knows there is a Paris in Texas. Be sure not to say Washington DC. Just say Washington.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-3-10 11:52:49 AM|| 2004-3-10 11:52:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Damm, I may have been wrong:
South African official sources said that Logo Logistics acquired a fishing concession in Equatorial Guinea and bought or hired fishing trawlers late last year. "Those guys had never caught a fish in their lives," one source said. "They were all ex-Special Forces."
The trawlers were really to be used first to reconnoitre and then to transport mercenaries to oust the Government of unpopular President Obiang Nguema in a coup, the sources said. Though part of Equatorial Guinea is on the African mainland, its capital, Malabo, is on the island of Bioko and it appears a sea-borne coup was planned though it is not clear from what staging point.
It is believed the real reason the aircraft had flown to Harare was to pick up the leader and some members of the team.

It really is a replay of "The Dogs of War". Small cadre of white mercs leading African troops in a sea-borne landing to overthrow a unpopular leader. They found rubber rafts on the plane, remember? If they followed the book, the guns are on a fishing trawler somewhere, waiting for them.

Posted by Steve 2004-3-10 1:10:27 PM|| 2004-3-10 1:10:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Scene -- Ted Rall is sitting in his underwear in his small basement office/studio. While trolling on a right-wing warblogger site, he reads about "white" mercenaries being captured in Zimbabwe and the hamster in his brain starts churning away on its wheel. "Maybe it's a deadly new Fox (owned by right-winger Rupert Murdoch) reality show where the actors act out a scene or plotline from a famous novel. Come to think of it, maybe that's what happened on September 11, 2001 -- the jihadists were just acting out the Tom Clancy plot about crashing planes into buildings so that George Bush and the Taliban and Unocal and Enron could build a pipeline across Afghanistan. Maybe this whole "War on Terror" is really part of some vast right-wing plot to bring regime change to "foreign" countries whose "dark-skinned" leaders are disfavored by the West" he wonders as he adjusts his tinfoil hat. "I have to write a column about this to let people know what's going on. On second thought, maybe I'll write that column after checking out that boyzgonewild.com site . . . again. Oh yeah, it's going to be another long hard night, right Bruce, you studmuffin?" Fade to black.

Posted by Tibor 2004-3-10 1:55:50 PM|| 2004-3-10 1:55:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Watched DOGS OF WAR a year ago and I couldn't take it seriously with Al Bundy being a tough Merc and all, guess selling shoes is what Mercs do when they retire. And where the hell is the WILD GEESE dvd?

Posted by ruprecht 2004-3-10 1:58:04 PM|| 2004-3-10 1:58:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I liked the end of "The Dogs of War" - where Chris Walken shoots the dickhead would-be dictator and hands the country to the doctor they pulled out of the hell-hole prison...

Posted by mojo 2004-3-10 5:26:35 PM|| 2004-3-10 5:26:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 5:00 am Morning coffee
6:00 Board plane
9:00 Pick up arms n'stuff in Zimbabwe
11:00 Overthrowd Obiang government
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Afternoon nap
16:00 Run weapons to Congo
19:00 Dinner
22:00 Make love to your nubian queen
23:00 Sleep

What a day this could have been!

Posted by True German Ally 2004-3-10 10:03:03 PM|| 2004-3-10 10:03:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Soooooooooo, Mr. Moto, we meet again...

Posted by tu3031 2004-3-10 11:27:23 PM|| 2004-3-10 11:27:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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