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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Mugabe threatens 'revenge' |
| 2010-12-18 |
| [Al Jazeera] Zimbabwe's president has threatened to nationalise British and US-owned businesses operating in the country if economic sanctions imposed on his political party are not lifted. Bob MuggsyMugabe told his ZANU-PF party members at a convention in the eastern city of Mutare on Friday that the time has come to implement programmes to fight travel and financial bans imposed on party leaders. Under empowerment laws, black Zimbabweans are slated to acquire 51 per cent of all businesses. In a live broadcast on state television, Mugabe warned UK and US firms that "unless you remove sanctions, we will take 100 per cent". "Why should we continue having companies and organisations that are supported by Britain and America without hitting back?" he said. "Time has come for us to Dire Revenge™." Western countries imposed targeted restrictions on Mugabe and his party elite to protest violations of democratic and human rights ... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... during a decade of political and economic turmoil in the southern Africa nation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Mugabe IS the bloody 'revenge.' |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-12-18 19:15 |
| #2 Ihave a Zimbob ten Million Dollar bill framed on my wall Worth absolutely NOTHING, like the rest of the country. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-12-18 18:20 |
| #1 Any US or UK "owners" of anything in Zimbobland are too stupid to live. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2010-12-18 11:17 |