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Mugabe illness reports 'a lot of hogwash'
AFP ^ | April 10, 2012

Posted on 04/10/2012 9:42:23 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Zimbabwe on Tuesday dismissed reports that President Robert Mugabe was battling for life in a Singapore hospital as "a lot of hogwash", after his absence forced cabinet to postpone this week's meeting.

"It's a lot of hogwash," Information Minister Webster Shamu told AFP. "This is not the first time we have heard these rumours. If anything like that had happened, we would have issued a statement."

He would not disclose the whereabouts of Mugabe, 88, who was reported by state media to have left for Singapore on a private visit more than a week ago to arrange post-graduate studies for his daughter Bona.

Shamu's statement came on the back of a report in the Zimbabwe Mail news website that Mugabe, in power since 1980, was seriously ill and had agreed to hand over power to defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa.

A government source who spoke on condition of anonymity said Mugabe was well and denied the report.

"He is on a private visit in Singapore," the source said.

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1 posted on 04/10/2012 9:42:29 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The guy is about 90 now.

He’s either going to be in relatively great health or in very poor health.


2 posted on 04/10/2012 9:45:17 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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who was reported by state media to have left for Singapore on a private visit more than a week ago to arrange post-graduate studies for his daughter Bona.

Maybe the rumors of his impending death are premature.

But really--does the leader of a country have to go and personally arrange for his daughter to go to grad school? Doesn't he have staff for that? Something is fishy.
3 posted on 04/10/2012 9:47:08 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Baghdad Bob’s got a new gig, I see...


4 posted on 04/10/2012 9:54:40 AM PDT by jagusafr ("Write in Palin and prepare for war...")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

According to Robin Moore (author of THE GREEN BERETS), Muggsy lost his genitals (all of them) due to STD.


5 posted on 04/10/2012 10:17:49 AM PDT by jayrunner
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Or, it could be that Mugabe’s been dead for a week? Just saying.


6 posted on 04/10/2012 10:23:33 AM PDT by MasterGunner01 (11)
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To: MasterGunner01

Yep! Maybe on his return to Zimbabwe he will walk off the plane in a coffin.


7 posted on 04/10/2012 10:38:08 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Jonty30

I’m pulling for VERY POOR HEALTH and death soon — very soon.


8 posted on 04/10/2012 10:57:43 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (I really want Obozo to have another term -- in Leavenworth! 25 to life sounds about right.)
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