allAfrica.com
9 December 2008
Europe has expanded travel and financial sanctions against members of what the British foreign ministry calls President Robert Mugabe's "closest political circle."
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The time to remove Mugabe was when 57% of the population voted against him in the only election seen as free and fair by impartial observers.
What million dollars are you talking about are you talking of zillions or USD? if none of the above then unowanza fodya.
This is the height of hypcrisy. These sanctions are hurting the ordinary person and not the so-called targeted individuals. The sanctions come soon after Tsvangirayi's visit to Europe and yet he is not included on the list when he is the one refusing to accept the majority viewpoint in SADC and Zimbabwe to have a government of antional unity formed for the sake of the people. Shame on you Europeans.
Interesting. You blame Tsvangirai, but was it not Mugabe who refused to accept the majority viewpoint of the people of Zimbabwe and stand down in the first place?
I have no problems with "restrictive measures to more individuals who had been 'actively engaged in violence or human rights infringements.'"
Mugabe refused majority rule. Zanu PF is now a minority party.
loshto of Chirumhazu: "Mugabe refused majority rule."
It worked for for George Bush in 2000: He refused majority rule. He was sworn in as president of the USA even as he was not the winner of the majority of the popular vote.
Did you forget to register your outrage then?
American Presidential elections are never decided by the popular vote. Don't you know anything about US politics?
Here's some educational material for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election
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Awwwww is someone getting a widdle bit upset? Having to use big capitals and me calling names? Looks like I'm getting under your skin. Awesome.
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Its Zanu PF which refused majority rule in March through a five week vote rig. Travel ban or no travel ban Zanu PF is hopeless OK.
Please elaborate on which individual sanctions are hurting ordinairy Zimbabweans and how. How can preventing Mugabe to go shopping in Europe with money stolen from the Zimbabwean people hurt "the ordinary person"?
If you are talking about financial sanctions against Zimbabwe, they are not truly sanctions and not illegal. They are simply the results of being a deadbeat that doesn't pay his bills. How is the world obliged to lend money to someone that takes it with no intention of paying it back, but just wants to steal it? If you didn't pay your mortgage for six months, would it be an illegal sanction for the bank to forclose on the property? Zanu-PF is running out of sectors of the economy to plunder out of existence.
True sanctions Zimbabwe democracy bill
Zimbabwe democracy bill
And similar sanctions
False sanctions - travel ban. Armani suits and like are made in hong kong.
No country rich or poor can survive without credit (never mind the badmouthing) Read the Zimbabwe democracy bill - it is about starving the people, NO worse, making sure that they cannot do anything but wait for someone to give them handouts The real clever bit about the sanctions is something I hope you will figure out yourself.
Some man came to zimbabwe with empty bags - I believe they were from imf something like that. Went back with the bags full of money. Came again and again.
I wonder if they made a profit.
I wonder if the poor are made to pay even as they die.
No rich or poor country can survive without credit. True, so make conditions that people want to extend you credit. As a government stop the abductions, stop the killing, beating, arbitory arrests. Make the police non partisan, treat all the people of zimababwe equally. Stop raping the coffers, stop the rampant corrution. Quite simple, thats why its called Zimbabwe democracy bill.
We are talking about 'economic sanctions'.
And an individual does not have an 'economy'.
Similar hostile acts were applied to Iraq and they are largely still in place for Cuba. [Word play may be funny to the evil. We note that the cruel jokers even refer to Afghanistan and Iraq as "sovereign states" even as those countries are in fact invaded and under occupation by foreign forces.]
OK, AllAfrica.
This act is entirely irresponsible.
Who wrote this propaganda?
Who is the person, or persons, affiliated with?
Why does the author NOT want to be known? And why does allAfrica give him or her a platform?
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Hostile acts of aggression:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/25/bush-expands-sanctions-ag_n_115029 .html .
It is Zimbabwe, NOT Rhodes-ia!
Racist imperialism for ever:
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/robert-mugabe-must-go-commen ts-by-brown-sarkozy-bush-and-the-british-press/
Seriously Chokora, you write like a yoyo like Jlaw. Sometimes you make some sense but this last post is like one of Jlaw's senile ramblings! Sanctions are only in place because of mugabe and regime, when they go the sanctions will go. Its simple as that and is it not better that mugabe and regime go for the better of all Zimbabwe if the sanctions go! No what he has done good in his life the best thing he and regime can do for the good of Zimbabwe is to go because as mugabe and regime tells all there are for the good of Zimbabwe so for the betterment of his people he should leave! No Zimbabwean poor, sick or dieing cares about the pride of mugabe or regime, they car about living and there children living and pride is not part of that when you are just surviving!
Somehow, this blog does not post links well. An extra space or blank is inserted into the address which messes it up.
For the first link copy the link and remove the space in the link address OR search for " Bush Expands Sanctions Against Zimbabwe" in your browser. Select the result from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
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For the second link, the address must be on one line.Search for "Robert Mugabe Brown, Sarkozy, Bush and the British press" in your browser's search engine. Select the result from wordpress.com
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Note that the statements and events referred to in my comments can similarly be searched online for in-depth reading/research.
chokora, yes i have noticed that. It is really a bad forum layout for things like- Double posts on two different threads. Not showing new replies to thread etc that you have posted in. Combines different threads. etc etc etc
Well well well, Extension of the so called targeted sanctions is not a cause of celebration. Europeans do not seem to cease taking us as fools all the time. The million dollar question that even most Europeans and Americans are asking is What is it that Zimbabwe and Mugabe in particular has done wrong to them that they so lose sleepless nights crafting further action to take against him/country? And also our Opposition Leaders what is it that they so wish to achieve by the sensiless consultations they seem to be making with people who were our oppressors yesterday? What good have we become now that they seem to be fightinmg for our rights? Even you the Media as well why all this media onslaught? What benefit does bring to you for attacking Zimbabwe left right and centre. When the time to remove Mugabe comes he shall go.