----- Original Message ----- Are Britain and the United States moving against Zimbabwe?
By Ann Talbot 18 November 2002 *snip* Entitled Famine and Political Violence in Matabeleland, the Washington meeting was chaired by former secretary to the British High Commission in Zimbabwe David Troup, and was organised by the Zimbabwe Democracy Trust (ZDT), which includes such leading British political figures such as former Conservative foreign secretary Douglas Hurd. *snip* I am going to ask the questions I asked before. What are the percentages of tribal make up for ZANU-PF and MDC, respectively Shona and Matabele? These kinds of comments, flotated by the people who brought us Racak, Rambouillet and "100 000 men missing in Kosovo", lead me to believe that the model for taking down Mugabe is going to almost mirror Yugoslavia down to the ethnic cleansing stuff. "Ethnic Cleansing" having its meaning because of who is talking about it. In this case (Zim), that means the cynical manipulation of the media and the situation itself to divide the country-- thereby conquering it for imperialism. While ignoring the impact of the continuing ethnic cleansing in slow motion-cum-rapid fire of Palestine, I predict that this theme-- oppressed Matabeles being horrifically starved to death by the heartless, chauvanist Shona dominated Zanu-PF and the baby-eating dictator of Harare, Robert Mugabe (scowl!) requires isolation, CIA sponsor ship of a liberation army for the oppressed peoples and ultimately, the threat of invasion. I hope I am wrong, I fear that I am watching the press test the waters about the way it will be done. Throw in a dash of Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders and you can start watching the script write itself. Macdonald _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international