Angry Mugabe tells US ambassador to "go to hell"

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Angry Mugabe tells US ambassador to "go to hell"

Reuters
8-10-05

By Cris Chinaka

HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe told the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe to "go to hell" on Tuesday, after the envoy blamed the country's economic and political crisis on mismanagement and corrupt rule.

State media said the ambassador, Christopher Dell, risked expulsion from the southern African country for his "undiplomatic" criticism of the government in a public lecture.

The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) said it had asked Mugabe for his reaction to the comments.

"The president said the ambassador must go to hell. The president said: 'I cannot even spell the word Dell with a "D" but an "H" and that is where Dell should go'," a ZBC correspondent said during a news bulletin.

Dell said last week that Mugabe's government was responsible for plunging Zimbabwe into a crisis which had left it with soaring poverty and chronic food shortages.

Mugabe, 81 and in power for 25 years, embarked on a controversial drive of seizing and redistributing white-owned farms to landless blacks in 2000, and earlier this year tens of thousands of people were made homeless after the government ordered the demolition of shacks and "illegal houses".

In Washington, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli backed the ambassador's comments and said the Zimbabwean government had not lodged a complaint. Zimbabwean state media said the Foreign Ministry was dealing with the matter.

"I think our ambassador and his comments very fairly and accurately reflect the policy of the United States," Ereli said.

Mugabe's relations with many Western powers, including the United States and the European Union, have soured in the last few years over charges of human rights abuses and vote-rigging.

But Mugabe says he has been targeted by foreign opponents led by Zimbabwe's former colonial ruler Britain for his nationalistic policies and says most of Africa is on his side in which he describes as a struggle against imperialism.

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This idiot Mugabe is one of those s :cen: bags i hate a lot.
He will end up in dust bin of history like Saddam, Chaosecu, Milosevic et al
 
extra extra read all about it: world tells mugabe to go to hell. mugabe continues breathing. world rather disappointed

we are just waiting for one country to stand up and take the initiative

how much does he have to provoke and be a moron before something happens?
 
The bloody honest truth is that no major power gives a :cen: about Africa mate except for the countries with the oil. They will let this little mosquito buzz about and then it will fly into the light and terminate itself. I think we have enough on our plate without worrying about some inconsequential dictator rigging elections and appropriating farmland.
:roll:
 
bulldogg said:
The bloody honest truth is that no major power gives a :cen: about Africa mate except for the countries with the oil.
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And in the meantime Al Qaeda continues on its deep penetration in the continent (look at Somalia today, look at Nigeria, Kenya). A huge recruitment camp for them.
 
IG have you had a chance to see the BBC special "The Power of Nightmares"? I believe there are fundamentalist muslim groups making inroads into the poor and hopeless communities of Africa but I remain dubious on the whole "Al Qaeda" as an organised body with command and control elements.
 
Nope, haven't seen that one. I wouldn't be too dubious about Al Qaeda cells and recruiting schemes in countries like Somalia, Niger, Chad, Mali, Sudan, Ethiopia.
But like you said yes a lot more organizations are active in Africa, al Qaeda being just one of them. What worries me is their high operational ability to adapt itself to new scenarios.

I read a very interesting article with an interview to our Foreign Minister about the topic, and the name of Al Qaeda and Bin Laden is repeated seven times: http://www.panorama.it/mondo/capire_mondo/articolo/ix1-A020001033258
But the very big question , my friend, is: Why am I linking this if it is in Italian? :D
 
Because I have Babelfish and friends... :)

I would highly recommend the series, three or four hours in total. It would make for some intelligent discussion if nothing else.
 
If I remember correctly, didn't the UN back Mugabe and Enkomo(SP?)back in the 70's, stating that one man's terrorist is another mans freedom fighter?

I'm sure knowing that made all the difference to the missionaries and farmers that were hacked to death.

Mugabe has just reverted to type, nothing else.
 
Believe it or not, Mugabe used to be a roll model "black" president of recent de-colonized countries. Things used to prosper and life wasn't aal that bad.
It is the last 5 to 10 years that he clings on to power by any means necessary. Too bad for him that he will be reminded as a power-hungry, corrupt, manipulative dictator, while he could have been great in the lines of African Statesmen.

As the Al-Qaida bit. This applies to the Northern countries of Africa. Sub-sahara Africa is animistic or mostly Christian. The countries mentioned above are all muslim countries.
 
I know, Ted, but you can't overlook at the stunning successes in Islamization of countries such as Somalia, Nigeria, or the Sahel countries.

Check it: Somalia, Sunni Muslims 100 %
Nigeria, Sunni Muslims 50 %
Mauritania, Sunni Muslims 99 %
Mali, Malakite Muslims 90 to 95 %
Niger, Sunni Muslims 86 %
Chad, Sunni Muslims 51 %
Sudan, Sunni Muslims 70 %
Senegal, Sunni Muslims 90 %
Ethiopia, Sunni Muslims 25 to 40 %
DRC, Sunni Muslims 10 %
Ivory Coast, Sunni Muslims 25 %
Guinea, Sunni Muslims 85 %
Gambia, Sunni Muslims 95 %

And I left out Northern Africa, of course.
 
You are absolutely right and you left out Cameroun. But with sub-sahara Africa I mean the countries starting from the equator downward. The countries you mention are all in the Northern part of Africa (compared to the equator).
 
Ted said:
You are absolutely right and you left out Cameroun. But with sub-sahara Africa I mean the countries starting from the equator downward. The countries you mention are all in the Northern part of Africa (compared to the equator).
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Yeah, Cameroon Muslims comprise around 20 % of the population.
Usually by Northern Africa we mean the five Mediterranean countries, but yes we are just splitting hairs here, dude 8)
 
To split the hairs to the max.... You mean the Maghreb countries together with Libia and Egypt? Oh how I just love splitting hairs, I must be a true socialist..... it seems that that is what they do best! 8)
 
Ted said:
To split the hairs to the max.... You mean the Maghreb countries together with Libia and Egypt? Oh how I just love splitting hairs, I must be a true socialist..... it seems that that is what they do best! 8)
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I mean Maghreb countries + African Machrek countries. ;)
 
US Widens Sanctions on Zimbabwe Officials

VOA News ^ | 23 November 2005 | By Paula Wolfson

President Bush is expanding U.S. sanctions on Zimbabwe. The move is designed to send a message to those standing in the way of democratic reform.

In March 2003, President Bush froze the assets of 77 people responsible for hindering democratic reforms in Zimbabwe, including President Robert Mugabe. Now, he has added another 138 names to the list, along with 33 entities.

Mr. Bush put the expanded sanctions in place by an executive order, which he signed during a visit to his Texas ranch. In a letter to congressional leaders, he says the expanded sanctions will affect key government and party officials in Zimbabwe and members of their families.

The letter says that since the first sanctions were imposed, the situation in Zimbabwe has only gotten worse. President Bush says the government continues to suppress opposition groups and civil society, undermine the independent media, ignore decisions by its courts, and refuse to enter into meaningful political negotiations. He says parliamentary elections earlier this year were neither free nor fair, and adds the recent demolitions of low income housing and informal markets shows the need for additional sanctions.

As part of his executive order, President Bush is also directing the secretary of the treasury to keep a close watch on the situation and add more names, as warranted, to those already targeted by sanctions.

In a written statement, Deputy White House Press Secretary Dana Perino stresses these sanctions are not aimed at the people of Zimbabwe, but rather those responsible for their plight. She says the policies of the Mugabe government have devastated Zimbabwe, and warns the only way to prevent further sanctions is for all political factions to embrace democratic reforms and engage in a meaningful political dialogue to end the impasse caused by a series of flawed elections.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-11-23-voa74.cfm
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