Mugabe accuses own officials, Tsvangirai defiant

[maddezmom]

Mugabe accuses own officials, Tsvangirai defiant
16 Mar 2007 18:23:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Nelson Banya

HARARE, March 16 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe accused officials in his own party of joining a Western- backed plot on Friday as the main opposition chief left hospital after treatment for what he said was an orgy of police beatings.

Morgan Tsvangirai, head of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), had been treated for a head wound and other injuries following his arrest on Sunday at an anti-Mugabe protest. He said he would fight on to end Mugabe's long rule.


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Mugabe, 83, warned against any "monkey games" by those he called the stooges of his Western critics, whom he accused of funding Tsvangirai's MDC to replace him through "violent terrorist acts".

He said imperialists were taking advantage of the ruling ZANU-PF party succession to re-assert themselves.

"There has been an insidious dimension where ambitious leaders have been cutting deals with the British and Americans," Mugabe told a meeting of ZANU-PF's youth league in Harare.

more:http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1677221.htm

[Eugene]

1. BBC: Mugabe threatens to expel envoys

Last Updated: Friday, 16 March 2007, 18:17 GMT

Mugabe threatens to expel envoys

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has threatened to expel
Western diplomats whom he accuses of supporting the political
opposition.

The veteran leader said diplomats who wanted to represent their
countries had to "behave properly" or they would be thrown out.

His government has faced criticism after opposition activists
who tried to stage a rally in Harare were beaten.

But the authorities say opposition protesters caused the violence.

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Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6460141.stm

[mainegreen]

2. Is he actually crazy or is it just a ruse? It's hard to tell with him. n/t

[President Kerry]

3. Mugabe is right up there with Cheney and Putin

as the world scummiest politicos.. May they all go to hell.

[Matilda]

4. Not since the days of Idi Amin

can I recall such a bloodthirsty African leader. Amin had the excuse of
being barking mad, but Mugabe seems to be just plain evil.

It is so sad to see what he is doing to his country and his people. I'd
even support a unilateral invasion of Zimbabwe by Bush and his Coalition
if it would get rid of him, and I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd
ever think such a thing.