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What is the source of the article? mart-remote wrote: > > This article was originaly published March 8, 2002, a few days *before* > the Zimbabwe elections. Now we areabout to see the actions of the > soundly defeated MDC and the British government to punish the country > and overturn the election results. Note the last paragraph of this > article about the MDC being supplied with counterfeit ZD $100 notes to > finance it's subversion and to wreck havoc on the Zimbabwean economy. > > From:"Jim Yarker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:Brit/MDC subversion plans for > ZimDate:Sun, 17 Mar 2002 15:51:43 -0500 > http://www.glob.co.zw/Political/mayhem_and_chaos_in_zimbabwe.htm > > > > ZIMBABWE FACES MAYHEM, CHAOS AS MDC CONCEDE TO POLL DEFEAT > > by Morgan Handidi > > Highly placed intelligence sources have reported that revelations made > by the British Foreign Commonwealth Office to the effect that Mr Morgan > Tsvangirai, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) candidate in the > March 9 and 10 presidential elections, is already privately admitting > that he is a beaten man in free and fair elections, has sent shock waves > across the MDC rank and file. > > Four weeks ago, the British Foreign Commonwealth Office projected that > 60 percent of the vote will be won by President Robert Mugabe to 40 > percent of the vote for Tsvangirai. > > The sources say that the warning has been received by the MDC as a > signal for Mr Tsvangirai to claim that he was not able to campaign in > most parts of the country because of alleged violence or the threat of > violence, and that the election results were rigged. > > There is a growing consensus by intelligence and political analysts that > if the violent elements in both MDC and Zanu(PF) now heed calls by the > Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) leadership for > non-violent elections and those elections are thereafter interpreted as > "reflecting the will of the majority of Zimbabweans", then Mr > Tsvangirai's subsequent claims will, in the main, fall on deaf ears. > > The consensus has been reinforced by British officials who pointed out > that it is now highly questionable whether such violence is in the best > interests of President Mugabe and Zanu-PF. Rather, they see the violence > as largely stemming from the MDC. > > The British government has become frustrated with the failure of the MDC > and Tsvangirai to enunciate clear-cut alternative policies in response > to those of President Mugabe and his Zanu-PF Government. "The MDC thinks > that it knows what it is against. But it does not know what it is for," > said one diplomat. British Foreign Office sources cite conspicuous > contradictions within the MDC leadership over land policies as well as > Mr Tsvangirai's personal call for sanctions against his fellow > Zimbabweans that badly backfired on the MDC leader. > > Yet Mr Tsvangirai's call for sanctions was in line with those British > politicians and white Southern Rhodesians who are obsessed with > sanctions against Zimbabwe.These people, however, are sadly out of touch > with the historical and present realities of Zimbabwe and, > conspicuously, the region. Even MDC politicians in Zimbabwe realised > that Mr Tsvangirai's statement calling for fuel and electricity > sanctions against his own country was politically disastrous. > > They swiftly tried to distance themselves from their leader's call but > by then the damage had been done. A further British admission is that > Zanu-PF, while it may have its in-house spats, is largely unified and > contains most of the country's intelligent politicians. In sharp > contrast, the MDC contains only a handful of Zimbabwe's intelligentsia. > The British also admit that the MDC is an urban-based workers party but > that not all of the urban workers support the opposition. > > Furthermore, the British have finally discovered that the rural bonds of > urban Zimbabweans are deeper than they initially supposed and that the > suffering and losses of the war for independence form stronger ties than > they once believed. All of these factors add up to what British > diplomats based in Harare are reporting to London and reinforce Dr Ibbo > Mandaza’s synopsis or guide to presidential elections published in last > week’s issue of the Sunday Mail where a victory for President Mugabe and > a defeat for Mr Tsvangirai was predicted. > > ZERO OPTION > > According to the intelligence sources, the realisation of an impending > defeat at the hands of Zanu(PF) has forced the MDC to activate the zero > option whose main objective is to disrupt the forthcoming elections. > > The sources revealed that the in the last seven weeks or so, the MDC has > put into operation two units known as the National Resistence Group > (NRG) and the Operations Fund Raising Team. These teams are said to > compliment each other. > > The sources say that the NRG is commandeered by a team of six senior MDC > officials, namely > > Clive Puzey (Chairman)of No5 Sylvn Hessel Road, Borrowdale; > > Topper Whitehead(Secretary) of 15 Pirase Villa, 36 Oxford RD, Avondale; > > Marco Garizo (Treasurer)of 7 Radar Rd, Emarald Hill; > > K. Christopher (Organiser) of 7 Bantry Rd, Alexandrar Park; > > Chris Thorne (Co-ordinator)of 20 Hadson Ave, Alexandra Park and > > R.R.J. Putterill (Military Strategist) of Daver Court, 1 Josiah > Chinamano > > while, the Operations Fund Raising Team is comprised of : > > Gift Chimanikire of 7-75th Avenue, Mabelreign > > Gordon Chavhunduka, of 40 The Chase, Mount Pleasant; > > Judith Todd of 505 Rossshire Heights, Mazoe/Baines > > Marvellous Mloyi of 40 Quarn Rd/Bowood Rds Mount Pleasnt > > Rensen Gasela of 4 Bray Close, Greystone Park > > > > THE NATIONAL RESISTANCE GROUP > > The NRG was specifically set up to mobilise MDC youth who have been > receiving military training on commercial farms in Zimbabwe and South > Africa to spearhead violent campaigns over the period leading to the > Presidential elections. A special unit has also been set up for > deployment on the 9th and 10th March with the purpose to disrupting the > actual elections. > > So far the NRG has succeeded in stepping up violence against targeted > Zanu(PF) officials. On 6 February, two MDC Members of parliament , Patel > Nyoni (Hwange constituency) and Abednico Bhebhe (Nkayi constituency) > were arrested by the police in Nkayi after attempting to overrun > officers manning a joint ZRP/ZNA read block. The two Mps in the company > of 36 MDC youth were all arrested after being found in possession of an > assortment off dangerous weapons. They were on a mission to disrupt a > Zanu(PF) Presidential campaign meeting. A list of Zanu(PF) members, war > veterans and security officer’s names targeted for elimination was found > in Bhebhe’s car. Literature on the murdered war veteran Cain Nkala was > also discovered in the same car. > > The intelligence sources say that to date, the Midlands and Matebeleland > North Provinces have produced tangiable evidence suggesting that the MDC > has plans to cause pandemonium at polling stations on the voting days by > assigning unregistered youths to cause problems at the centres. > > Of equal sinister proportion are reports that the MDC have acquired > Zanu(PF) regalia which the youths are using to in the party’s violent > campaign. Plans to abduct war veterans who were former dissidents in > Matebeland North Province are reported to be in place and are intented > to plant deep suspicion among Zanu(PF) supporters in the region ahead of > the election. > > In other parts of the country, the intelligence sources claim that the > NRG operations were cited in Manicaland Province on 6 February. For > instance , at Watsomba Business Centre in Mutasa District, two MDC > Members of Parliament namely Evelyn Masaiti and David Coltart > accompanied by an MDC security official Mike Hogan told an MDC meeting > that the party was in the process of setting up information centres and > bases for MDC hit squads whose main purpose is to cause mayhem prior and > during the voting days. > > Some of the NRG tasks include gathering of convincing video evidence > capturing violent incidents that would have been perpetrated by MDC > youth disguised as Zanu(PF) supporters. > > Attack on Observers and Planned Bombings > > The intelligence sources say that as a result of these developments, > evidence suggesting that these MDC youth might already have infiltrated > Zanu(PF) youth groups leading to the Kwe Kwe and Chinhoyi attacks on > Saouth African Observers is being carefully scrutinised. > > The sources say that Tawanda Spicier, an MDC activist and member of the > Harare Youth League has continued to engage in acts of violence despite > the fact that he is out of custody on bail facing charges of attempted > murder and public violence. > > The NRG operatives are strongly being suspected by intelligence > authorities as having a clue on a number of unresolved bombings in the > past. The Daily News, Samora Machel office in the city centre and its > Press in Southerton were bombed by yet to be identified people. Sources > indicated that the lack of any meaningful evidence in both acts of > terrorism has led the security forces to widen their hunt for the > culprits. > > In these latest investigations, the sources say that evidence suggesting > a new wave of bombings has been uncovered and is being scrutinised by > relevant authorities. The prime targets of the NRG activists in include > the US Embassy in Harare and Mr Morgan Tsvangirai’s residence in > Strathaven. > > These bombings are aimed at discrediting the presidential poll and to > make the statement issued by the ZDF, ZRP and CIO heads appear like a > clear declaration of war against the MDC. The sources have named an MDC > official , Soloman Ncube CHIKOWERO as the man who has been tasked to > spearhead the bombings. > > Also named in the planned NRG attacks are; > > Gabriel Chaibva, who has been tasked to oversee the burning down of > Vivian Mwashita’s residence in Harare, > > A personal advisor to MDC President (name supplied) whose task is to > infiltrate and handle agents spying inside the Central Intelligence > Organisation. > > L. Mharapara volunteered to train MDC youths in military combat and has > offered to register MDC firearms under his security firm. > > The Operations Raising Fund Team > > Intelligence sources say some of the small operations of the NRG plans > might have failed to be to take off due to prioritisation of tasks, with > the bigger and most effective ones getting the largest portion of the > fund. > > The sources say that The Operations Rating Fund Team (ORFT) is being > assisted by the US Ambassador to Zimbabwe who is using his personal > account to receive money from American donors. The money is being raised > in the USA under the ‘Friends of Zimbabwe’ programme. > > The ORFT, is said to have allocated funds to a white MDC organiser (name > supplied) for the sole purpose of ensuring the availability of fake > ballot boxes and papers in order to enure that the MDC claims of > election rigging are proven correct. > > Of concern to the Security Department of the Reserve bank of Zimbabwe, > the sources say is the importation of counterfeit ZD$100 notes by the > ORTF into funding the MDC illegal operations. The Importations came as a > result of difficulties in convincing the MDC white membership and > companies to continue funding the party in the face of the impeding > defeat. Sources say that a range of serial number were supplied to RBZ > for cross checking and the process is still underway. > > 8 March 2002 > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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