Zimbabwe: 2007 till Mugabe resigns

[davidbfpo]

=Stan;44056]David,
I was hinting towards airlifting intervention forces (para commandos) with the 141s much like Zaire in the 70s and 90s We could work on permission from Mugabe slightly later.

Stan,

Thanks for the clarification. I still cannot imagine US or any Western nation intervening in Zimbabwe.

OK thinking about intervention a little more, only the USA could do it alone and no-one is likely to be a willing partner.

The only people who will decide Zimbabwe's future are Zimbabweans in Zimbabwe; just like in 1965 and the so-called War of Liberation (I am mindful of not entering the debate over how Rhodesia ended and Zimbabwe started.

davidbfpo

[jcustis]

Just received this through the Lekkerwear email string.

[Tom Odom]

Stan: Hmmm, were these Vets the very same that ended up with all the farm land ?

There you go again reading the future, Stan...

Zimbabwe's war veterans set their sights on white farmsCatherine Philp in Harare

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.

And the source of the new assult in the few remaining white farmers: Mugabe's state run paper

Court to Rule on Release of Vote Count in Zimbabwe

...In the state-run Herald newspaper on Monday, President Robert G. Mugabe urged Zimbabweans to defend their land from former white “colonizers,” adding to fears that he may be preparing to stir unrest and mount a campaign of violent intimidation of the kind he has used to win past elections.

The newspaper said there were “widespread reports of white former farmers flocking back into the country” to take over the land in the event of an opposition victory.

Meanwhile Mugabe's security forces have been intimidating the lawyers

Zimbabwe police threaten to shoot lawyers
By Foreign Staff in Harare and Gethin Chamberlain

The political turmoil in Zimbabwe worsened as armed police blocked attempts by opposition parties to force the publication of delayed election results.

In a showdown on the steps of the colonial-style High Court building in the capital, Harare, plain-clothes officers brandished guns and threatened to open fire on lawyers who were trying to get inside to put their case to a judge.

[Stan]

Tom, it appears there's been an issue with mathematics (the inability to count beyond one's fingers and toes).

Zimbabwean police have arrested at least five officials

Police said the election officials have been charged with fraud and criminal abuse of duty, accused of taking nearly 5,000 votes away from Mr Mugabe.

There you go again reading the future, Stan...
And the source of the new assult in the few remaining white farmers: Mugabe's state run paper

From the article above:

"Land must remain in our hands - the land is ours, it must not be allowed to slip back into the hands of whites" President Robert Mugabe

I think Tsvangirai probably should consider staying in South Africa a little while longer !