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Africa: Subsaharan
White slaughter in South Africa?
2004-02-10
While former South African President Nelson Mandela, 85, scoffs at rumors of ill health, plans are being made by the nation’s Communist Party to slaughter all whites in the country upon his death, G2B sources say.
Unlikely, but definately not impossible.
One of the operations planned entails 70,000 armed black men "being transported to the Johannesburg city center within an hour" in taxicabs to attack whites.
Sounds a little ambitious.
The plans are variously dubbed "Operation Vula," "Night of the Long Knives," "Operation White Clean-up," "Operation Iron Eagle" and "Red October campaign." Operation "Our Rainy Day" was to be carried out after the death of Nelson Mandela and would have entailed blacks being transported to the largest cities in taxis. The assailants were expected to "take over" fuel points and massacre whites. The attacks would lead to a coup. Sources say most blacks in the country are aware of the plans. When racial disputes occur, blacks often tell whites, "Wait until Mandela dies.”
I know next to nothing about internal conditions in South Africa now. Are the whites unarmed? When they weren't, they seemed pretty competent at slaughtering blacks...
"White people in South Africa can deny it to the end of the earth, but we are in real danger," one resident said. "This is no joke and any person with half a brain can see that this rumor has spiraled out of control."
White South Africans are some of the toughest and most heavily armed civilians in the world, but there’s only so much you can do....
Many whites are now convinced a vicious campaign of ethnic cleansing will follow Mandela’s death whenever it comes. Some are making preparations for retreats. "I have prepared myself and we have a gathering place where we can fortify for four weeks after Mandela’s death," said one white South African. "If nothing happens it will be a miracle."
I don’t believe in miracles. How about you?
The Red October campaign is allegedly a Communist plot to oust President Thabo Mbeki. Mbeki would be replaced by Cyril Ramaphosa.
Who?
"I was starting to think I was going nuts!" said another white South Africa resident. "’Operation Uhuru’ or ’Operation White Clean-up’ is definitely no rumor. I spoke to someone who told me that some blacks in Zimbabwe have also confirmed that this ’event’ will take place. My cousin stays on a farm in Mpumalanga, not too far from Johannesburg. A black police officer in that district told his white colleague that they are going to kill us like flies, and there is nothing we can do about it. And that they also don’t care if we know."
This may explain ’ol Bob’s recent visit to South Africa: he’s acting as a consultant to various ambitious little factions within their government. Afterall, when it comes to destroying your very own African nation, he’s the world’s leading expert!
Meanwhile, Mandela, obviously aware of the growing rumors, last week assured the public he is well. "My health is all right," he told reporters in Cape Town. "I’m doing very well. Others have gone further and said I am on the eve of going to my grave. If that day comes, I will go and knock at the door of heaven. ... They will look at the list and say: ’Your name is not here ... can you try next door?’"
....and then his entire head fell off.
Concern about Mandela’s health surfaced last month when he canceled a scheduled meeting with visiting German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. The former president was at the time relaxing on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Mandela joked that when his time comes, "I will look for a branch of the ANC (the ruling African National Congress) in that world (and) I’ll join it."
Uh, if the ANC is running heaven when I get there I’ll take my chances down south of the boarder.... and I don’t mean in Mexico
Posted by:Secret Master

#9  When South Africa refused to announce Bob's attacks against whites in neighboring Zimbabwae the whites in South Africa should have taken notice and taken off.
Posted by: ruprecht   2004-2-10 8:29:42 PM  

#8  If they do it, I will campaign to prevent American aid to or American investment in South Africa for the rest of this millenia. I think the US would expell the UN.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-2-10 8:00:03 PM  

#7  If it does happen, look for Amnesia International and Human Rights Watch to blame the whites. Probably something like "they brought it on themselves".
Posted by: tu3031   2004-2-10 7:48:44 PM  

#6  Who knows what will really happen? But the thing that sticks in my mind is that South Africa has been cozy with Zimbabwe and Bob, so they are capable of it. This might be some kind of intimidation campaign on the part of some group in SA, but there may also be a ring of truth in it, too. If they go this way, the Heart of Darkness will apply to South Africa, too, and that would be a tremendous tragedy and setback for Africa.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-2-10 7:45:55 PM  

#5  The Taxicab angle may sound implausible to an American or European but in places where few people have cars, then if you are organizing anything you need to move people around and have to involve taxicabs, which are normally controlled by criminal elements.

Having said that, this looks like a rumour that has taken on a life of its own.
Posted by: phil_b   2004-2-10 7:07:33 PM  

#4  If this happens you know that somehow it will be the US's fault right?
Posted by: Damn_Proud_American   2004-2-10 7:02:21 PM  

#3  being transported to the Johannesburg city center within an hour" in taxicabs to attack whites.
Sounds like the plan of Moses Petain.

Posted by: AntiPasto   2004-2-10 6:52:46 PM  

#2  I'll lock myself in the bedroom with Charlize Theron while you gents guard the front door!
Posted by: JDB   2004-2-10 6:42:49 PM  

#1  I'd say this is crazy but remember Rwanda.
Posted by: Hiryu   2004-2-10 6:30:28 PM  

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