Referendum Day in Ireland - spare a thought for Zimbabwe!

[Utopian Hermit Monk]

Morgan Tsvangirai has been arrested TWICE today - and is presently detained in Gweru Police Station.
The obvious aim of what is now daily harassment is to make effective campaigning impossible.



Earlier today, the Secretary General of the MDC, Tendai Biti, was arrested at Harare Airport as he returned from South Africa. His present whereabouts are unknown. A Government spokesman announced this afternoon that Mr. Biti will be charged with treason, and may face the death penalty.

Horrific images of the violence being inflicted on MDC supporters by Mugabe's thugs can be viewed here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sokwanele/
(warning: some of these images are graphic and shocking)

Whatever the outcome of today's referendum in Ireland, let us be thankful for the freedom to disagree peacefully.


Anyone wishing to stay informed about the situation in Zimbabwe should visit http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/

[The Earl of Desmond]

Why does no one shoot Mugabe - and then whoever the army replaces him with and keep on shooting until the army and the other thugs get the message and allow free elections - it only takes one good sniper from away.

What can the army do that is worse than what it'd doing now? People are starving, being beaten, have no homes or jobs while the Mugabe whore - cos that's what she is let's be honest - goes shopping in Rome at luxury stores and even worse those stores serve her.

At what poitn is enough enough regarding African leaders and theie corruption.

[Utopian Hermit Monk]

Why does no one shoot Mugabe

While normally I would reject such a measure, I sincerely believe that a strong ethical case can now be made in favour of dispatching 'Special Forces' (possibly an international effort) to Zimbabwe in order to eliminate the murderous elite, including Mugabe, who are inflicting death, hunger and despair on their own people.

Free and fair Presidential elections are absolutely impossible in present circumstances.

[CelticAtheist]

Where's the French airstrikes when you need them?

[Rocky]

[quote=Utopian Hermit Monk]

Why does no one shoot Mugabe

While normally I would reject such a measure, I sincerely believe that a strong ethical case can now be made in favour of dispatching 'Special Forces' (possibly an international effort) to Zimbabwe in order to eliminate the murderous elite, including Mugabe, who are inflicting death, hunger and despair on their own people.

Free and fair Presidential elections are absolutely impossible in present circumstances.[/quote:5aw701yp]

He was in Rome there last week and it would have been easy to take him out there. However if he was killed, whoever replaced him would use it as an excuse to crack down on the opposition even further and cancel the election.

[FamilyGuy]

[quote=Rocky]

Why does no one shoot Mugabe

While normally I would reject such a measure, I sincerely believe that a strong ethical case can now be made in favour of dispatching 'Special Forces' (possibly an international effort) to Zimbabwe in order to eliminate the murderous elite, including Mugabe, who are inflicting death, hunger and despair on their own people.

Free and fair Presidential elections are absolutely impossible in present circumstances.

He was in Rome there last week and it would have been easy to take him out there. However if he was killed, whoever replaced him would use it as an excuse to crack down on the opposition even further and cancel the election.[/quote:1shtlcbn]

And where would you stop in terms of taking out tyrants such as Mugabe? The world is full of them

[Edo]

Reading the London Independent last friday - it has become clear to Zimbabwe watchers that Mugabe is now just a figurehead - the real power is the higher officer corps in the Military and those who benefited from Mugabes Rule.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 41401.html

Its self evident as the Military have not split and are cracking down even more fiercely than before.

Sad - Democracy to Military Dictatorship

[CelticAtheist]

Reading the London Independent last friday - it has become clear to Zimbabwe watchers that Mugabe is now just a figurehead - the real power is the higher officer corps in the Military and those who benefited from Mugabes Rule.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 41401.html

Its self evident as the Military have not split and are cracking down even more fiercely than before.

Sad - Democracy to Military Dictatorship

Like I said, Zimbabwe's military is powerless before French airstrikes.
.....So where the hell are they!

[The Earl of Desmond]

Kill all the scumbag dictators - I personally can't see what the problem is and I'm not talking about a situation where the US decides who should die but just look at Amnesty Int lists or something like that - I don't see the problem with killing one person to give hope to millions of others - so if you kill Mugabee the army will crack down - crack down on what? They are already cracking down as it is. What is it they are fighting for?

There can't be anything left to loot in Zim - it can't be that long until there is literally no money left as 85% of people have no job so where exactly is the money being robbed coming from - the gov is not getting any tax revenue yet it can spend like there's no tomorrow - who is running the credit line?

When the hunger and wretched state of a nation is directly the cause of one person's insanity then I don't see any problem with that person being shot dead be it on the street in Rome or in Harare and his wife dragged out by her hair and whipped and beaten the same way she has ordered it to be done to hundreds of women and then she can rot in jail.

Same as that evil Austrian man who kept his children locked away - that is pure evil simple as. You can't treat a man like that or justify it - loads of people grew up under the Nazi and didn't do what he did. He should be shot and the money that would be wasted on jailing him spent on making sure his children get to enjoy the rest of their lives.

Saddam was pure evil - he died - good. Slobodan should have been shot too - people like that are beyond the pale. Justice is wasted on them. Better to get rid of them and then spend the time, money and energy helping thier victims - think of how much the money wasted on Slobs trail would have helped people in Serbia and Bosnia?

[FamilyGuy]

You'd give the same treatment to Bush and Blair too I assume