Zimbabwe's Mugabe backs Iran over nuclear issue

[ECH1969]

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Friday accused the West of hypocrisy for condemning Iran's nuclear programme and described the U.S-led military campaign in Iraq as "genocide".

"And they have the nuclear arms, they have nuclear bombs, they have used them. Who is judging them for the genocide they committed, the genocide they are committing in Iraq today?" he said in remarks broadcast on Zimbabwe's state television.

"We believe in a free world ... where we do not have demagogues and international dictators who want to control our political systems in order for them to control our economies," he said on Friday.

Mugabe has sought to strengthen ties with Asian and Middle Eastern countries in recent years under what he calls a "Look East policy.

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[JohnLocke]

1. Dictator, meet dictator...

:eyes:

[rpannier]

2. It is to laugh

"We believe in a free world..." From Mugabe that is hilarious.

[mainegreen]

3. I'd love to see a sound-bite-off competition between....

Mugabe, Turkmanbashi, and Dear Leader Kim. While these guys are total a@@faces, they are so much better at rhetoric than *.