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Africa: Subsaharan | ||
UK, US 'caused Zimbabwe droughts' | ||
2005-06-30 | ||
A state-run newspaper in Zimbabwe has suggested the UK and US are to blame for droughts in southern Africa. The Herald said climate change has been artificially induced "in a bid to arm-twist the region to capitulate to the whims of the world's superpowers". It said weather was being manipulated for political gain using unspecified "unconventional" chemical weapons. It is widely seen as a It said recent droughts, which defied predictions by the Zimbabwean government and the Southern African Development Community's Drought Monitoring Centre, pointed to the possibility of the weather being manipulated for political purposes. "The overt and covert machinations by Zimbabwe's former colonial ruler Britain, which has declared its intentions to effect illegal regime change in Harare, have given credence to the conspiracy theory," the paper said.
Zimbabwe is currently facing a food crisis and the country urgently needs to import 1.2 million tonnes of food to avoid famine. Correspondents say the crisis is complex with erratic rains, disastrous economic policies, land reform and the spread of HIV/Aids all playing a part.
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Posted by:Ebbavirt Fleremp9245 |
#10 I thought that was a scrappleface news item. Is life really starting to read like scrappleface??? Oi.... |
Posted by: MACOFROMOC 2005-06-30 14:55 |
#9 For shame to that newspaper, this would be funny if not for being so sad knowing how uneducated these guys are if they believe that nonsense. Yeah condemn us by construing our early warnings into some bad weather machine, or not understanding our integrity, then tell us how you need sustinence, that it is something owed &/or expected. Unbelievable that they didn't jump on this information to prepare for it. How horrible to be without food and shelter and not be able to provide for your children, being plagued with AIDS and other diseases. We should look at collective ways that all countries can help them through this. How easily swayed these folks may be to the wrong influence, now that's a scary thought. Come to think of it, Mr. Peabody did make a weather machine along with the way back machine |
Posted by: Jan 2005-06-30 14:19 |
#8 Pres. Bush should publicliy state that Executive order 12333 has been revoked, sit back and watch bob turn into a hamster. |
Posted by: evert V in NL 2005-06-30 13:24 |
#7 Well, me n' Zeke were firing up the ol' DraughtMaster 5000 and Zeke asked me where to shoot it and y'know, I said Zimbabwe 'cuz I just like the way it sounds - Zim Bob Wayyyy! Hell, yeah. |
Posted by: BH 2005-06-30 09:43 |
#6 No, it's not Bush's fault. We were just working with Halliburton-Climate Control Division on our newest version of Weather Control 2.0! Sorry about that, we need to make some corrections to the beta version |
Posted by: Bill Gates 2005-06-30 09:25 |
#5 ZimBob has obviously been to the Kimmie school of blame (we started the 1950 Korean War, indeed!) |
Posted by: Bobby 2005-06-30 08:40 |
#4 It was pretty damn easy to predict famine in Zim-Bob-We: Bob = famine |
Posted by: Spot 2005-06-30 08:38 |
#3 Hey! What about us! |
Posted by: The Mossad 2005-06-30 08:32 |
#2 heh, heh, how long before Al Gore and the NYT's quote from it? |
Posted by: 2b 2005-06-30 08:32 |
#1 Took 'em long enough to figure it out. |
Posted by: .Halliburton Climate Control Division 2005-06-30 08:29 |