Zim Govt Warns: Opposition Leader & Demonstrators will be shot dead by Jan Lamprecht
[Once again, I am impressed that Morgan Tsvangirai has the courage to say that he will lead from the front even if he is shot dead. I am very impressed with those sentiments, and I take my hat off to him. That is EXACTLY the kind of sentiments we need from any leader who wants to take on that bastard Mugabe.
The only thing that makes me sad though, is that the CIA and MI6 Intelligence agencies who are secretly supporting the MDC, are still not helping to arm them. I still urge American and British citizens to write emails to their Govt &/or intelligence agencies asking them to please help to arm the opposition in Zimbabwe. I am sure that the US & British Military have tens of thousands of weapons captured in Iraq which could be given to the MDC to help them build up an armed wing.
One cannot expect people to fight with their bare hands against a hail of machine-gun bullets. At the very least, if people like Tsvangirai are willing to risk their lives, then they should be helped so that they at least stand a fair chance.
Mugabe is ruthless, and there is no doubt in my mind that his troops and Police would absolutely mow down the black opposition. Do any of you still remember Tianamen Square - back in 1989 I think - when the Chinese killed 7,000 students early one morning? Robert Mugabe also got his lessons from those Chinese Marxists, and DO NOT BE SURPRISED, if Robert Mugabe one day mows down thousands of black protesters in the streets. I keep reminding people that Robert Mugabe is a mass murderer, and he will happily kill hundreds of thousands if not millions when given a reason for it. I do have sympathy for people who are trying bravely, with no weapons at all, to stand up to that megalomaniac.
These people need every ounce of support we can give them. But the only people who can give them that support are the CIA and MI6 who have the means and the skills to pull this off. All they need is one plane-load of weaponry captured from Iraq, and the revolution to free Zimbabwe from that maniac can begin. Maybe people should consider starting petitions and emailing it to CIA Headquarters, as well as to British Military Intelligence. Jan]
The GOSA Comments: "This is what happens when only the government has guns."
From Zim Online (SA), 12 April - Zimbabwe Security Minister threatens to shoot protesters.
Harare - Zimbabwe State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa on Tuesday ratcheted up pressure against the opposition threatening to "use guns" to thwart anti-government protests and warning its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, he will pay with his life if he called such protests.
Mutasa, in charge of the government's spy Central Intelligence Organisation and probably the most powerful of President Robert Mugabe's lieutenants, boasted that Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF party had "shed blood before" to free Zimbabwe from colonialism.
The Security Minister, who was responding to questions by Zim Online on whether the government would permit peaceful protests by the opposition, said Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party would "pay dearly" if they tried to take to the streets against Mugabe's government.
Mutasa said: "Anyone, particularly Tsvangirai who threatens peace and stability in this country will get capital punishment and we mean it. We maintain organs of national security such as the army to protect the stability and integrity of our country. They will be instructed to use all resources at their disposal, including guns (to stop protests)."
In a most chilling reminder to the opposition, Mutasa added: "We have shed blood before to achieve independence. So let no one be fooled that we will fold our arms while they (the opposition) cause mayhem and violence to remove democratically elected governments.
"They will pay and pay dearly." Tsvangirai, who says the MDC has lost faith in elections as a democratic tool to change the government because Mugabe always rigs polls, has vowed to call mass anti-government protests this winter to force the government to accept a new and democratic constitution that would ensure free and fair polls.
The MDC leader last Sunday told thousands of supporters at a rally in Zimbabwe's second largest city of Bulawayo that he was ready to lead from the front in street protests to force Mugabe to accept democracy even if it could lead to his own death.
The rally attended by more than 5 000 supporters was the fourth the opposition leader has held in major cities in the last two weeks to mobilise Zimbabweans for mass anti-government protests whose date he has not yet announced.
Mutasa's outburst is the latest in a series of similarly strongly worded threats by the government against Tsvangirai and the MDC with Mugabe having warned the opposition leader last month that he would be "dicing with death" if he tried to instigate a mass revolt against the government.
The State Security Minister last month threatened to "physically eliminate" opposition leaders if they attempted to remove the government from power through mass protests. Zimbabwe has been on edge since Tsvangirai and his MDC party resolved at a congress last month that they would no longer limit themselves to elections but would use what they called "people power" to pressure Mugabe to embrace democracy.
Political analysts say the MDC that enjoys strong support in urban areas is best placed to organise streets protests against the government. But they also caution that the opposition party is at the moment too weakened to confront the government and its army in the streets after it split into two rival political parties last year.
Besides, the Tsvangirai-led MDC - that is widely seen as the main rival to Mugabe and Zanu PF - there is another faction of the opposition party that is led by former student activist Arthur Mutambara.
Source: SALGO@yahoogroups.com
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Original Investigative Journalism from the
Columnist Guild News Bureau
The only thing that makes me sad though, is that the CIA and MI6 Intelligence agencies who are secretly supporting the MDC, are still not helping to arm them. I still urge American and British citizens to write emails to their Govt &/or intelligence agencies asking them to please help to arm the opposition in Zimbabwe. I am sure that the US & British Military have tens of thousands of weapons captured in Iraq which could be given to the MDC to help them build up an armed wing.
One cannot expect people to fight with their bare hands against a hail of machine-gun bullets. At the very least, if people like Tsvangirai are willing to risk their lives, then they should be helped so that they at least stand a fair chance.
Mugabe is ruthless, and there is no doubt in my mind that his troops and Police would absolutely mow down the black opposition. Do any of you still remember Tianamen Square - back in 1989 I think - when the Chinese killed 7,000 students early one morning? Robert Mugabe also got his lessons from those Chinese Marxists, and DO NOT BE SURPRISED, if Robert Mugabe one day mows down thousands of black protesters in the streets. I keep reminding people that Robert Mugabe is a mass murderer, and he will happily kill hundreds of thousands if not millions when given a reason for it. I do have sympathy for people who are trying bravely, with no weapons at all, to stand up to that megalomaniac.
These people need every ounce of support we can give them. But the only people who can give them that support are the CIA and MI6 who have the means and the skills to pull this off. All they need is one plane-load of weaponry captured from Iraq, and the revolution to free Zimbabwe from that maniac can begin. Maybe people should consider starting petitions and emailing it to CIA Headquarters, as well as to British Military Intelligence. Jan]
The GOSA Comments: "This is what happens when only the government has guns."
From Zim Online (SA), 12 April - Zimbabwe Security Minister threatens to shoot protesters.
Harare - Zimbabwe State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa on Tuesday ratcheted up pressure against the opposition threatening to "use guns" to thwart anti-government protests and warning its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, he will pay with his life if he called such protests.
Mutasa, in charge of the government's spy Central Intelligence Organisation and probably the most powerful of President Robert Mugabe's lieutenants, boasted that Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF party had "shed blood before" to free Zimbabwe from colonialism.
The Security Minister, who was responding to questions by Zim Online on whether the government would permit peaceful protests by the opposition, said Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party would "pay dearly" if they tried to take to the streets against Mugabe's government.
Mutasa said: "Anyone, particularly Tsvangirai who threatens peace and stability in this country will get capital punishment and we mean it. We maintain organs of national security such as the army to protect the stability and integrity of our country. They will be instructed to use all resources at their disposal, including guns (to stop protests)."
In a most chilling reminder to the opposition, Mutasa added: "We have shed blood before to achieve independence. So let no one be fooled that we will fold our arms while they (the opposition) cause mayhem and violence to remove democratically elected governments.
"They will pay and pay dearly." Tsvangirai, who says the MDC has lost faith in elections as a democratic tool to change the government because Mugabe always rigs polls, has vowed to call mass anti-government protests this winter to force the government to accept a new and democratic constitution that would ensure free and fair polls.
The MDC leader last Sunday told thousands of supporters at a rally in Zimbabwe's second largest city of Bulawayo that he was ready to lead from the front in street protests to force Mugabe to accept democracy even if it could lead to his own death.
The rally attended by more than 5 000 supporters was the fourth the opposition leader has held in major cities in the last two weeks to mobilise Zimbabweans for mass anti-government protests whose date he has not yet announced.
Mutasa's outburst is the latest in a series of similarly strongly worded threats by the government against Tsvangirai and the MDC with Mugabe having warned the opposition leader last month that he would be "dicing with death" if he tried to instigate a mass revolt against the government.
The State Security Minister last month threatened to "physically eliminate" opposition leaders if they attempted to remove the government from power through mass protests. Zimbabwe has been on edge since Tsvangirai and his MDC party resolved at a congress last month that they would no longer limit themselves to elections but would use what they called "people power" to pressure Mugabe to embrace democracy.
Political analysts say the MDC that enjoys strong support in urban areas is best placed to organise streets protests against the government. But they also caution that the opposition party is at the moment too weakened to confront the government and its army in the streets after it split into two rival political parties last year.
Besides, the Tsvangirai-led MDC - that is widely seen as the main rival to Mugabe and Zanu PF - there is another faction of the opposition party that is led by former student activist Arthur Mutambara.
Source: SALGO@yahoogroups.com
Original Investigative Journalism from the
Columnist Guild News Bureau
1 Comments:
Give us guns! What about a couple of stingray missles so we can shot down Migs & Mugabe!
By Anonymous, at 4:38 PM
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