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Robert
Mugabe plays hardball – warns of plagues and damnation
Harare
- 11 May 2002
Zimbabwean
President Robert Mugabe warned today that, should Great Britain not comply
with Zimbabwean demands and stop criticizing Zimbabwean agricultural
policies, he would have to resort to his most fearsome weapon and call
down plagues upon “the homosexual Blair and his gay government”.
He
was referring to the latest comments by Mr Blair in the British parliament
accusing Mugabe of being an illegitimate leader, saying he had stolen the last
election held in March this year. Mr Blair said that it was time for the
international community to unite in sanctions against Zimbabwe, saying
that Mugabe’s policies would lead to disaster for the Zimbabwean
economy. Ninety five percent of all white owned farms in Zimbabwe have
been earmarked for redistribution to landless peasants, causing a collapse
of Zimbabwean agriculture and the economy, and leading to a number of
deaths as self styled “war veterans” have violently occupied the land.
President Mugabe vehemently denied the charges, claiming that his
legitimacy was beyond question. “Why”, he said, “if the people of
Zimbabwe did not want me as president they could easily have voted against
me and for the opposition. There were polling stations throughout the
country, even in so-called opposition strongholds. Some of these were even
manned by officials while others had some ballot papers.”
Admonishing
Mr Blair to cease his “tirades” against him and his cronies, Mugabe
warned that he had the power to call down plagues if his warnings went
unheeded. “Already Zimbabweans are suffering the effects of the Aids
virus. And we are also starting to experience the worst famine in decades.
I have called down these plagues to teach the criminal Blair a lesson and
to show him what I am capable of.
Next will be boiled sweets. I mean boils and night sweats, followed by
swarms of locusts and then, worst of all, small groups of proselytising Mormon
missionaries”, he said.
A
spokesman for the British Foreign Office had no comment other than to
comment that the British government had no comment.
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