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Mugabe: if I lose the poll, we will wage war


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A defiant Robert Mugabe yesterday vowed he would 'go to war' if he lost the presidential run-off due to take place in less than two weeks.

Describing the opposition as 'traitors', he claimed Zimbabwe would never 'be lost' again. Speaking at the burial of a veteran of the independence war, Mugabe said he would never accept the Movement for Democratic Change taking over. 'It shall never happen ... as long as I am alive and those who fought for the country are alive,' he said. 'We are prepared to fight for our country and to go to war for it.'

The threat was seen as an angry response to the pressure mounting on the government from other African leaders over the regime's harassment of the MDC leadership and supporters in the run up to the 27 June election.

Yesterday, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai was arrested again and held for three hours as he tried to campaign in the countryside. There was also a stand-off between lawyers and police in Harare's high court before Tsvangirai's deputy, Tendai Biti, finally appeared before a judge.
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35 responses // Mugabe: if I lose the poll, we will wage war

  • And no oneis really discussing this why?
    dkvt332
  • Until the leaders of the world including Mbeki speak out loudly and clearly against Mugabe then the situation will not improve. There is clear evidence of brutalisation and intimidation being carried out by Mugabe yet nothing is done. Why? I guess there is no oil in Zimbabwe
    drdubjit
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  • These are serious words, to threaten your own people with war should be taken very seriously.

    Isn't it about time the UN put together a multi national force and gently removed this autocratic dictator from power?
    phillyharper
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  • Someone send Bono to solve this....
    TyMarshal
  • Why would anyone bother with Zimbabwe, our governments are much too greedy to care about this country that is crippled by Mugabe.
    War on Terror is it America? Are the people of Zimbabwe being terrorised?
    What? No oil is it?

    Disgusting.
    lizreapsall
  • let's do the right thing take that pecker head out i got time and limited resources you have all those hired killer
    at blackwater put to use apparantly the U N is rallying again and doing nothing. that is another boil we should excise from our country
    charleskaj
  • The country is lost as long as he is in power, only with him removed does it stand a chance of recovery. Threatening to wage war is similar to the behaviour of a three-year-old that's just had a toy taken away.
    unadopted
  • Can someone just assassinate this guy?
    ctrl_alt_del
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  • KILL HIM ALREADY!!!
    Joe_Leo
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  • uh yeah Mugabe who made you frickin king as far as i know leading your own country into a uncontorlable war and being okay with it makes you the traitor.
    power_packed_ro
  • this would be a time when people expect an assassination, but the fact is killing mugabe benefits no one, except the zimbabweans, and it probably hurts a couple superpowers.
    timunuhe
  • This was expected out of him, and it is expected that no other nation will step in. Life has got to suck for the Zimbabweans.
    cerealforeal
  • Is that a Hitler 'stache? Its just too easy...
    fa_wn
  • vote... or die? cake or death? Oh, I'll have cake please. Hmmn... I'm sure that most people would prefer to have their cake and eat it too, but not at the expense of their freedom to vote.
    sk8bs55
  • just wait, the all mighty UN will step in soon enough and send many angry letters. That'll teach him
    diode
  • Who has the right to tell another country what to do?

    Let me answer that for you.

    No one does. So all this talk about what should be done is hogwash. It's pointless for no one has the right.
    J_Jammer
  • http://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=justice_icc_news
    Human Rights Watch News: International Criminal Court

    With new national leadership here...

    Genocide
    War Crimes
    Crimes Against Humanity

    WILL BE EXPOSED IN EVERY COUNTRY and the laws against such acts globally allowed to be ENFORCED, If I have my guess.

    How many countries are fighting this action now?
    Why?
    1Eco_Media
  • right - if he isn't assassinated by his own people , then they deserve him .
    malathion
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  • The international community needs to bring pressure on Mugabe. Unfortunately that won't happen so he is probably going to end up as the dictator until he dies or is overthrown.
    Yoshi1
  • Mugabe's threats are the immature rantings of a stubborn old man.
    lifestudentno83
  • i like his mustache, reminds me of another guy with a small pipi...some german dude....
    databaze
  • Too bad Zimbabwe isn't strategically placed and full of oil.
    MajorMajorMajorMajor
  • Oh my god! A dictator! As Americans, we have to do something! Bush, what are we going to do to help these people under this dictatorship?!

    Bush: ....
    PoisonTheMonkey
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  • Someone told me once "One day your grandkids are going to ask what you did to stop the genocides in Africa. They are going to ask and you better have an answer."
    arturogarza
  • The International community will sit back and watch as Mugabe suffocates Zimbabwe, due to the fact that no body really cares about a bunch of Africans who have nothing to offer, dying some thousands of miles away........ there is also the "oil" issue that most of you have pointed out.

    I get the feeling that the International community are waiting for Zimbabwe to erupt into civil war, so that the idea of Africa being a basket case can be reinforced.

    The majority of Zimbabweans want an end to all this, but the violence is only coming from one side. I highly respect those who are able to bare the suffering without retaliating ........... I really do hope the International community get off their comfortable seats and take action!!!!!
    Ghaz

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