Treasury Designates Twenty-Six Entities Tied to the Mugabe Regime, page 1

posted on Aug, 3 2005 @ 08:14 PM

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The U.S. Treasury Department designated today 26 Zimbabwean entities, 24 commercial farms and two businesses tied to the Mugabe Regime. They were designated because they were "undermining democratic processes in Zimbabwe".

Treasury Designates Twenty-Six Entities Tied to the Mugabe Regime

August 3, 2005

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated twenty-six Zimbabwean entities – 24 commercial farms and two businesses – controlled by key members of the Mugabe regime. This designation is pursuant to Executive Order 13288, which is aimed at blocking the property of persons undermining democratic processes in Zimbabwe.

"The Mugabe regime rules through politically motivated violence and intimidation and has triggered the collapse of the rule of law in Zimbabwe," said Robert Werner, Director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). "By denying the Mugabe regime access to the U.S. financial system and U.S. persons, we're cutting off the flow of support they could use to further destabilize Zimbabwe."

Click here for a complete list of the entities designated today: www.treas.gov...

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About time. I recommend the article by Douglas Farah (below). This was probably a result of the arrest of the suspected London bomber (Haroon Rashid Aswat) who reportedly entered Zambia through Zimbabwe.

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djohnsto77

posted on Aug, 3 2005 @ 10:38 PM

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Good, I'm glad someone is taking a stand against that regime.

Hopefully this will be the start of more action on behalf of the West...

HowlrunnerIV

posted on Aug, 4 2005 @ 01:41 AM

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The problem is that he's already turned east, having decided Blair wants to re-colonise Zimbabwe (I'm not sure who thinks that makes sense), and is having nights out on the town with Hu Jintao. China using their new hard currency supplies to fill the gaps left by the west and get the influence that brings.

Hellmutt

posted on Jan, 5 2006 @ 07:53 PM

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Hey, what happened? The African Union passed a resolution which condemns Mugabe´s continuing human rights abuses. And I thought they were "Mugabe´s friends"... ok, let´s wait and see what comes out of this...

IOL: AU supports plan critical of Mugabe

January 05 2006

The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, the human rights arm of the African Union (AU), has adopted an unprecedented resolution strongly condemning “continuing” human rights abuses by President Robert Mugabe’s government.

The harshly worded resolution was adopted after the commission’s 38th ordinary session in Banjul, Gambia, last month. It said the commission was “deeply concerned” about the “continuing human rights violations” in Zimbabwe.

However, it remains to be seen whether the resolution will have any impact on African leaders who have continually backed Mugabe despite his abysmal record.

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Hellmutt

posted on Feb, 3 2006 @ 03:42 AM

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...and what has come out of this so far? Absolutely nothing...

Country profile: Zimbabwe (BBC)

Population: 12.9 million (UN, 2005)

Major religions: Christianity, indigenous beliefs

Life expectancy: 37 years (men), 37 years (women) (UN)

Main exports: Tobacco, cotton, agricultural products, gold, minerals

President: Robert Mugabe

BBC NEWS: VIDEO AND AUDIO
The Zimbabwean national anthem

AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe Elite Said to Be Raiding Aids Drugs

Business Day (Johannesburg)
February 2, 2006

TOP officials of President Robert Mugabe's government are using their positions to access antiretroviral drugs meant for the poor

AllAfrica.com: Israeli Experts to Probe Plunder of Zim Minerals

Financial Gazette (Harare)
February 1, 2006

ZIMBABWE'S central bank governor Gideon Gono says the government has hired experts from Israel to investigate possible plunder of the country's minerals.

EU has extended sanctions to run until February 20th, 2007. Happy hour for illegal arms traffickers. Viktor Bout, where are your planes at the moment? I bet Mugabe could use some arms shipments. He will pay with gold of course...

IOL: EU extends Zimbabwe sanctions

February 01 2006

The European Union has extended sanctions on Zimbabwe, including an arms embargo and visa ban, by a year

The EU imposed a travel ban on the veteran Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and around 100 officials from his authoritarian regime

The sanctions are now scheduled to run until February 20, 2007

[edit on 2006/4/28 by Hellmutt]