Too many of you guys on the ball around here
Mugabe's police raid opposition and election observers, arresting
hundreds
Officials from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change said police beat dozens of members and arrested some 300 during the raid on its
Harare headquarters. Material on vote-counting was seized from both offices.
In a statement, the MDC said 250 heavily armed officers had raided the building, taking away some 300 people including pregnant women and mothers with
small children.
While some were staff members, most were supporters who had sought refuge in the opposition headquarters after being attacked by Mugabe loyalists, it
said.
Mr Mugabe has already accused the MDC of plotting a coup against him with the help of the British government.
The human rights group Amnesty International condemned the raids as “unacceptable” and called on the authorities to cease all harassment of
political and human rights activists.
The raids came the day after the top US envoy for Africa, Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, declared Mr Tsvangirai the clear winner of the
presidential vote, basing her conclusions on results compiled by the ZESN.
Earlier this week, a group of Zimbabwean church leaders warned of full-scale genocide unless the international community intervened. The opposition
claims that Mr Mugabe is waging a campaign of brutal suppression which has killed at least 10 of its supporters. Government officials have in turn
accused the opposition of perpetrating violence.
I also read somewhere that the ship carrying weapons that was turned away in S. Africa is now coming in thru Angola. Maybe Mugabe should have
consulted with Shrub first, to find out how to
properly steal an election.
[edit on 4/26/2008 by RabbitChaser]
