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2017-11-16 Africa Subsaharan

Zimbabwe’s Military, in Apparent Takeover, Says It Has Custody of Mugabe

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Posted by Fred 2017-11-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 This is doing it right. Grab the chief and hold him incommunicado. The coup in Turkey got off on the wrong foot when the plotters failed to get their hands on Erdogan.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2017-11-16 00:58|| 2017-11-16 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 This is doing it right. Grab the chief and hold him incommunicado. IIUC, in late summer 1945 this almost happened to Hirohito in Japan when Imperial army officers resisting surrender tried to take over his role.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-11-16 02:33|| 2017-11-16 02:33|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if their custody is like Ptolemy's custody of Alexander.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2017-11-16 08:13|| 2017-11-16 08:13|| Front Page Top

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