Mugabe has always been a terrorist. A communist and a terrorist.
Bruce Mugabe's city crackdown leaves millions homeless By Basildon Peta, Southern Africa Correspondent 02 June 2005 The Independent Nearly two million people in Zimbabwe's towns and cities have been left homeless, while a further 22,000 street traders have been arrested as Robert Mugabe intensified a crackdown on opposition strongholds. The 81-year-old President said bands of armed police - who have gone on the rampage in the past two weeks demolishing and burning down flea markets and other makeshift shop stalls, backyard shacks and informal settlements - are "cleaning up" the cities. He also accused informal traders of involvement in the black market in foreign currency and other commodities in short supply. Mr Mugabe's critics complain he is pursuing a relentless campaign to crush all dissent and pre-empt any uprising on the back of the economic slump by hitting the same urban areas that largely voted against him in March elections. The crackdown is also seen as punishment for urban voters who have rejected Mr Mugabe's candidates in mayoral and parliamentary elections. He is mocked as "President of Zimbabwean rural areas". But such rhetoric is now outlawed under legislation meant to protect the "dignity of the president". The main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, appealed to the international community yesterday to intervene. "Overnight, Zimbabwe has been turned into a massive internal refugee centre, with between one and 1.5 million people displaced in Harare alone," Mr Tsvangirai said. "Property worth millions of dollars has gone up in flames. Families are out in the open without jobs, without shelter." Human rights groups estimate the homeless could be more than two million if other centres affected by the crackdown are added. Many of Harare's townships have resembled areas hit by a major earthquake. Even Harare's Siya So area, the bastion of home craft industries and informal trading in the past 30 years, was completely obliterated by police bulldozers. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
