Posted on 04/07/2008 12:52:31 AM PDT by a_chronic_whiner
MILITANT supporters of Robert Mugabe descended on some of Zimbabwe's last white-owned farms yesterday in an orchestrated campaign of intimidation designed to keep him in power.
The invasions, which sparked memories of the farm seizures that ultimately brought the economy to its knees, got under way as the ruling party and the Opposition both launched legal battles over the release of election results.
Lawyers for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) appeared in court to press for the immediate release of presidential poll results, more than a week after the election. Mr Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF, meanwhile, hit back with a demand that results be withheld and a recount taken.
MDC leaders reacted with disbelief at the ZANU-PF petition, questioning how the party could dispute results yet to be released. ZANU-PF has already demanded a recount of 16 seats it lost in the parliamentary contest — enough to overturn the majority won by the Opposition in its shock victory.
The MDC believes its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, won the presidential contest outright with more than 50 per cent, but on Friday ZANU-PF paved the way for a second round run-off, when it endorsed Mr Mugabe for the fight. Fears that Mr Mugabe would launch a “dirty war” of violence and intimidation ahead of the vote materialised in southern Masvingo province on Saturday when drunken war veterans invaded six white-owned farms, ordering the farmers to leave.
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I am actually amazed that there are any remaining white-owned farms for them to invade.
If I was the last white guy in that country, I’d be pretty scared and paranoid. Considering he’d be the only guy left for these people to blame all their problems on. I wonder who they’ll blame after the last white person has left that country. South Afrikans?
I would guess we'll soon find out.
If I was the last white guy in that country, I’d be pretty scared and paranoid. Considering he’d be the only guy left for these people to blame all their problems on. I wonder who they’ll blame after the last white person has left that country. South Afrikans?They blame the British mostly. Hey, if they want to live in squalor, let them.
I dang sure wouldn’t be hanging around. I would have been out of Zimbabwe years and years ago.
Of course, that’s easy for me to say because I am not a land owner there, but the writing has been on the walls for decades now.
What sadness rises from here. . .and wonder, how in the name of Justice; is Mugabe still alive?
Think Hell does not even want this man.
I dang sure wouldn’t be hanging around. I would have been out of Zimbabwe years and years ago.It wasn't necessarily. One of the things that Ian Smith made sure of was that white "property rights"(a bit of a joke, given the history of Rhodesia) were protected from land reform. Many of the white farmers thought that they would be protected.Of course, that’s easy for me to say because I am not a land owner there, but the writing has been on the walls for decades now.
What do Jimmuh, Jesse and Al say? Has Obama ever been asked. . .or Hillary? What sadness rises from here. . .and wonder, how in the name of Justice; is Mugabe still alive?True me, Zimbabwe is full to the brim with vile people, white(much fewer of them lately) and black. Mugabe's just the tip of the iceberg.Think Hell does not even want this man.
No need for liberal derangement syndrome.
Ethnic cleansing of the sort that the Nazis would have been proud of...
Perhaps the last white person out should be sure to turn off the lights. Seriously, getting out with my life would be top priority. Let them fall upon one another after I close the door. It’s another place that wants US dollars for the poor, but the poor never seem to see much of it. Yet, aid to Africa is one of BHO’s top priorities.
Adolf Hitler is alive and well in Zimbabawe...Adolf was there since 1894 when "I prefer land to n***ers" Cecil Rhodes started it. Zimbabwe was an abomination then, and it's an abomination now.Ethnic cleansing of the sort that the Nazis would have been proud of...
better send over b. HUSSEIN ~ he will fix the problem.....
just like he will fix all ills in the US!!!!
Jimmah Understands!
Africa needs more abominations like Rhodesia.
Pre-Mugabe Zimbabwe fed Africa.
Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe can’t even feed itself and is turning back into a wasteland.
The Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting. We need only to look around in the world and see how people are cowed into submission without it.
The 400 remaining farmers need their heads examined.
Africa needs more abominations like Rhodesia.Uuuum... Mugabe has been the president of Zimbabwe for 30 years genius. 20 of those years had 4% gdp growth.Pre-Mugabe Zimbabwe fed Africa.
Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe can’t even feed itself and is turning back into a wasteland.
Rhodesia *is* an abomination, Hitler was the best thing that ever happened to Germany economically, does Europe need more Nazis?
That’s what I thought.
So they’re really intent on making sure the famine kills off as many as possible?
George Bush
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