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Jezza
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Military denying it's a coup, but I wonder what's happening here.
Quote: | Zimbabwe crisis: Army seizes broadcaster but denies coup
Zimbabwe's military has read out a statement after taking over the national broadcaster, ZBC, saying it has taken action to "target criminals".
However, it said this was not "a military takeover of government" and President Robert Mugabe was safe.
Heavy gunfire and artillery were heard in northern suburbs of the capital, Harare, early on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe's envoy to South Africa, Isaac Moyo, earlier dismissed talk of a coup, saying the government was "intact".
The statement read out by Maj Gen Sibusiso Moyo came hours after soldiers overran the headquarters of ZBC. He said: "We wish to assure the nation that his excellency the president... and his family are safe and sound and their security is guaranteed."
The statement added: "We are only targeting criminals around him who are committing crimes... that are causing social and economic suffering in the country. As soon as we have accomplished our mission, we expect that the situation will return to normalcy."
The statement did not name those targeted but a government source quoted by Reuters said Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo was among those detained.
It is not clear who is leading the military action. |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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Great. If any current world leader deserves a bullet to the head it's Mugabe, but a Military dictatorship isn't much of a better option. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Pies4shaw
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6 of one, half a dozen of the other. |
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Wokko
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Mugwump
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Wokko wrote: | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5081687/Tanks-Zimbabwe-head-military-warned-Mugabe.html?ito=social-facebook
Mugabe has been detained. Hope the commie bastard gets hanged. |
Yes, it would be a fitting and richly deserved end. Military dictatorships in Africa are hardly a cause for celebration, but it s hard to see how it could get much worse as long as order is maintained. _________________ Two more flags before I die! |
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Mountains Magpie
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stui magpie wrote: | Great. If any current world leader deserves a bullet to the head it's Mugabe |
I can think of a good dozen ex/current 'leaders' I'd have in front of the firing squad before Mugabe.
MM _________________ Spiral progress, unstoppable,
exhausted sources replaced by perversion |
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Mugwump
Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Between London and Melbourne
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Mountains Magpie wrote: | stui magpie wrote: | Great. If any current world leader deserves a bullet to the head it's Mugabe |
I can think of a good dozen ex/current 'leaders' I'd have in front of the firing squad before Mugabe.
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I’d have thought he was in the front rank of those who have taken a country with a sound economy and legal system and impoverished and brutalized it through gross racism and corruption. It’s a fun game, though - who would you put ahead of him, if you only had one rope ? _________________ Two more flags before I die! |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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Mugwump wrote: | Mountains Magpie wrote: | stui magpie wrote: | Great. If any current world leader deserves a bullet to the head it's Mugabe |
I can think of a good dozen ex/current 'leaders' I'd have in front of the firing squad before Mugabe.
MM |
I’d have thought he was in the front rank of those who have taken a country with a sound economy and legal system and impoverished and brutalized it through gross racism and corruption. It’s a fun game, though - who would you put ahead of him, if you only had one rope ? |
But skip the ex-leaders, that's too wide a net, stick with current. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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swoop42
Whatcha gonna do when he comes for you?
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Sounds more like Mugabe and his wife are just getting rid of any potential political opponents by the way of the military to me. _________________ He's mad. He's bad. He's MaynHARD! |
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Mountains Magpie
Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Location: Somewhere between now and then
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Mugwump wrote: | Mountains Magpie wrote: | stui magpie wrote: | Great. If any current world leader deserves a bullet to the head it's Mugabe |
I can think of a good dozen ex/current 'leaders' I'd have in front of the firing squad before Mugabe.
MM |
I’d have thought he was in the front rank of those who have taken a country with a sound economy and legal system and impoverished and brutalized it through gross racism and corruption. It’s a fun game, though - who would you put ahead of him, if you only had one rope ? |
One rope? George W Bush. It's not much of a stretch to take a puppet hanging from string to hanging from rope
Current leaders: Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
MM _________________ Spiral progress, unstoppable,
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thesoretoothsayer
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Grace Mugabe - another woman torn down by the patriarchy. When will the gender injustice end? |
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Jezza
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Jezza
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HAL
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Are they exactly the same? |
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luvdids
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