Zimbabwe: Bush Orders Tougher Sanctions Against Country (This Day)

United States President, Mr. George W. Bush, has ordered tougher sanctions against the Zimbabwean government headed by Mr. Robert Mugabe for "the regime's blatant disregard for the Zimbabwean people's democratic will and human rights".

Author: AfricansUnite
Sun Jun 29 19:28:00 2008

Encouraging Mugabe to talk to the MDC is a big mistake. Has everyone forgotten what happened to Joshua Nkomo in the 80s? Mugabe promised to "talk" to Nkomo and work towards "unity" and what happened? Mugabe, who had promised to "talk" to Nkomo then stated: "ZAPU and its leader, Dr. Joshua Nkomo, are like a cobra in a house. The only way to deal effectively with a snake is to strike and destroy its head." Mugabe then unleashed the Fifth Brigade upon Nkomo's Matabeleland homeland in Operation Gukurahundi, killing more than 20,000 Ndebele civilians in an attempt to destroy ZAPU and create a one-party state.

Talk to Mugabe? Better be prepared to run for your life and have your neighbors killed.





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