- 30 Mar 2012 04:52
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Interesting article. I had no idea that Israel could benefit from helping arm Mugabe and obfuscate Zimbabwe's democratic process by guaranteeing that Mugabe's party wins every election.
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2008 ... es-mugabe/
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"The United States, which doesn’t mind supporting the continent’s worst dictators, from Hosni Mubarak in Egypt to Meles Zenawi in Ethiopia, won’t touch Mugabe with a ten-foot pole. Indeed, listening to the Voice of America in Mugabe-land can get you in trouble with the secret police. The US, the EU, the UN, leaders of neighboring countries – all have expressed varying levels of disapproval as Mugabe’s international stock has plummeted to new lows.
Yet he has always managed to retain at least one ally, through thick and thin, one that remains loyal even now, and that is the government of Israel."
"They have been a steady supplier of military equipment, including riot control tanks and water cannon, which has been used to suppress the democratic opposition and keep the country under his iron grip. Links between Mugabe and Mossad, Israeli’s intelligence agency, go back years."
"So well-known is Israel’s unstinting support for Mugabe that the democratic opposition has accused the government of bringing in computer “consultants” from the Mossad to manipulate voter rolls."
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But then I had to remember the age-old canard about Israel's prowess in the worldwide flow of diamonds - and to a lesser extent, rare precious metals. Is there any truth to this?
If so, add that to Israel's list of other unspeakable crimes like organ trafficking, sex slave trafficking, harboring fugitives, harboring war criminals, MDMA production, segregation, and Palestinian genocide.
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2008 ... es-mugabe/
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"The United States, which doesn’t mind supporting the continent’s worst dictators, from Hosni Mubarak in Egypt to Meles Zenawi in Ethiopia, won’t touch Mugabe with a ten-foot pole. Indeed, listening to the Voice of America in Mugabe-land can get you in trouble with the secret police. The US, the EU, the UN, leaders of neighboring countries – all have expressed varying levels of disapproval as Mugabe’s international stock has plummeted to new lows.
Yet he has always managed to retain at least one ally, through thick and thin, one that remains loyal even now, and that is the government of Israel."
"They have been a steady supplier of military equipment, including riot control tanks and water cannon, which has been used to suppress the democratic opposition and keep the country under his iron grip. Links between Mugabe and Mossad, Israeli’s intelligence agency, go back years."
"So well-known is Israel’s unstinting support for Mugabe that the democratic opposition has accused the government of bringing in computer “consultants” from the Mossad to manipulate voter rolls."
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But then I had to remember the age-old canard about Israel's prowess in the worldwide flow of diamonds - and to a lesser extent, rare precious metals. Is there any truth to this?
If so, add that to Israel's list of other unspeakable crimes like organ trafficking, sex slave trafficking, harboring fugitives, harboring war criminals, MDMA production, segregation, and Palestinian genocide.