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THREATS An increasingly desperate Robert Mugabe, the aging
and out of touch dictator of Zimbabwe, has once again cynically invoked
the spectre of racism and division, in order to cling on to the levers
of power. During the week Mugabe has threatend to revoke the
national reconciliation agreement, which was agreed by all parties
involved in the Rhodesian Bush War, at the time of the Lancaster House
talks in London during 1979. This amnesty for actions taken during the
Bush War was subsequently written into law in 1980, and applied equally
to members of the Rhodesian security forces and the Eastern-Bloc
sponsored terrorist organizations. Mugabe has issued threats to repeal this amnesty
for Zimbabwe's white population, and to put former Rhodesian Prime
Minister, Ian Smith and Rhodesian ex-servicemen on trial for so called
'war crimes'. This intolerable piece of devisive racism is aimed
directly at stirring up hatred against white Zimbabweans, and deflecting
black Zimbabweans attention away from the real issues of the rapidly
disintegrating and shambolic economy. David Coltart, the justice spokesman for the MDC
has stated that this amnesty 'cannot be dismantled piecemeal, it has to
be done for both parties'. Mugabe is a drowning man desperately
clutching at straws, and dragging the nation under with him. The terrorist organizations, the biggest of which,
ZANU, was headed by Mugabe, were responsible for many terrible acts of
beastiality and inhumanity. Some of the worst examples being the cold
blooded rape and murder of defenceless Missionaries and Nuns, and the
shooting down of two civilian airliners and the consequent murder of
crash survivors. This is not to mention the countless unspeakable acts
committed against the rural black population of Rhodesia, in order to
bend them to the will of the terrorists. Mugabe and his ZANU (PF) government also have the
blood of an estimated 30,000 innocent Matabele civilians on their hands,
who were cowardly massacred by Mugabe's rabid North Korean trained 5th
Brigade, during the early 1980's. There are thousands of bodies in
shallow graves in Matabeleland, still crying out for justice for this
vile act of mass tribal
genocide. Ian Smith, who is currently in the UK and speaking
at the Oxford Union, has roundly condemned Mugabe as a
"gangster" who massacred people and fleeced the African
nation". Ian Smith, still full of energy and vigour at the
age of 81, has been attending the Oxford Union debate and putting across
the truth about his term of office in Rhodesia, and giving his views on
the current crisis situation in Zimbabwe. Ian Smith, displaying his usual steely character
and resolution, dismissed any rumours that he may not return to Zimbabwe
due to Mugabe's threats to arrest him. With his usual grit and
determination he said, "I'm going back to Harare. I don't think I
am going to be arrested. But if that is what he wants, let him get on
with it. I've a clear conscience. What is there to worry about?" |
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