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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They hanged Sadam for the evil crimes, why can't they do the same with Mugabe and the rest helping him to commit all these crimes.

I'm not a Potitician so maybe I miss something why the world turn a blind eye on this.&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('269251','Anonymous'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('269251','Anonymous','They hanged Sadam for the evil crimes, why can\'t they do the same with Mugabe and the rest helping him to commit all these crimes.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a Potitician so maybe I miss something why the world turn a blind eye on this.'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They hanged Sadam for the evil crimes, why can&#8217;t they do the same with Mugabe and the rest helping him to commit all these crimes.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not a Potitician so maybe I miss something why the world turn a blind eye on this.
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		<title>By: True Grit</title>
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		<dc:creator>True Grit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Anonymous - What do you mean OK?

Foolish comment!&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('262919','True Grit'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('262919','True Grit','@ Anonymous - What do you mean OK?\r\n\r\nFoolish comment!'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Anonymous - What do you mean OK?</p>
<p>Foolish comment!
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ok&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('262670','Anonymous'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('262670','Anonymous','ok'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: concerned</title>
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		<dc:creator>concerned</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 15:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I saw a program on tv last night about Zimbabwe and they had the same pics on as these shown here. So Brittain must be aware of whats going on but I dont hear that the Government is doing anything about it.&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('224461','concerned'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('224461','concerned','I saw a program on tv last night about Zimbabwe and they had the same pics on as these shown here. So Brittain must be aware of whats going on but I dont hear that the Government is doing anything about it.'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw a program on tv last night about Zimbabwe and they had the same pics on as these shown here. So Brittain must be aware of whats going on but I dont hear that the Government is doing anything about it.
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		<title>By: mojo</title>
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		<dc:creator>mojo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>why in the name of God were Mr and Mrs Rodgers attacked. Its not their fault the results cant be anounced or be accepted. Shame on the perpetrators of this crime. &lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('221759','mojo'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('221759','mojo','why in the name of God were Mr and Mrs Rodgers attacked. Its not their fault the results cant be anounced or be accepted. Shame on the perpetrators of this crime. '); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>why in the name of God were Mr and Mrs Rodgers attacked. Its not their fault the results cant be anounced or be accepted. Shame on the perpetrators of this crime.
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		<title>By: outofafrica</title>
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		<dc:creator>outofafrica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Reading everything that has been said, I sit here wondering just what I can do.Â  My heart bleeds for Zim, its my heritage. I now live in Australia and feel totally helpless and sickÂ as I watch daily, the unfolding attrocities happening in the land of my birth. I sent messages to different media across the world hoping that maybe someone out there will sit and take notice and do something to Â help. I don't know if its getting through, it doesn't seem to be enough as it isÂ just taking too long for someone to do something!!! I don't understand why Britain doesn't take the first step, they put him there. You can forget about Mbeki helping,Â he is only trying to butter his own side of the bread. The world leaders needÂ to stand up and be counted. Every minute of the day countsÂ in ZimbabweÂ asÂ another is being brutilised or murdered!!&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('221123','outofafrica'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('221123','outofafrica','Reading everything that has been said, I sit here wondering just what I can do.&#194;&#160; My heart bleeds for Zim, its my heritage. I now live in Australia and feel totally helpless and sick&#194;&#160;as I watch daily, the unfolding attrocities happening in the land of my birth. I sent messages to different media across the world hoping that maybe someone out there will sit and take notice and do something to &#194;&#160;help. I don\'t know if its getting through, it doesn\'t seem to be enough as it is&#194;&#160;just taking too long for someone to do something!!! I don\'t understand why Britain doesn\'t take the first step, they put him there. You can forget about Mbeki helping,&#194;&#160;he is only trying to butter his own side of the bread. The world leaders need&#194;&#160;to stand up and be counted. Every minute of the day counts&#194;&#160;in Zimbabwe&#194;&#160;as&#194;&#160;another is being brutilised or murdered!!'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading everything that has been said, I sit here wondering just what I can do.Â  My heart bleeds for Zim, its my heritage. I now live in Australia and feel totally helpless and sickÂ as I watch daily, the unfolding attrocities happening in the land of my birth. I sent messages to different media across the world hoping that maybe someone out there will sit and take notice and do something to Â help. I don&#8217;t know if its getting through, it doesn&#8217;t seem to be enough as it isÂ just taking too long for someone to do something!!! I don&#8217;t understand why Britain doesn&#8217;t take the first step, they put him there. You can forget about Mbeki helping,Â he is only trying to butter his own side of the bread. The world leaders needÂ to stand up and be counted. Every minute of the day countsÂ in ZimbabweÂ asÂ another is being brutilised or murdered!!
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('221123','outofafrica'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('221123','outofafrica','Reading everything that has been said, I sit here wondering just what I can do.&Acirc;&nbsp; My heart bleeds for Zim, its my heritage. I now live in Australia and feel totally helpless and sick&Acirc;&nbsp;as I watch daily, the unfolding attrocities happening in the land of my birth. I sent messages to different media across the world hoping that maybe someone out there will sit and take notice and do something to &Acirc;&nbsp;help. I don\'t know if its getting through, it doesn\'t seem to be enough as it is&Acirc;&nbsp;just taking too long for someone to do something!!! I don\'t understand why Britain doesn\'t take the first step, they put him there. You can forget about Mbeki helping,&Acirc;&nbsp;he is only trying to butter his own side of the bread. The world leaders need&Acirc;&nbsp;to stand up and be counted. Every minute of the day counts&Acirc;&nbsp;in Zimbabwe&Acirc;&nbsp;as&Acirc;&nbsp;another is being brutilised or murdered!!'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: Nana</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Sokwanele

I just wanted to alert you and others of a funding opportunity for womens rights which might be useful. I have just come across it. The deadline is 14 may 2008.

Information can be found on &lt;a href="http://www.mdg3.nl/downloads.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.mdg3.nl/downloads.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('220234','Nana'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('220234','Nana','Hi Sokwanele\r\n\r\nI just wanted to alert you and others of a funding opportunity for womens rights which might be useful. I have just come across it. The deadline is 14 may 2008.\r\n\r\nInformation can be found on &#60;a href=\&#34;http:\/\/www.mdg3.nl\/downloads.html\&#34; rel=\&#34;nofollow\&#34;&#62;http:\/\/www.mdg3.nl\/downloads.html&#60;\/a&#62;'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Sokwanele</p>
<p>I just wanted to alert you and others of a funding opportunity for womens rights which might be useful. I have just come across it. The deadline is 14 may 2008.</p>
<p>Information can be found on <a href="http://www.mdg3.nl/downloads.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mdg3.nl/downloads.html</a>
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		<title>By: Casablanca</title>
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		<dc:creator>Casablanca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am nothing but an A-LEVEL STUDENT this is what I have for you Zimbabweans : &lt;strong&gt;ZVICHANAKA&lt;/strong&gt;....

&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mugabe&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Zimbabwe's&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Hitler&lt;/em&gt;.

Adolf Hitler became a dictactor in theÂ 1930's...

Robert Mugabe became a dictactor in the 1980's...
Hitler fought in the First world war.....

Mugabe claimes he fought in the 2nd Chimurenga war in Zimbabwe but besides his arrests not much is said about him in war we only begin to see photos of him in about 1976??? LIAR

Adolf Hitler formed the Nazist party in 1920 and claimed the Germany army had been betrayed by the jews and communists ...
Robert Mugabe was among the founders of the Zanu pf party which is full of murders...He claimes the country has been betrayed by the white Zibabweans and the M.D.C ....
Adolf Hitler also formed a group of secret police ,these were the Â people he usedÂ to breakÂ suppress opposition and to break up political meetings ....
Mugabe also formedÂ Zimbabwe's Central Intellegence OfficersÂ which he uses to kill opposition and suppress the people of Zimbabwe...

In 1932 the Nazis gained 32% and became the largest single party...

In 1980 the Zanu pf became the largest party in parliament...

In 1933 President Hindernburg made Hitler Chancellor of Germany...the country's leaders thought they could control him...

Mugabe became prime minister in 1980 and later Canaan Banana was overthrown byÂ  Bob...thus he was now President....
The world deppression hit Germany hard by 1932 there was 6,014,000 unemployment Hitler became a political hero...
Zimbabwe was hit byÂ great economical hardships andÂ now this is 2008 and we haveÂ 80% unemployment ,everyone is jobless except for those who have allowed themselves to beÂ Bob's puppets the Munangagwa'z and the likes..Bob FROM HERO TO ZERO.....
The ReinstagÂ was burnt one week before polling ,the communists wer blamedÂ and Hitler banned political freedom...

Somewhere around 200O'z the M.D.C won elections But Mugabe decided toreelect his government and he rigged making zanu the winner again. Seeing the strength of the opposition he decided to introduce press censorship which left the country with one television station,3 radio stations and 4 sate controlled newspapers...

In 2008 after loosing both the presidential and parliamentary elections he decided to engage in HIS OWN REIGN OF TERROR. In which he murdered suspecetd M.D.CÂ Â supporters Â and and arrested their activists and members...

AFETR HITLER GAINED POWER THE STORMTROOPERS BECAME ATHREAT TO HIM AND 61 OF THEM WERE MURDERED IN1934 

MR Mnangagwa,Matonga,Charamba,ChihuriI,Mujuru Msika,ZimondiIChiwengaÂ  AND THE REST WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU WHEN THE MAN FAILS TO TRUST YOU...

Robert Mugabe, Hitler died and one day the same will happen to you. 

God bless you Mr president.&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('220222','Casablanca'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('220222','Casablanca','I am nothing but an A-LEVEL STUDENT this is what I have for you Zimbabweans : &#60;strong&#62;ZVICHANAKA&#60;\/strong&#62;....\r\n\r\n&#60;strong&#62;&#60;em&#62;Mugabe&#60;\/em&#62; &#60;em&#62;Zimbabwe\'s&#60;\/em&#62;&#60;\/strong&#62; &#60;em&#62;Hitler&#60;\/em&#62;.\r\n\r\nAdolf Hitler became a dictactor in the&#194;&#160;1930\'s...\r\n\r\nRobert Mugabe became a dictactor in the 1980\'s...\r\nHitler fought in the First world war.....\r\n\r\nMugabe claimes he fought in the 2nd Chimurenga war in Zimbabwe but besides his arrests not much is said about him in war we only begin to see photos of him in about 1976??? LIAR\r\n\r\nAdolf Hitler formed the Nazist party in 1920 and claimed the Germany army had been betrayed by the jews and communists ...\r\nRobert Mugabe was among the founders of the Zanu pf party which is full of murders...He claimes the country has been betrayed by the white Zibabweans and the M.D.C ....\r\nAdolf Hitler also formed a group of secret police ,these were the &#194;&#160;people he used&#194;&#160;to break&#194;&#160;suppress opposition and to break up political meetings ....\r\nMugabe also formed&#194;&#160;Zimbabwe\'s Central Intellegence Officers&#194;&#160;which he uses to kill opposition and suppress the people of Zimbabwe...\r\n\r\nIn 1932 the Nazis gained 32% and became the largest single party...\r\n\r\nIn 1980 the Zanu pf became the largest party in parliament...\r\n\r\nIn 1933 President Hindernburg made Hitler Chancellor of Germany...the country\'s leaders thought they could control him...\r\n\r\nMugabe became prime minister in 1980 and later Canaan Banana was overthrown by&#194;&#160; Bob...thus he was now President....\r\nThe world deppression hit Germany hard by 1932 there was 6,014,000 unemployment Hitler became a political hero...\r\nZimbabwe was hit by&#194;&#160;great economical hardships and&#194;&#160;now this is 2008 and we have&#194;&#160;80% unemployment ,everyone is jobless except for those who have allowed themselves to be&#194;&#160;Bob\'s puppets the Munangagwa\'z and the likes..Bob FROM HERO TO ZERO.....\r\nThe Reinstag&#194;&#160;was burnt one week before polling ,the communists wer blamed&#194;&#160;and Hitler banned political freedom...\r\n\r\nSomewhere around 200O\'z the M.D.C won elections But Mugabe decided toreelect his government and he rigged making zanu the winner again. Seeing the strength of the opposition he decided to introduce press censorship which left the country with one television station,3 radio stations and 4 sate controlled newspapers...\r\n\r\nIn 2008 after loosing both the presidential and parliamentary elections he decided to engage in HIS OWN REIGN OF TERROR. In which he murdered suspecetd M.D.C&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;supporters &#194;&#160;and and arrested their activists and members...\r\n\r\nAFETR HITLER GAINED POWER THE STORMTROOPERS BECAME ATHREAT TO HIM AND 61 OF THEM WERE MURDERED IN1934 \r\n\r\nMR Mnangagwa,Matonga,Charamba,ChihuriI,Mujuru Msika,ZimondiIChiwenga&#194;&#160; AND THE REST WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU WHEN THE MAN FAILS TO TRUST YOU...\r\n\r\nRobert Mugabe, Hitler died and one day the same will happen to you. \r\n\r\nGod bless you Mr president.'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am nothing but an A-LEVEL STUDENT this is what I have for you Zimbabweans : <strong>ZVICHANAKA</strong>&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong><em>Mugabe</em> <em>Zimbabwe&#8217;s</em></strong> <em>Hitler</em>.</p>
<p>Adolf Hitler became a dictactor in theÂ 1930&#8217;s&#8230;</p>
<p>Robert Mugabe became a dictactor in the 1980&#8217;s&#8230;<br />
Hitler fought in the First world war&#8230;..</p>
<p>Mugabe claimes he fought in the 2nd Chimurenga war in Zimbabwe but besides his arrests not much is said about him in war we only begin to see photos of him in about 1976??? LIAR</p>
<p>Adolf Hitler formed the Nazist party in 1920 and claimed the Germany army had been betrayed by the jews and communists &#8230;<br />
Robert Mugabe was among the founders of the Zanu pf party which is full of murders&#8230;He claimes the country has been betrayed by the white Zibabweans and the M.D.C &#8230;.<br />
Adolf Hitler also formed a group of secret police ,these were the Â people he usedÂ to breakÂ suppress opposition and to break up political meetings &#8230;.<br />
Mugabe also formedÂ Zimbabwe&#8217;s Central Intellegence OfficersÂ which he uses to kill opposition and suppress the people of Zimbabwe&#8230;</p>
<p>In 1932 the Nazis gained 32% and became the largest single party&#8230;</p>
<p>In 1980 the Zanu pf became the largest party in parliament&#8230;</p>
<p>In 1933 President Hindernburg made Hitler Chancellor of Germany&#8230;the country&#8217;s leaders thought they could control him&#8230;</p>
<p>Mugabe became prime minister in 1980 and later Canaan Banana was overthrown byÂ  Bob&#8230;thus he was now President&#8230;.<br />
The world deppression hit Germany hard by 1932 there was 6,014,000 unemployment Hitler became a political hero&#8230;<br />
Zimbabwe was hit byÂ great economical hardships andÂ now this is 2008 and we haveÂ 80% unemployment ,everyone is jobless except for those who have allowed themselves to beÂ Bob&#8217;s puppets the Munangagwa&#8217;z and the likes..Bob FROM HERO TO ZERO&#8230;..<br />
The ReinstagÂ was burnt one week before polling ,the communists wer blamedÂ and Hitler banned political freedom&#8230;</p>
<p>Somewhere around 200O&#8217;z the M.D.C won elections But Mugabe decided toreelect his government and he rigged making zanu the winner again. Seeing the strength of the opposition he decided to introduce press censorship which left the country with one television station,3 radio stations and 4 sate controlled newspapers&#8230;</p>
<p>In 2008 after loosing both the presidential and parliamentary elections he decided to engage in HIS OWN REIGN OF TERROR. In which he murdered suspecetd M.D.CÂ Â supporters Â and and arrested their activists and members&#8230;</p>
<p>AFETR HITLER GAINED POWER THE STORMTROOPERS BECAME ATHREAT TO HIM AND 61 OF THEM WERE MURDERED IN1934 </p>
<p>MR Mnangagwa,Matonga,Charamba,ChihuriI,Mujuru Msika,ZimondiIChiwengaÂ  AND THE REST WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU WHEN THE MAN FAILS TO TRUST YOU&#8230;</p>
<p>Robert Mugabe, Hitler died and one day the same will happen to you. </p>
<p>God bless you Mr president.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('220222','Casablanca'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('220222','Casablanca','I am nothing but an A-LEVEL STUDENT this is what I have for you Zimbabweans : &lt;strong&gt;ZVICHANAKA&lt;\/strong&gt;....\r\n\r\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mugabe&lt;\/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Zimbabwe\'s&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Hitler&lt;\/em&gt;.\r\n\r\nAdolf Hitler became a dictactor in the&Acirc;&nbsp;1930\'s...\r\n\r\nRobert Mugabe became a dictactor in the 1980\'s...\r\nHitler fought in the First world war.....\r\n\r\nMugabe claimes he fought in the 2nd Chimurenga war in Zimbabwe but besides his arrests not much is said about him in war we only begin to see photos of him in about 1976??? LIAR\r\n\r\nAdolf Hitler formed the Nazist party in 1920 and claimed the Germany army had been betrayed by the jews and communists ...\r\nRobert Mugabe was among the founders of the Zanu pf party which is full of murders...He claimes the country has been betrayed by the white Zibabweans and the M.D.C ....\r\nAdolf Hitler also formed a group of secret police ,these were the &Acirc;&nbsp;people he used&Acirc;&nbsp;to break&Acirc;&nbsp;suppress opposition and to break up political meetings ....\r\nMugabe also formed&Acirc;&nbsp;Zimbabwe\'s Central Intellegence Officers&Acirc;&nbsp;which he uses to kill opposition and suppress the people of Zimbabwe...\r\n\r\nIn 1932 the Nazis gained 32% and became the largest single party...\r\n\r\nIn 1980 the Zanu pf became the largest party in parliament...\r\n\r\nIn 1933 President Hindernburg made Hitler Chancellor of Germany...the country\'s leaders thought they could control him...\r\n\r\nMugabe became prime minister in 1980 and later Canaan Banana was overthrown by&Acirc;&nbsp; Bob...thus he was now President....\r\nThe world deppression hit Germany hard by 1932 there was 6,014,000 unemployment Hitler became a political hero...\r\nZimbabwe was hit by&Acirc;&nbsp;great economical hardships and&Acirc;&nbsp;now this is 2008 and we have&Acirc;&nbsp;80% unemployment ,everyone is jobless except for those who have allowed themselves to be&Acirc;&nbsp;Bob\'s puppets the Munangagwa\'z and the likes..Bob FROM HERO TO ZERO.....\r\nThe Reinstag&Acirc;&nbsp;was burnt one week before polling ,the communists wer blamed&Acirc;&nbsp;and Hitler banned political freedom...\r\n\r\nSomewhere around 200O\'z the M.D.C won elections But Mugabe decided toreelect his government and he rigged making zanu the winner again. Seeing the strength of the opposition he decided to introduce press censorship which left the country with one television station,3 radio stations and 4 sate controlled newspapers...\r\n\r\nIn 2008 after loosing both the presidential and parliamentary elections he decided to engage in HIS OWN REIGN OF TERROR. In which he murdered suspecetd M.D.C&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;supporters &Acirc;&nbsp;and and arrested their activists and members...\r\n\r\nAFETR HITLER GAINED POWER THE STORMTROOPERS BECAME ATHREAT TO HIM AND 61 OF THEM WERE MURDERED IN1934 \r\n\r\nMR Mnangagwa,Matonga,Charamba,ChihuriI,Mujuru Msika,ZimondiIChiwenga&Acirc;&nbsp; AND THE REST WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU WHEN THE MAN FAILS TO TRUST YOU...\r\n\r\nRobert Mugabe, Hitler died and one day the same will happen to you. \r\n\r\nGod bless you Mr president.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: True Grit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Further to my above comment, I have been reading some aspects of Chinese priorities of state policy. 

In relation to social and economic changes that help individuals to be participating citizens, central to their approach is the idea of the public as an active participantÂ inÂ change, rather than as a passive and docile recipient of instructions or of dispensed authority. That is the very behaviour which would favour Morgan's regime in their eyes over Mugabe's. 

Ultimately, there would be no more need for corruption and strong-arm tactics to be present, or effective, in promoting trade and honouring contracts with them, as a more open and honest society would emergeÂ in which they could put their trust. Seen from their own self-interest, this would be a greater guarantee for economic success than the status quo.&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('220046','True Grit'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('220046','True Grit','Further to my above comment, I have been reading some aspects of Chinese priorities of state policy. \r\n\r\nIn relation to social and economic changes that help individuals to be participating citizens, central to their approach is the idea of the public as an active participant&#194;&#160;in&#194;&#160;change, rather than as a passive and docile recipient of instructions or of dispensed authority. That is the very behaviour which would favour Morgan\'s regime in their eyes over Mugabe\'s. \r\n\r\nUltimately, there would be no more need for corruption and strong-arm tactics to be present, or effective, in promoting trade and honouring contracts with them, as a more open and honest society would emerge&#194;&#160;in which they could put their trust. Seen from their own self-interest, this would be a greater guarantee for economic success than the status quo.'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Further to my above comment, I have been reading some aspects of Chinese priorities of state policy. </p>
<p>In relation to social and economic changes that help individuals to be participating citizens, central to their approach is the idea of the public as an active participantÂ inÂ change, rather than as a passive and docile recipient of instructions or of dispensed authority. That is the very behaviour which would favour Morgan&#8217;s regime in their eyes over Mugabe&#8217;s. </p>
<p>Ultimately, there would be no more need for corruption and strong-arm tactics to be present, or effective, in promoting trade and honouring contracts with them, as a more open and honest society would emergeÂ in which they could put their trust. Seen from their own self-interest, this would be a greater guarantee for economic success than the status quo.
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		<title>By: True Grit</title>
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		<dc:creator>True Grit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would like to pick up on two things that have been said: Namely - Durbs, 8/5, 22.21, and Faraway, 9/5, 02.54
Yes, China. Listen, we all know about the arms shipment. We all know about human rights abuses, and the woes of Communism. But, and this is a big BUT, China needs Africa badly. Sure, it trades with the world, but for the first time in its 2200 year long civilisation it is dependent on importing resources. It wants to be in with Africa, all of it, and that means Zimbabwe too. Very much so. And unlike the West, their decisions will not be driven by ideology. What does matter to them, or any trading nation, for that matter, is endless cycles of violence. They are pragmatists and don't want that baggage. By dealing with the Chinese, even promising them plum cherries, Morgan could, at a stroke, play Mugabe at his own game, show that he is not cowed by the regime trying to hold on to power, and end once and for all the propaganda stick used by the Herald et al., that he is a puppet of the West.

Let others argue about the merits of the case. after all the whole West trades with Germany, for example, who also trades with China. As do many nations.Â They will jump in later too.Â ButÂ it will shut people like Chinamasa up! 

Go for it Morgan, present your case, be friendly and play them along. They could just see the merits of dealing with a non-violent, stable and progressive state and ditch Mugabe's cronies for what they are: has beens.&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219935','True Grit'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219935','True Grit','I would like to pick up on two things that have been said: Namely - Durbs, 8\/5, 22.21, and Faraway, 9\/5, 02.54\r\nYes, China. Listen, we all know about the arms shipment. We all know about human rights abuses, and the woes of Communism. But, and this is a big BUT, China needs Africa badly. Sure, it trades with the world, but for the first time in its 2200 year long civilisation it is dependent on importing resources. It wants to be in with Africa, all of it, and that means Zimbabwe too. Very much so. And unlike the West, their decisions will not be driven by ideology. What does matter to them, or any trading nation, for that matter, is endless cycles of violence. They are pragmatists and don\'t want that baggage. By dealing with the Chinese, even promising them plum cherries, Morgan could, at a stroke, play Mugabe at his own game, show that he is not cowed by the regime trying to hold on to power, and end once and for all the propaganda stick used by the Herald et al., that he is a puppet of the West.\r\n\r\nLet others argue about the merits of the case. after all the whole West trades with Germany, for example, who also trades with China. As do many nations.&#194;&#160;They will jump in later too.&#194;&#160;But&#194;&#160;it will shut people like Chinamasa up! \r\n\r\nGo for it Morgan, present your case, be friendly and play them along. They could just see the merits of dealing with a non-violent, stable and progressive state and ditch Mugabe\'s cronies for what they are: has beens.'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to pick up on two things that have been said: Namely - Durbs, 8/5, 22.21, and Faraway, 9/5, 02.54<br />
Yes, China. Listen, we all know about the arms shipment. We all know about human rights abuses, and the woes of Communism. But, and this is a big BUT, China needs Africa badly. Sure, it trades with the world, but for the first time in its 2200 year long civilisation it is dependent on importing resources. It wants to be in with Africa, all of it, and that means Zimbabwe too. Very much so. And unlike the West, their decisions will not be driven by ideology. What does matter to them, or any trading nation, for that matter, is endless cycles of violence. They are pragmatists and don&#8217;t want that baggage. By dealing with the Chinese, even promising them plum cherries, Morgan could, at a stroke, play Mugabe at his own game, show that he is not cowed by the regime trying to hold on to power, and end once and for all the propaganda stick used by the Herald et al., that he is a puppet of the West.</p>
<p>Let others argue about the merits of the case. after all the whole West trades with Germany, for example, who also trades with China. As do many nations.Â They will jump in later too.Â ButÂ it will shut people like Chinamasa up! </p>
<p>Go for it Morgan, present your case, be friendly and play them along. They could just see the merits of dealing with a non-violent, stable and progressive state and ditch Mugabe&#8217;s cronies for what they are: has beens.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219935','True Grit'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219935','True Grit','I would like to pick up on two things that have been said: Namely - Durbs, 8\/5, 22.21, and Faraway, 9\/5, 02.54\r\nYes, China. Listen, we all know about the arms shipment. We all know about human rights abuses, and the woes of Communism. But, and this is a big BUT, China needs Africa badly. Sure, it trades with the world, but for the first time in its 2200 year long civilisation it is dependent on importing resources. It wants to be in with Africa, all of it, and that means Zimbabwe too. Very much so. And unlike the West, their decisions will not be driven by ideology. What does matter to them, or any trading nation, for that matter, is endless cycles of violence. They are pragmatists and don\'t want that baggage. By dealing with the Chinese, even promising them plum cherries, Morgan could, at a stroke, play Mugabe at his own game, show that he is not cowed by the regime trying to hold on to power, and end once and for all the propaganda stick used by the Herald et al., that he is a puppet of the West.\r\n\r\nLet others argue about the merits of the case. after all the whole West trades with Germany, for example, who also trades with China. As do many nations.&Acirc;&nbsp;They will jump in later too.&Acirc;&nbsp;But&Acirc;&nbsp;it will shut people like Chinamasa up! \r\n\r\nGo for it Morgan, present your case, be friendly and play them along. They could just see the merits of dealing with a non-violent, stable and progressive state and ditch Mugabe\'s cronies for what they are: has beens.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: Durbs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is another reason why China should be boycotted.  This article in the Australian Sun depicts how tyranny has destroyed Burma - frighteningly similar to what is and has been happening in Zimbabwe.
Burma killed by tyranny
&lt;a href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23667548-25717,00.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23667548-25717,00.html&lt;/a&gt;
Extracts:
...What the world should be learning from this terrible loss of at least 60,000 people in the cyclone that hit Burma last week is that tyrannies kill more surely than any freak of weather...
...If Cyclone Nargis had struck not Rangoon, but Melbourne or Tokyo, it is unlikely more than a few dozen people, if that, would have died. And that's because we are free, and rich - as free people tend to be with capitalism. Even Bangkok would have survived this far, far easier.
But in Burma as many as 100,000 are now feared dead - victims not of global warming, but of a tyranny that has left them poor and defenceless.
Burma, a former British colony, was once the rice-bowl of South-East Asia, but in 1962 a bunch of generals took over with a misty-eyed plan to impose on their 50 million people the "Burmese Way to Socialism".
Their brand of politics was of the kind still distressingly popular at RMIT and Victoria University, and produced exactly the misery it's inflicted from Cuba to Russia.
The economy collapsed, and Burma went from bread-basket to basket-case. No wonder so many people today still live in shacks and shanties that were no protection against last Friday's high winds and storm surge.
Whenever the Burmese people tried to protest against this junta-made poverty, and to demand democracy, they were shot - so often and in such numbers that China is now about the only ally the junta has left. &lt;strong&gt;In this way does resource-ravenous China, Olympics host, export its tyranny to the world. &lt;/strong&gt; (Emphasis mine).
Now consider how this junta - so brutal, unaccountable, incompetent, tyrannical and isolated -- has handled this latest disaster.
Two days before Cyclone Nargis hit, India's MeteorologicalDepartment warned the junta's minions it was coming, and where.
But Burma's state-owned media, one of the crudest propaganda outfits I've seen, issued no mass alerts. Indeed, illegal Voice of America broadcasts probably did more to warn Burma's civilians to take shelter than did Burma's own radio station.
At first, the full scale of the disaster was kept from the world. 

Perhaps even the junta itself may not have known it, given there are no journalists free in that country to report what they see, and no untapped phone lines or internet to tell the world the truth.
Even now, the junta is killing people with its paranoia. Disaster assessment teams and helicopters from the United States have been blocked from coming in to prepare a huge rescue, and foreign aid teams not already in-country had their applications for visas stalled and aid shipments stopped.
Foreign journalists, whose reports would help raise appeal money, have been banned.
The UN is now "intensely" negotiating with the junta to let in aid workers and ease customs regulations on aid - literally begging the junta to let the world save its people.
So slow has the junta been to let in help, that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, founder of aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres, suggested the UN Security Council adopt a resolution allowing aid to be flown into the country by force. &lt;strong&gt;China, naturally, is against such interference in the affairs of its "friend"... &lt;/strong&gt;(Emphasis mine).
See also:
As Burmese troops open fire at monks, China and Russia block global sanctions
&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/27/burma.unitednations" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/27/burma.unitednations&lt;/a&gt;
China, together with South Africa and Russia, recently vetoed sending a special UN Envoy to Zimbabwe.&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/27/burma.unitednations" rel="nofollow"&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219920','Durbs'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219920','Durbs','This is another reason why China should be boycotted.  This article in the Australian Sun depicts how tyranny has destroyed Burma - frighteningly similar to what is and has been happening in Zimbabwe.\r\nBurma killed by tyranny\r\n&#60;a href=\&#34;http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/heraldsun\/story\/0,21985,23667548-25717,00.html\&#34; rel=\&#34;nofollow\&#34;&#62;http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/heraldsun\/story\/0,21985,23667548-25717,00.html&#60;\/a&#62;\r\nExtracts:\r\n...What the world should be learning from this terrible loss of at least 60,000 people in the cyclone that hit Burma last week is that tyrannies kill more surely than any freak of weather...\r\n...If Cyclone Nargis had struck not Rangoon, but Melbourne or Tokyo, it is unlikely more than a few dozen people, if that, would have died. And that\'s because we are free, and rich - as free people tend to be with capitalism. Even Bangkok would have survived this far, far easier.\r\nBut in Burma as many as 100,000 are now feared dead - victims not of global warming, but of a tyranny that has left them poor and defenceless.\r\nBurma, a former British colony, was once the rice-bowl of South-East Asia, but in 1962 a bunch of generals took over with a misty-eyed plan to impose on their 50 million people the \&#34;Burmese Way to Socialism\&#34;.\r\nTheir brand of politics was of the kind still distressingly popular at RMIT and Victoria University, and produced exactly the misery it\'s inflicted from Cuba to Russia.\r\nThe economy collapsed, and Burma went from bread-basket to basket-case. No wonder so many people today still live in shacks and shanties that were no protection against last Friday\'s high winds and storm surge.\r\nWhenever the Burmese people tried to protest against this junta-made poverty, and to demand democracy, they were shot - so often and in such numbers that China is now about the only ally the junta has left. &#60;strong&#62;In this way does resource-ravenous China, Olympics host, export its tyranny to the world. &#60;\/strong&#62; (Emphasis mine).\r\nNow consider how this junta - so brutal, unaccountable, incompetent, tyrannical and isolated -- has handled this latest disaster.\r\nTwo days before Cyclone Nargis hit, India\'s MeteorologicalDepartment warned the junta\'s minions it was coming, and where.\r\nBut Burma\'s state-owned media, one of the crudest propaganda outfits I\'ve seen, issued no mass alerts. Indeed, illegal Voice of America broadcasts probably did more to warn Burma\'s civilians to take shelter than did Burma\'s own radio station.\r\nAt first, the full scale of the disaster was kept from the world. \r\n\r\nPerhaps even the junta itself may not have known it, given there are no journalists free in that country to report what they see, and no untapped phone lines or internet to tell the world the truth.\r\nEven now, the junta is killing people with its paranoia. Disaster assessment teams and helicopters from the United States have been blocked from coming in to prepare a huge rescue, and foreign aid teams not already in-country had their applications for visas stalled and aid shipments stopped.\r\nForeign journalists, whose reports would help raise appeal money, have been banned.\r\nThe UN is now \&#34;intensely\&#34; negotiating with the junta to let in aid workers and ease customs regulations on aid - literally begging the junta to let the world save its people.\r\nSo slow has the junta been to let in help, that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, founder of aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres, suggested the UN Security Council adopt a resolution allowing aid to be flown into the country by force. &#60;strong&#62;China, naturally, is against such interference in the affairs of its \&#34;friend\&#34;... &#60;\/strong&#62;(Emphasis mine).\r\nSee also:\r\nAs Burmese troops open fire at monks, China and Russia block global sanctions\r\n&#60;a href=\&#34;http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2007\/sep\/27\/burma.unitednations\&#34; rel=\&#34;nofollow\&#34;&#62;http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2007\/sep\/27\/burma.unitednations&#60;\/a&#62;\r\nChina, together with South Africa and Russia, recently vetoed sending a special UN Envoy to Zimbabwe.&#60;a href=\&#34;http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2007\/sep\/27\/burma.unitednations\&#34; rel=\&#34;nofollow\&#34;&#62;\r\n&#60;\/a&#62;'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is another reason why China should be boycotted.  This article in the Australian Sun depicts how tyranny has destroyed Burma - frighteningly similar to what is and has been happening in Zimbabwe.<br />
Burma killed by tyranny<br />
<a href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23667548-25717,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23667548-25717,00.html</a><br />
Extracts:<br />
&#8230;What the world should be learning from this terrible loss of at least 60,000 people in the cyclone that hit Burma last week is that tyrannies kill more surely than any freak of weather&#8230;<br />
&#8230;If Cyclone Nargis had struck not Rangoon, but Melbourne or Tokyo, it is unlikely more than a few dozen people, if that, would have died. And that&#8217;s because we are free, and rich - as free people tend to be with capitalism. Even Bangkok would have survived this far, far easier.<br />
But in Burma as many as 100,000 are now feared dead - victims not of global warming, but of a tyranny that has left them poor and defenceless.<br />
Burma, a former British colony, was once the rice-bowl of South-East Asia, but in 1962 a bunch of generals took over with a misty-eyed plan to impose on their 50 million people the &#8220;Burmese Way to Socialism&#8221;.<br />
Their brand of politics was of the kind still distressingly popular at RMIT and Victoria University, and produced exactly the misery it&#8217;s inflicted from Cuba to Russia.<br />
The economy collapsed, and Burma went from bread-basket to basket-case. No wonder so many people today still live in shacks and shanties that were no protection against last Friday&#8217;s high winds and storm surge.<br />
Whenever the Burmese people tried to protest against this junta-made poverty, and to demand democracy, they were shot - so often and in such numbers that China is now about the only ally the junta has left. <strong>In this way does resource-ravenous China, Olympics host, export its tyranny to the world. </strong> (Emphasis mine).<br />
Now consider how this junta - so brutal, unaccountable, incompetent, tyrannical and isolated &#8212; has handled this latest disaster.<br />
Two days before Cyclone Nargis hit, India&#8217;s MeteorologicalDepartment warned the junta&#8217;s minions it was coming, and where.<br />
But Burma&#8217;s state-owned media, one of the crudest propaganda outfits I&#8217;ve seen, issued no mass alerts. Indeed, illegal Voice of America broadcasts probably did more to warn Burma&#8217;s civilians to take shelter than did Burma&#8217;s own radio station.<br />
At first, the full scale of the disaster was kept from the world. </p>
<p>Perhaps even the junta itself may not have known it, given there are no journalists free in that country to report what they see, and no untapped phone lines or internet to tell the world the truth.<br />
Even now, the junta is killing people with its paranoia. Disaster assessment teams and helicopters from the United States have been blocked from coming in to prepare a huge rescue, and foreign aid teams not already in-country had their applications for visas stalled and aid shipments stopped.<br />
Foreign journalists, whose reports would help raise appeal money, have been banned.<br />
The UN is now &#8220;intensely&#8221; negotiating with the junta to let in aid workers and ease customs regulations on aid - literally begging the junta to let the world save its people.<br />
So slow has the junta been to let in help, that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, founder of aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres, suggested the UN Security Council adopt a resolution allowing aid to be flown into the country by force. <strong>China, naturally, is against such interference in the affairs of its &#8220;friend&#8221;&#8230; </strong>(Emphasis mine).<br />
See also:<br />
As Burmese troops open fire at monks, China and Russia block global sanctions<br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/27/burma.unitednations" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/27/burma.unitednations</a><br />
China, together with South Africa and Russia, recently vetoed sending a special UN Envoy to Zimbabwe.<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/27/burma.unitednations" rel="nofollow"><br />
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<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219920','Durbs'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219920','Durbs','This is another reason why China should be boycotted.  This article in the Australian Sun depicts how tyranny has destroyed Burma - frighteningly similar to what is and has been happening in Zimbabwe.\r\nBurma killed by tyranny\r\n&lt;a href=\&quot;http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/heraldsun\/story\/0,21985,23667548-25717,00.html\&quot; rel=\&quot;nofollow\&quot;&gt;http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/heraldsun\/story\/0,21985,23667548-25717,00.html&lt;\/a&gt;\r\nExtracts:\r\n...What the world should be learning from this terrible loss of at least 60,000 people in the cyclone that hit Burma last week is that tyrannies kill more surely than any freak of weather...\r\n...If Cyclone Nargis had struck not Rangoon, but Melbourne or Tokyo, it is unlikely more than a few dozen people, if that, would have died. And that\'s because we are free, and rich - as free people tend to be with capitalism. Even Bangkok would have survived this far, far easier.\r\nBut in Burma as many as 100,000 are now feared dead - victims not of global warming, but of a tyranny that has left them poor and defenceless.\r\nBurma, a former British colony, was once the rice-bowl of South-East Asia, but in 1962 a bunch of generals took over with a misty-eyed plan to impose on their 50 million people the \&quot;Burmese Way to Socialism\&quot;.\r\nTheir brand of politics was of the kind still distressingly popular at RMIT and Victoria University, and produced exactly the misery it\'s inflicted from Cuba to Russia.\r\nThe economy collapsed, and Burma went from bread-basket to basket-case. No wonder so many people today still live in shacks and shanties that were no protection against last Friday\'s high winds and storm surge.\r\nWhenever the Burmese people tried to protest against this junta-made poverty, and to demand democracy, they were shot - so often and in such numbers that China is now about the only ally the junta has left. &lt;strong&gt;In this way does resource-ravenous China, Olympics host, export its tyranny to the world. &lt;\/strong&gt; (Emphasis mine).\r\nNow consider how this junta - so brutal, unaccountable, incompetent, tyrannical and isolated -- has handled this latest disaster.\r\nTwo days before Cyclone Nargis hit, India\'s MeteorologicalDepartment warned the junta\'s minions it was coming, and where.\r\nBut Burma\'s state-owned media, one of the crudest propaganda outfits I\'ve seen, issued no mass alerts. Indeed, illegal Voice of America broadcasts probably did more to warn Burma\'s civilians to take shelter than did Burma\'s own radio station.\r\nAt first, the full scale of the disaster was kept from the world. \r\n\r\nPerhaps even the junta itself may not have known it, given there are no journalists free in that country to report what they see, and no untapped phone lines or internet to tell the world the truth.\r\nEven now, the junta is killing people with its paranoia. Disaster assessment teams and helicopters from the United States have been blocked from coming in to prepare a huge rescue, and foreign aid teams not already in-country had their applications for visas stalled and aid shipments stopped.\r\nForeign journalists, whose reports would help raise appeal money, have been banned.\r\nThe UN is now \&quot;intensely\&quot; negotiating with the junta to let in aid workers and ease customs regulations on aid - literally begging the junta to let the world save its people.\r\nSo slow has the junta been to let in help, that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, founder of aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres, suggested the UN Security Council adopt a resolution allowing aid to be flown into the country by force. &lt;strong&gt;China, naturally, is against such interference in the affairs of its \&quot;friend\&quot;... &lt;\/strong&gt;(Emphasis mine).\r\nSee also:\r\nAs Burmese troops open fire at monks, China and Russia block global sanctions\r\n&lt;a href=\&quot;http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2007\/sep\/27\/burma.unitednations\&quot; rel=\&quot;nofollow\&quot;&gt;http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2007\/sep\/27\/burma.unitednations&lt;\/a&gt;\r\nChina, together with South Africa and Russia, recently vetoed sending a special UN Envoy to Zimbabwe.&lt;a href=\&quot;http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2007\/sep\/27\/burma.unitednations\&quot; rel=\&quot;nofollow\&quot;&gt;\r\n&lt;\/a&gt;'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isn't this just so typical ... if a white president of ANY country displayed such intense racismÂ the entire world would hang him out to dry!!!Â  I am so sick of being called a racistÂ should I disagree with a blackÂ personsÂ conductÂ because I'm white!! Why does the world not shout MUGABE IS A BLATANT RACIST?!?!?!?!Â Â He's been called human rights violator, tyrant, dictator and many moreÂ to no avail from outside help ... maybe the racist lable will get people moving since its the new buzz word.&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219917','BeeSA'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219917','BeeSA','Isn\'t this just so typical ... if a white president of ANY country displayed such intense racism&#194;&#160;the entire world would hang him out to dry!!!&#194;&#160; I am so sick of being called a racist&#194;&#160;should I disagree with a black&#194;&#160;persons&#194;&#160;conduct&#194;&#160;because I\'m white!! Why does the world not shout MUGABE IS A BLATANT RACIST?!?!?!?!&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;He\'s been called human rights violator, tyrant, dictator and many more&#194;&#160;to no avail from outside help ... maybe the racist lable will get people moving since its the new buzz word.'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t this just so typical &#8230; if a white president of ANY country displayed such intense racismÂ the entire world would hang him out to dry!!!Â  I am so sick of being called a racistÂ should I disagree with a blackÂ personsÂ conductÂ because I&#8217;m white!! Why does the world not shout MUGABE IS A BLATANT RACIST?!?!?!?!Â Â He&#8217;s been called human rights violator, tyrant, dictator and many moreÂ to no avail from outside help &#8230; maybe the racist lable will get people moving since its the new buzz word.
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		<title>By: anon</title>
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		<dc:creator>anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now that the ZANU PF version of things has been made national news the country will be split down the middle, &lt;em&gt;(sell-outs vs. patriots / pro dictatorship vs. democrats)&lt;/em&gt; 

All because of the rank mendacity on both sides ...The saddest thing is that because people try to ignore theÂ obvious failings of their policies regarding overturning Maoist REGIMES...this isÂ turning into a civil conflict in the making as neither side has the brains to step back and reason honestly about their true natures and motives.Â Â 

The very suffering some claim they wanted to avoid is now manifesting itself as a ZANU purge against a supposed fifth column.

The whole thing was a dishonest mess from the very start coated in a sugar topping of ...seeking &lt;em&gt;freedom and democracy&lt;/em&gt;.... IfÂ certain people wanted Â a regime change in ZimbabweÂ there were proper assets who could have done this without placing ordinary people in this mess... 

I hope peopleÂ can see that in any conflict there are two opposing sides then somewhere out there is the actual truth....&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219912','anon'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219912','anon','Now that the ZANU PF version of things has been made national news the country will be split down the middle, &#60;em&#62;(sell-outs vs. patriots \/ pro dictatorship vs. democrats)&#60;\/em&#62; \r\n\r\nAll because of the rank mendacity on both sides ...The saddest thing is that because people try to ignore the&#194;&#160;obvious failings of their policies regarding overturning Maoist REGIMES...this is&#194;&#160;turning into a civil conflict in the making as neither side has the brains to step back and reason honestly about their true natures and motives.&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;\r\n\r\nThe very suffering some claim they wanted to avoid is now manifesting itself as a ZANU purge against a supposed fifth column.\r\n\r\nThe whole thing was a dishonest mess from the very start coated in a sugar topping of ...seeking &#60;em&#62;freedom and democracy&#60;\/em&#62;.... If&#194;&#160;certain people wanted &#194;&#160;a regime change in Zimbabwe&#194;&#160;there were proper assets who could have done this without placing ordinary people in this mess... \r\n\r\nI hope people&#194;&#160;can see that in any conflict there are two opposing sides then somewhere out there is the actual truth....'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that the ZANU PF version of things has been made national news the country will be split down the middle, <em>(sell-outs vs. patriots / pro dictatorship vs. democrats)</em> </p>
<p>All because of the rank mendacity on both sides &#8230;The saddest thing is that because people try to ignore theÂ obvious failings of their policies regarding overturning Maoist REGIMES&#8230;this isÂ turning into a civil conflict in the making as neither side has the brains to step back and reason honestly about their true natures and motives.Â Â </p>
<p>The very suffering some claim they wanted to avoid is now manifesting itself as a ZANU purge against a supposed fifth column.</p>
<p>The whole thing was a dishonest mess from the very start coated in a sugar topping of &#8230;seeking <em>freedom and democracy</em>&#8230;. IfÂ certain people wanted Â a regime change in ZimbabweÂ there were proper assets who could have done this without placing ordinary people in this mess&#8230; </p>
<p>I hope peopleÂ can see that in any conflict there are two opposing sides then somewhere out there is the actual truth&#8230;.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219912','anon'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219912','anon','Now that the ZANU PF version of things has been made national news the country will be split down the middle, &lt;em&gt;(sell-outs vs. patriots \/ pro dictatorship vs. democrats)&lt;\/em&gt; \r\n\r\nAll because of the rank mendacity on both sides ...The saddest thing is that because people try to ignore the&Acirc;&nbsp;obvious failings of their policies regarding overturning Maoist REGIMES...this is&Acirc;&nbsp;turning into a civil conflict in the making as neither side has the brains to step back and reason honestly about their true natures and motives.&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe very suffering some claim they wanted to avoid is now manifesting itself as a ZANU purge against a supposed fifth column.\r\n\r\nThe whole thing was a dishonest mess from the very start coated in a sugar topping of ...seeking &lt;em&gt;freedom and democracy&lt;\/em&gt;.... If&Acirc;&nbsp;certain people wanted &Acirc;&nbsp;a regime change in Zimbabwe&Acirc;&nbsp;there were proper assets who could have done this without placing ordinary people in this mess... \r\n\r\nI hope people&Acirc;&nbsp;can see that in any conflict there are two opposing sides then somewhere out there is the actual truth....'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<dc:creator>anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How the rest of the world sees it...&lt;a href="http://www.herald.co.zw/" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;

The Herald&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; (Harare)&lt;/strong&gt;
OPINION
&lt;strong&gt;9 May 2008
&lt;/strong&gt;Posted to the web 9 May 2008
Stephen Gowans
Harare
Zimbabwe's Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa last Friday denounced the United States and Britain for their interference in Zimbabwe's elections.
At the same time, he decried the Morgan Tsvangirai faction of the main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), and its civil society partner, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, as being part of a US and British programme to reverse the gains of Zimbabwe's national liberation struggle.
Â "It is no secret that the US and the British have poured in large sums of money behind the MDC-T's sustained demonisation campaign," Chinamasa said. "Sanctions against Zimbabwe (were intensified) just before the elections," while "large sums of money" were poured into Zimbabwe "by the British and Americans to bribe people to vote against President Mugabe."
The goal, Chinamasa continued, is to "render the country ungovernable in order to justify external intervention to reverse the gains of the land reform programme". The minister went on to describe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC-T "for what they are -- an Anglo-American project designed to defeat and reverse the gains of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, to undermine the will of the Zimbabwean electorate and to return the nation to the dark days of white domination".
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the US Congress 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  US State Department 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the National Endowment for Democracy 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  United States Agency for International Development. 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  George Soros' Open Society Institute, 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Centre for Civil Society. 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the Southern Africa Trust 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Friedrich Ebert foundation 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Westminster Foundation for Democracy. 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the Institute for Security Studies 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the Centre for Policy Studies 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the Zimbabwe Democracy Trust
.
Â 
Â 
"The United States government has said it wants to see President Robert Mugabe removed from power and that it is working with the Zimbabwean opposition, trade unions, pro-democracy groups and human rights organisations to bring about a change of administration." Last year, the US State Department acknowledged once again that it supports "the efforts of the political opposition, the media and civil society" in Zimbabwe through training, assistance and financing. And the 2006 US National Security Strategy declares that "it is the policy of the US to seek and support democratic movements and institutions in every nation . . . with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Belarus and Zimbabwe".
The goal of the overthrow agendaâ€¦ 
In this, there is an unavoidable conflict between "a government which is spearheaded by a revolutionary party, which spearheaded the armed struggle against British imperialism" and "a party that was the creation of the imperialists themselves (that) has been financed by the imperialists themselves". It's impossible to achieve independence from foreign control and domination without turmoil, disruption and fighting -- not when the opposition and civil society are directed from abroad to serve foreign interests. Can Zimbabwe's elections honestly be described as free and fair when the economy has been sabotaged by the West's denying Harare credit and debt relief and where respite from the attendant miseries is promised in the election of the opposition?
Are elections legitimate when media are controlled by outside forces, and civil society and the opposition have been controlled by foreign powers?
Chinamasa's complaints, far from being demagoguery, are real and justified. Zanu-PF's decision to fight, rather than capitulate, ought to be applauded, not condemned. Imperialism cannot be opposed without opposing the MDC and its civil society partners, for they too are imperialism.&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219891','anon'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219891','anon','How the rest of the world sees it...&#60;a href=\&#34;http:\/\/www.herald.co.zw\/\&#34; rel=\&#34;nofollow\&#34;&#62;&#60;strong&#62;\r\n\r\nThe Herald&#60;\/strong&#62;&#60;\/a&#62;&#60;strong&#62; (Harare)&#60;\/strong&#62;\r\nOPINION\r\n&#60;strong&#62;9 May 2008\r\n&#60;\/strong&#62;Posted to the web 9 May 2008\r\nStephen Gowans\r\nHarare\r\nZimbabwe\'s Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa last Friday denounced the United States and Britain for their interference in Zimbabwe\'s elections.\r\nAt the same time, he decried the Morgan Tsvangirai faction of the main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), and its civil society partner, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, as being part of a US and British programme to reverse the gains of Zimbabwe\'s national liberation struggle.\r\n&#194;&#160;\&#34;It is no secret that the US and the British have poured in large sums of money behind the MDC-T\'s sustained demonisation campaign,\&#34; Chinamasa said. \&#34;Sanctions against Zimbabwe (were intensified) just before the elections,\&#34; while \&#34;large sums of money\&#34; were poured into Zimbabwe \&#34;by the British and Americans to bribe people to vote against President Mugabe.\&#34;\r\nThe goal, Chinamasa continued, is to \&#34;render the country ungovernable in order to justify external intervention to reverse the gains of the land reform programme\&#34;. The minister went on to describe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC-T \&#34;for what they are -- an Anglo-American project designed to defeat and reverse the gains of Zimbabwe\'s liberation struggle, to undermine the will of the Zimbabwean electorate and to return the nation to the dark days of white domination\&#34;.\r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; the US Congress \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; US State Department \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; the National Endowment for Democracy \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; United States Agency for International Development. \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; George Soros\' Open Society Institute, \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; Centre for Civil Society. \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; the Southern Africa Trust \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; Friedrich Ebert foundation \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; Westminster Foundation for Democracy. \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; the Institute for Security Studies \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; the Centre for Policy Studies \r\n&#194;&#183;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160; the Zimbabwe Democracy Trust\r\n.\r\n&#194;&#160;\r\n&#194;&#160;\r\n\&#34;The United States government has said it wants to see President Robert Mugabe removed from power and that it is working with the Zimbabwean opposition, trade unions, pro-democracy groups and human rights organisations to bring about a change of administration.\&#34; Last year, the US State Department acknowledged once again that it supports \&#34;the efforts of the political opposition, the media and civil society\&#34; in Zimbabwe through training, assistance and financing. And the 2006 US National Security Strategy declares that \&#34;it is the policy of the US to seek and support democratic movements and institutions in every nation . . . with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Belarus and Zimbabwe\&#34;.\r\nThe goal of the overthrow agenda&#226;€&#166; \r\nIn this, there is an unavoidable conflict between \&#34;a government which is spearheaded by a revolutionary party, which spearheaded the armed struggle against British imperialism\&#34; and \&#34;a party that was the creation of the imperialists themselves (that) has been financed by the imperialists themselves\&#34;. It\'s impossible to achieve independence from foreign control and domination without turmoil, disruption and fighting -- not when the opposition and civil society are directed from abroad to serve foreign interests. Can Zimbabwe\'s elections honestly be described as free and fair when the economy has been sabotaged by the West\'s denying Harare credit and debt relief and where respite from the attendant miseries is promised in the election of the opposition?\r\nAre elections legitimate when media are controlled by outside forces, and civil society and the opposition have been controlled by foreign powers?\r\nChinamasa\'s complaints, far from being demagoguery, are real and justified. Zanu-PF\'s decision to fight, rather than capitulate, ought to be applauded, not condemned. Imperialism cannot be opposed without opposing the MDC and its civil society partners, for they too are imperialism.'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How the rest of the world sees it&#8230;<a href="http://www.herald.co.zw/" rel="nofollow"><strong></p>
<p>The Herald</strong></a><strong> (Harare)</strong><br />
OPINION<br />
<strong>9 May 2008<br />
</strong>Posted to the web 9 May 2008<br />
Stephen Gowans<br />
Harare<br />
Zimbabwe&#8217;s Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa last Friday denounced the United States and Britain for their interference in Zimbabwe&#8217;s elections.<br />
At the same time, he decried the Morgan Tsvangirai faction of the main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), and its civil society partner, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, as being part of a US and British programme to reverse the gains of Zimbabwe&#8217;s national liberation struggle.<br />
Â &#8221;It is no secret that the US and the British have poured in large sums of money behind the MDC-T&#8217;s sustained demonisation campaign,&#8221; Chinamasa said. &#8220;Sanctions against Zimbabwe (were intensified) just before the elections,&#8221; while &#8220;large sums of money&#8221; were poured into Zimbabwe &#8220;by the British and Americans to bribe people to vote against President Mugabe.&#8221;<br />
The goal, Chinamasa continued, is to &#8220;render the country ungovernable in order to justify external intervention to reverse the gains of the land reform programme&#8221;. The minister went on to describe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC-T &#8220;for what they are &#8212; an Anglo-American project designed to defeat and reverse the gains of Zimbabwe&#8217;s liberation struggle, to undermine the will of the Zimbabwean electorate and to return the nation to the dark days of white domination&#8221;.<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the US Congress<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  US State Department<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the National Endowment for Democracy<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  United States Agency for International Development.<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  George Soros&#8217; Open Society Institute,<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Centre for Civil Society.<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the Southern Africa Trust<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Friedrich Ebert foundation<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Westminster Foundation for Democracy.<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the Institute for Security Studies<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the Centre for Policy Studies<br />
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  the Zimbabwe Democracy Trust<br />
.<br />
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&#8220;The United States government has said it wants to see President Robert Mugabe removed from power and that it is working with the Zimbabwean opposition, trade unions, pro-democracy groups and human rights organisations to bring about a change of administration.&#8221; Last year, the US State Department acknowledged once again that it supports &#8220;the efforts of the political opposition, the media and civil society&#8221; in Zimbabwe through training, assistance and financing. And the 2006 US National Security Strategy declares that &#8220;it is the policy of the US to seek and support democratic movements and institutions in every nation . . . with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Belarus and Zimbabwe&#8221;.<br />
The goal of the overthrow agendaâ€¦<br />
In this, there is an unavoidable conflict between &#8220;a government which is spearheaded by a revolutionary party, which spearheaded the armed struggle against British imperialism&#8221; and &#8220;a party that was the creation of the imperialists themselves (that) has been financed by the imperialists themselves&#8221;. It&#8217;s impossible to achieve independence from foreign control and domination without turmoil, disruption and fighting &#8212; not when the opposition and civil society are directed from abroad to serve foreign interests. Can Zimbabwe&#8217;s elections honestly be described as free and fair when the economy has been sabotaged by the West&#8217;s denying Harare credit and debt relief and where respite from the attendant miseries is promised in the election of the opposition?<br />
Are elections legitimate when media are controlled by outside forces, and civil society and the opposition have been controlled by foreign powers?<br />
Chinamasa&#8217;s complaints, far from being demagoguery, are real and justified. Zanu-PF&#8217;s decision to fight, rather than capitulate, ought to be applauded, not condemned. Imperialism cannot be opposed without opposing the MDC and its civil society partners, for they too are imperialism.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219891','anon'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219891','anon','How the rest of the world sees it...&lt;a href=\&quot;http:\/\/www.herald.co.zw\/\&quot; rel=\&quot;nofollow\&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\r\n\r\nThe Herald&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; (Harare)&lt;\/strong&gt;\r\nOPINION\r\n&lt;strong&gt;9 May 2008\r\n&lt;\/strong&gt;Posted to the web 9 May 2008\r\nStephen Gowans\r\nHarare\r\nZimbabwe\'s Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa last Friday denounced the United States and Britain for their interference in Zimbabwe\'s elections.\r\nAt the same time, he decried the Morgan Tsvangirai faction of the main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), and its civil society partner, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, as being part of a US and British programme to reverse the gains of Zimbabwe\'s national liberation struggle.\r\n&Acirc;&nbsp;\&quot;It is no secret that the US and the British have poured in large sums of money behind the MDC-T\'s sustained demonisation campaign,\&quot; Chinamasa said. \&quot;Sanctions against Zimbabwe (were intensified) just before the elections,\&quot; while \&quot;large sums of money\&quot; were poured into Zimbabwe \&quot;by the British and Americans to bribe people to vote against President Mugabe.\&quot;\r\nThe goal, Chinamasa continued, is to \&quot;render the country ungovernable in order to justify external intervention to reverse the gains of the land reform programme\&quot;. The minister went on to describe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC-T \&quot;for what they are -- an Anglo-American project designed to defeat and reverse the gains of Zimbabwe\'s liberation struggle, to undermine the will of the Zimbabwean electorate and to return the nation to the dark days of white domination\&quot;.\r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; the US Congress \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; US State Department \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; the National Endowment for Democracy \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; United States Agency for International Development. \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; George Soros\' Open Society Institute, \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; Centre for Civil Society. \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; the Southern Africa Trust \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; Friedrich Ebert foundation \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; Westminster Foundation for Democracy. \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; the Institute for Security Studies \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; the Centre for Policy Studies \r\n&Acirc;&middot;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp;&Acirc;&nbsp; the Zimbabwe Democracy Trust\r\n.\r\n&Acirc;&nbsp;\r\n&Acirc;&nbsp;\r\n\&quot;The United States government has said it wants to see President Robert Mugabe removed from power and that it is working with the Zimbabwean opposition, trade unions, pro-democracy groups and human rights organisations to bring about a change of administration.\&quot; Last year, the US State Department acknowledged once again that it supports \&quot;the efforts of the political opposition, the media and civil society\&quot; in Zimbabwe through training, assistance and financing. And the 2006 US National Security Strategy declares that \&quot;it is the policy of the US to seek and support democratic movements and institutions in every nation . . . with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Belarus and Zimbabwe\&quot;.\r\nThe goal of the overthrow agenda&acirc;€&brvbar; \r\nIn this, there is an unavoidable conflict between \&quot;a government which is spearheaded by a revolutionary party, which spearheaded the armed struggle against British imperialism\&quot; and \&quot;a party that was the creation of the imperialists themselves (that) has been financed by the imperialists themselves\&quot;. It\'s impossible to achieve independence from foreign control and domination without turmoil, disruption and fighting -- not when the opposition and civil society are directed from abroad to serve foreign interests. Can Zimbabwe\'s elections honestly be described as free and fair when the economy has been sabotaged by the West\'s denying Harare credit and debt relief and where respite from the attendant miseries is promised in the election of the opposition?\r\nAre elections legitimate when media are controlled by outside forces, and civil society and the opposition have been controlled by foreign powers?\r\nChinamasa\'s complaints, far from being demagoguery, are real and justified. Zanu-PF\'s decision to fight, rather than capitulate, ought to be applauded, not condemned. Imperialism cannot be opposed without opposing the MDC and its civil society partners, for they too are imperialism.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: mama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So I have lifted this off a facebook group I don't know if its true or what but I thought I should post it

This message was sent to a friend of mine in Zim from her ISP Administrator. For those abroad, please be careful what messages you send the folk back in Zim, for their own safety! 

Iâ€™m hereby advising you all to read and delete all political related news, jokes, cartoons, pictures etc. from your mailboxes. In the near future the ZANU PF delegated team will be visiting different organizations anonymously and checking on these items randomly from different mailboxes. If youâ€™re caught with such information then you know what it means. Please letâ€™s put our house in order before these guys come. Itâ€™s not only BNC IT department concerned NO but the external forces are also interested to know who is sending what to whom. So letâ€™s be aware and act promptly to make sure your hands are safe. Some individuals out there are being brutalized, killed, tortured, victimized and so forth. I want to make sure you are safe as far as these political iss

After reading the WOZA letter and what the girls have been accuse of I would not put it past them the regime but not being a computer wizz I don't know if they really can do this ....any suggestions.....&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219880','mama'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219880','mama','So I have lifted this off a facebook group I don\'t know if its true or what but I thought I should post it\r\n\r\nThis message was sent to a friend of mine in Zim from her ISP Administrator. For those abroad, please be careful what messages you send the folk back in Zim, for their own safety! \r\n\r\nI&#226;€™m hereby advising you all to read and delete all political related news, jokes, cartoons, pictures etc. from your mailboxes. In the near future the ZANU PF delegated team will be visiting different organizations anonymously and checking on these items randomly from different mailboxes. If you&#226;€™re caught with such information then you know what it means. Please let&#226;€™s put our house in order before these guys come. It&#226;€™s not only BNC IT department concerned NO but the external forces are also interested to know who is sending what to whom. So let&#226;€™s be aware and act promptly to make sure your hands are safe. Some individuals out there are being brutalized, killed, tortured, victimized and so forth. I want to make sure you are safe as far as these political iss\r\n\r\nAfter reading the WOZA letter and what the girls have been accuse of I would not put it past them the regime but not being a computer wizz I don\'t know if they really can do this ....any suggestions.....'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I have lifted this off a facebook group I don&#8217;t know if its true or what but I thought I should post it</p>
<p>This message was sent to a friend of mine in Zim from her ISP Administrator. For those abroad, please be careful what messages you send the folk back in Zim, for their own safety! </p>
<p>Iâ€™m hereby advising you all to read and delete all political related news, jokes, cartoons, pictures etc. from your mailboxes. In the near future the ZANU PF delegated team will be visiting different organizations anonymously and checking on these items randomly from different mailboxes. If youâ€™re caught with such information then you know what it means. Please letâ€™s put our house in order before these guys come. Itâ€™s not only BNC IT department concerned NO but the external forces are also interested to know who is sending what to whom. So letâ€™s be aware and act promptly to make sure your hands are safe. Some individuals out there are being brutalized, killed, tortured, victimized and so forth. I want to make sure you are safe as far as these political iss</p>
<p>After reading the WOZA letter and what the girls have been accuse of I would not put it past them the regime but not being a computer wizz I don&#8217;t know if they really can do this &#8230;.any suggestions&#8230;..
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219880','mama'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219880','mama','So I have lifted this off a facebook group I don\'t know if its true or what but I thought I should post it\r\n\r\nThis message was sent to a friend of mine in Zim from her ISP Administrator. For those abroad, please be careful what messages you send the folk back in Zim, for their own safety! \r\n\r\nI&acirc;€™m hereby advising you all to read and delete all political related news, jokes, cartoons, pictures etc. from your mailboxes. In the near future the ZANU PF delegated team will be visiting different organizations anonymously and checking on these items randomly from different mailboxes. If you&acirc;€™re caught with such information then you know what it means. Please let&acirc;€™s put our house in order before these guys come. It&acirc;€™s not only BNC IT department concerned NO but the external forces are also interested to know who is sending what to whom. So let&acirc;€™s be aware and act promptly to make sure your hands are safe. Some individuals out there are being brutalized, killed, tortured, victimized and so forth. I want to make sure you are safe as far as these political iss\r\n\r\nAfter reading the WOZA letter and what the girls have been accuse of I would not put it past them the regime but not being a computer wizz I don\'t know if they really can do this ....any suggestions.....'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: Faraway</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hope that there also will be some brave souls who will be able to smuggle pictures of the butchers out of the country, for all to see proof of who these men are.Â  Pictures of people committing horrific injuries and death. Pictures of demented followers of a demented regime of a demented president.
Proof to the world that the army, the police, the government is fully behind all these atrocities.&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219850','Faraway'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219850','Faraway','I hope that there also will be some brave souls who will be able to smuggle pictures of the butchers out of the country, for all to see proof of who these men are.&#194;&#160; Pictures of people committing horrific injuries and death. Pictures of demented followers of a demented regime of a demented president.\r\nProof to the world that the army, the police, the government is fully behind all these atrocities.'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope that there also will be some brave souls who will be able to smuggle pictures of the butchers out of the country, for all to see proof of who these men are.Â  Pictures of people committing horrific injuries and death. Pictures of demented followers of a demented regime of a demented president.<br />
Proof to the world that the army, the police, the government is fully behind all these atrocities.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219850','Faraway'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219850','Faraway','I hope that there also will be some brave souls who will be able to smuggle pictures of the butchers out of the country, for all to see proof of who these men are.&Acirc;&nbsp; Pictures of people committing horrific injuries and death. Pictures of demented followers of a demented regime of a demented president.\r\nProof to the world that the army, the police, the government is fully behind all these atrocities.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: BeeSA</title>
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		<dc:creator>BeeSA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>exbulawayo is quite right .. the white Zimbabweans have done nothing but GOOD in that country and they have done this under extreme conditions for a long time. Zimbabwean soil is as much the same heritage for white Zimbabweans and black Zimbabweans. It's Mugabe's blatant hatred for white people that is driving him. He is PARANOID to the point of dementia, just like he always has been. His extensive armed-motorcade makes him more protected than the Pope!!! Have you seen it?? a few dozen Police motorcycles ALL with sirens blaring, Jeeps armed with mounted machine guns, limosines, all travelling at HIGH speeds and citizens know to GET OUT OF THE WAY if they hear it comingÂ ...Â  we used to call him Bob Mugabe and the Wailers!!

I agree, the Zimbabweans who have endured are to be highly respected. We salute you and we hope and pray that this is theÂ darkest hour before the dawn and that the sun will rise any minute. Â &lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219812','BeeSA'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219812','BeeSA','exbulawayo is quite right .. the white Zimbabweans have done nothing but GOOD in that country and they have done this under extreme conditions for a long time. Zimbabwean soil is as much the same heritage for white Zimbabweans and black Zimbabweans. It\'s Mugabe\'s blatant hatred for white people that is driving him. He is PARANOID to the point of dementia, just like he always has been. His extensive armed-motorcade makes him more protected than the Pope!!! Have you seen it?? a few dozen Police motorcycles ALL with sirens blaring, Jeeps armed with mounted machine guns, limosines, all travelling at HIGH speeds and citizens know to GET OUT OF THE WAY if they hear it coming&#194;&#160;...&#194;&#160; we used to call him Bob Mugabe and the Wailers!!\r\n\r\nI agree, the Zimbabweans who have endured are to be highly respected. We salute you and we hope and pray that this is the&#194;&#160;darkest hour before the dawn and that the sun will rise any minute. &#194;&#160;'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>exbulawayo is quite right .. the white Zimbabweans have done nothing but GOOD in that country and they have done this under extreme conditions for a long time. Zimbabwean soil is as much the same heritage for white Zimbabweans and black Zimbabweans. It&#8217;s Mugabe&#8217;s blatant hatred for white people that is driving him. He is PARANOID to the point of dementia, just like he always has been. His extensive armed-motorcade makes him more protected than the Pope!!! Have you seen it?? a few dozen Police motorcycles ALL with sirens blaring, Jeeps armed with mounted machine guns, limosines, all travelling at HIGH speeds and citizens know to GET OUT OF THE WAY if they hear it comingÂ &#8230;Â  we used to call him Bob Mugabe and the Wailers!!</p>
<p>I agree, the Zimbabweans who have endured are to be highly respected. We salute you and we hope and pray that this is theÂ darkest hour before the dawn and that the sun will rise any minute. Â 
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219812','BeeSA'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219812','BeeSA','exbulawayo is quite right .. the white Zimbabweans have done nothing but GOOD in that country and they have done this under extreme conditions for a long time. Zimbabwean soil is as much the same heritage for white Zimbabweans and black Zimbabweans. It\'s Mugabe\'s blatant hatred for white people that is driving him. He is PARANOID to the point of dementia, just like he always has been. His extensive armed-motorcade makes him more protected than the Pope!!! Have you seen it?? a few dozen Police motorcycles ALL with sirens blaring, Jeeps armed with mounted machine guns, limosines, all travelling at HIGH speeds and citizens know to GET OUT OF THE WAY if they hear it coming&Acirc;&nbsp;...&Acirc;&nbsp; we used to call him Bob Mugabe and the Wailers!!\r\n\r\nI agree, the Zimbabweans who have endured are to be highly respected. We salute you and we hope and pray that this is the&Acirc;&nbsp;darkest hour before the dawn and that the sun will rise any minute. &Acirc;&nbsp;'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: mama</title>
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		<dc:creator>mama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So I have been in contact with &lt;a href="http://www.dec.org.uk/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.dec.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt;Â who are running a campaign for Burma to ask them if they could also run a campaign for Zimbabwe Medical Supplies will see what they come back with....Of course you could also go there and ask too more people who ask more chance of them taking notice,,,,,&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219798','mama'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219798','mama','So I have been in contact with &#60;a href=\&#34;http:\/\/www.dec.org.uk\/\&#34; rel=\&#34;nofollow\&#34;&#62;http:\/\/www.dec.org.uk\/&#60;\/a&#62;&#194;&#160;who are running a campaign for Burma to ask them if they could also run a campaign for Zimbabwe Medical Supplies will see what they come back with....Of course you could also go there and ask too more people who ask more chance of them taking notice,,,,,'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I have been in contact with <a href="http://www.dec.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dec.org.uk/</a>Â who are running a campaign for Burma to ask them if they could also run a campaign for Zimbabwe Medical Supplies will see what they come back with&#8230;.Of course you could also go there and ask too more people who ask more chance of them taking notice,,,,,
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219798','mama'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219798','mama','So I have been in contact with &lt;a href=\&quot;http:\/\/www.dec.org.uk\/\&quot; rel=\&quot;nofollow\&quot;&gt;http:\/\/www.dec.org.uk\/&lt;\/a&gt;&Acirc;&nbsp;who are running a campaign for Burma to ask them if they could also run a campaign for Zimbabwe Medical Supplies will see what they come back with....Of course you could also go there and ask too more people who ask more chance of them taking notice,,,,,'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: muchangana</title>
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		<dc:creator>muchangana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At least now we know that Mbeki is a wolf in sheep skin. All these horrendous killings and butchering of innocent souls does not move him. It is unbeleivable that he is not aware of what is happening. This leaves the only explanation that he is part to it and maybe we should find a way of bringing this argument to the foe. I understand that he has already barked his master's(Mugabe) voice that Morgan Tsvangirai is a puppet of the west. Guys isnt there a way of us sending these horrendous videos of torture to George Bush, Gordon Brown and Kevin Rudd. As it stands now, these are the only world leaders who have been unequivocal in condeming the Mugabe regime. I did not have problem with Mbeki adopting quiet diplomacy as long as he kept his big mouth shut, but he has not been quiet at all, instead he has barked and sided with his sinking hero. It is time we remind the world that Mbeki is actually not different from Mugabe in his warped ideologies, just like Mugabe mentioned several years ago that he was an apostle of a one party state( remember the apostle spirit is the one that drives its ideologies irregardless of the opinions of other people). The world must know that allowing Mbeki to continue with his subtle murder of democracy in Zimbabwe is giving him experience to do likewise in South Africa itself( dont forget that he was fighting tooth and nail to gain an extension of his presidential term). Truly the statement that , " the ornithological specimen of identical plumege peramburates in habitual proximity " has been proven.&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219773','muchangana'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219773','muchangana','At least now we know that Mbeki is a wolf in sheep skin. All these horrendous killings and butchering of innocent souls does not move him. It is unbeleivable that he is not aware of what is happening. This leaves the only explanation that he is part to it and maybe we should find a way of bringing this argument to the foe. I understand that he has already barked his master\'s(Mugabe) voice that Morgan Tsvangirai is a puppet of the west. Guys isnt there a way of us sending these horrendous videos of torture to George Bush, Gordon Brown and Kevin Rudd. As it stands now, these are the only world leaders who have been unequivocal in condeming the Mugabe regime. I did not have problem with Mbeki adopting quiet diplomacy as long as he kept his big mouth shut, but he has not been quiet at all, instead he has barked and sided with his sinking hero. It is time we remind the world that Mbeki is actually not different from Mugabe in his warped ideologies, just like Mugabe mentioned several years ago that he was an apostle of a one party state( remember the apostle spirit is the one that drives its ideologies irregardless of the opinions of other people). The world must know that allowing Mbeki to continue with his subtle murder of democracy in Zimbabwe is giving him experience to do likewise in South Africa itself( dont forget that he was fighting tooth and nail to gain an extension of his presidential term). Truly the statement that , \&#34; the ornithological specimen of identical plumege peramburates in habitual proximity \&#34; has been proven.'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At least now we know that Mbeki is a wolf in sheep skin. All these horrendous killings and butchering of innocent souls does not move him. It is unbeleivable that he is not aware of what is happening. This leaves the only explanation that he is part to it and maybe we should find a way of bringing this argument to the foe. I understand that he has already barked his master&#8217;s(Mugabe) voice that Morgan Tsvangirai is a puppet of the west. Guys isnt there a way of us sending these horrendous videos of torture to George Bush, Gordon Brown and Kevin Rudd. As it stands now, these are the only world leaders who have been unequivocal in condeming the Mugabe regime. I did not have problem with Mbeki adopting quiet diplomacy as long as he kept his big mouth shut, but he has not been quiet at all, instead he has barked and sided with his sinking hero. It is time we remind the world that Mbeki is actually not different from Mugabe in his warped ideologies, just like Mugabe mentioned several years ago that he was an apostle of a one party state( remember the apostle spirit is the one that drives its ideologies irregardless of the opinions of other people). The world must know that allowing Mbeki to continue with his subtle murder of democracy in Zimbabwe is giving him experience to do likewise in South Africa itself( dont forget that he was fighting tooth and nail to gain an extension of his presidential term). Truly the statement that , &#8221; the ornithological specimen of identical plumege peramburates in habitual proximity &#8221; has been proven.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219773','muchangana'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219773','muchangana','At least now we know that Mbeki is a wolf in sheep skin. All these horrendous killings and butchering of innocent souls does not move him. It is unbeleivable that he is not aware of what is happening. This leaves the only explanation that he is part to it and maybe we should find a way of bringing this argument to the foe. I understand that he has already barked his master\'s(Mugabe) voice that Morgan Tsvangirai is a puppet of the west. Guys isnt there a way of us sending these horrendous videos of torture to George Bush, Gordon Brown and Kevin Rudd. As it stands now, these are the only world leaders who have been unequivocal in condeming the Mugabe regime. I did not have problem with Mbeki adopting quiet diplomacy as long as he kept his big mouth shut, but he has not been quiet at all, instead he has barked and sided with his sinking hero. It is time we remind the world that Mbeki is actually not different from Mugabe in his warped ideologies, just like Mugabe mentioned several years ago that he was an apostle of a one party state( remember the apostle spirit is the one that drives its ideologies irregardless of the opinions of other people). The world must know that allowing Mbeki to continue with his subtle murder of democracy in Zimbabwe is giving him experience to do likewise in South Africa itself( dont forget that he was fighting tooth and nail to gain an extension of his presidential term). Truly the statement that , \&quot; the ornithological specimen of identical plumege peramburates in habitual proximity \&quot; has been proven.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: Cricket</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All attacks: Discusting &#38; a poor show of mediation from Mbeki. Mbeki &#38; SADC are pro Mugabe
ZIMBABEAN CALL TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!
We as all Zimbabwean &#38; ex Zimbabwean living abroad need to join together &#38; stand for what Zimbabwe should be &#38; not want Mugabe &#38; his thugs want it to be. ZANU-PF thought their attacks during the bush war were bad it's time to show thwm how to operate the bush without intervention from abroad which cost Rhodesia it's pride.&lt;div class="comment-remix-meta"&gt;&lt;a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219762','Cricket'); return false;"&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219762','Cricket','All attacks: Discusting &#38;amp; a poor show of mediation from Mbeki. Mbeki &#38;amp; SADC are pro Mugabe\r\nZIMBABEAN CALL TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!\r\nWe as all Zimbabwean &#38;amp; ex Zimbabwean living abroad need to join together &#38;amp; stand for what Zimbabwe should be &#38;amp; not want Mugabe &#38;amp; his thugs want it to be. ZANU-PF thought their attacks during the bush war were bad it\'s time to show thwm how to operate the bush without intervention from abroad which cost Rhodesia it\'s pride.'); return false;"&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All attacks: Discusting &amp; a poor show of mediation from Mbeki. Mbeki &amp; SADC are pro Mugabe<br />
ZIMBABEAN CALL TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
We as all Zimbabwean &amp; ex Zimbabwean living abroad need to join together &amp; stand for what Zimbabwe should be &amp; not want Mugabe &amp; his thugs want it to be. ZANU-PF thought their attacks during the bush war were bad it&#8217;s time to show thwm how to operate the bush without intervention from abroad which cost Rhodesia it&#8217;s pride.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('219762','Cricket'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('219762','Cricket','All attacks: Discusting &amp;amp; a poor show of mediation from Mbeki. Mbeki &amp;amp; SADC are pro Mugabe\r\nZIMBABEAN CALL TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!\r\nWe as all Zimbabwean &amp;amp; ex Zimbabwean living abroad need to join together &amp;amp; stand for what Zimbabwe should be &amp;amp; not want Mugabe &amp;amp; his thugs want it to be. ZANU-PF thought their attacks during the bush war were bad it\'s time to show thwm how to operate the bush without intervention from abroad which cost Rhodesia it\'s pride.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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