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2004-11-07 Africa: Subsaharan

South African ally slams Zimbabwe 'Hitler' tactics

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Posted by Fred 2004-11-07 11:59:02 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A blog from Zimbabwe mentioned this:

Saturday 30th October

...COSATU were told by our government that their visit was unacceptable and that they would not be welcome but the Union representatives said they were coming anyway... The 13 member COSATU delegation arrived in Harare but were detained by state security agents at the airport for almost two hours. It seemed that the COSATU delegates were being told that they would only be allowed in if they agreed in writing not to meet certain Zimbabwean groups... The COSATU delegation stood firm, refused to sign anything and were eventually allowed into the country.

The COSATU visit did not last long. The next morning CIO [Central Intelligence Organisation] agents descended. They were soon joined by riot police who helped enforce a Cabinet ruling to deport the COSATU team... There were no farewells from the airport but a six hundred kilometer drive in the middle of the night to literally dump the Union leaders at the Beit Bridge border.

Posted by Pappy 2004-11-07 1:01:29 AM|| 2004-11-07 1:01:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "You kept quiet when they came for the white farmers, though, didn't you?"

Exactly. And I'm sure there's been not a murmur from them about the current slaughter of white South African farmers.

Posted by Bryan 2004-11-07 5:43:39 AM|| 2004-11-07 5:43:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "South African ally slams Zimbabwe 'Hitler' tactics"

What an absurb comparison!

Posted by Chenjerai Hitler Hunzvi 2004-11-07 8:53:38 AM|| [http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,501730,00.html] 2004-11-07 8:53:38 AM|| Front Page Top

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