On Apr 23, 11:23=A0am, xi <xieu.l...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Western barbarians are in action again. LOL
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> Bush seems to be planning another war. He is scared of armed
> Zimbabwe. :)
It seems that you have no understanding of what's going with Zimbabwe.
But just a tip - war isn't really a "LOL" kind of thing. Try to
understand that it's not a video game.
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> Who will have to die this time? Americans? Southafricans? Britons?
>
> On Apr 23, 7:21=A0pm, HGoering <kink...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > DON'T FORGET ...
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> > "Delivery of Weapons to Zimbabwe Thwarted"
>
> > "Southern African Nations Keep Chinese ****p From Unloading"
>
> > By Craig Timberg
> > Wa****ngton Post Foreign Service
> > Wednesday, April 23, 2008; A12
>
> > JOHANNESBURG, April 22 -- A Chinese ****p carrying weapons and
> > ammunition for Zimbabwe's military may be headed back home, re****ts
> > said, after repeated attempts to deliver its cargo were frustrated by
> > a coalition of legal activists, union workers and human rights groups.
>
> > The region's resistance to the ****pment, which drew praise from the
> > United States on Tuesday, marks a dramatic turn from southern Africa's
> > traditional embrace of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and its
> > reverence for national sovereignty.
>
> > It also signals the strength of South Africa's mounting backlash
> > against President Thabo Mbeki's traditionally deferential dealings
> > with Mugabe. The resistance from union workers, almost all of whom are
> > members of his African National Congress, was decisive in preventing
> > the ****p from unloading its cargo of bullets and mortars on schedule.
>
> > The 489-foot An Yue Jiang was near the Cape of Good Hope on Tuesday
> > night, headed northwest at a modest speed, according to Lloyd's Marine
> > Intelligence Unit, based in London. But Chinese Foreign Ministry
> > spokeswoman Jiang Yu said that because the ****pment could not be
> > unloaded, despite being part of a "perfectly normal trade," the cargo
> > would probably return to China. Jiang added that she hoped the
> > incident would not be "politicized."
>
> > The ****p has sparked international concern at a time when the
> > political stalemate in Zimbabwe over the Mugabe government's failure
> > to release results from a March 29 presidential vote has turned
> > increasingly violent. There have been widespread re****ts of beatings,
> > torture and killings of opposition activists.
>
> > Rights activists have warned since last week that the cargo of the
> > ****p, owned by the China Ocean ****pping (Group) Company, was part of
> > Mugabe's plan to intensify his crackdown. Union groups throughout
> > southern Africa have refused to unload the ****p or deliver its
> > contents to landlocked Zimbabwe. Authorities in Angola and Mozambique
> > have said the ****p is not welcome.
>
> > Zimbabwe officials have repeatedly defended their right to have the
> > weaponry delivered but have been frustrated so far.
>
> > "The ****p has become such a rallying point," said Nicole Fritz,
> > director of the Southern Africa Litigation Center, which has led the
> > legal assault on the ****pment. "It's become a focus of so many people
> > who have been frustrated about what's happening in Zimbabwe."
>
> > U.S. officials have been among those pressuring southern African
> > nations to block the delivery.
>
> > "We don't think it's appropriate at this point, given the political
> > upheaval that's occurring in Zimbabwe, for anyone to be adding extra
> > tinder to that situation by providing additional weapons to Zimbabwe
> > security forces," State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey told
> > re****ters Tuesday. "We're pleased to see that many countries in the
> > region refused to either accept this vessel in their ****ts or to
> > offload those weapons."
>
> > The An Yue Jiang first ran into trouble last week when news re****ts in
> > South Africa revealed its contents, including 3 million rounds for
> > AK-47 assault rifles. Zimbabwe's military has been chronically short
> > of ammunition -- and most other basic supplies -- in recent years as
> > the nation's economy has collapsed and inflation has surged past
> > 100,000 percent.
>
> > A court in Durban, South Africa, where the ****p initially docked,
> > blocked its unloading in a tem****ary order that rights activists are
> > seeking to make permanent. Union workers have been at least as crucial
> > in hindering delivery. The ****p is also re****ted to be low on fuel.
>
> > Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit said in a news release Monday
> > evening, however, that the ****p still had numerous options. There are
> > 32 ****ts capable of handling the load south of the equator in Africa,
> > it said. The ****p also has six cranes, making it possible to transfer
> > cargo at sea. The news release said that the Chinese Ocean ****pping
> > (Group) Company had two ****ps in the area capable of taking the
> > weapons on board. An airlift might also be possible.
>
> > The circuitous movements of the An Yue Jiang fixated South Africans as
> > the ****p moved north toward Mozambique, then back toward Angola before
> > disappearing from tracking mechanisms. Its reappearance Tuesday
> > evening, along with the Chinese Foreign Ministry's comments, spurred
> > cautious optimism that the weapons will never reach the Zimbabwean
> > military.
>
> > [Correspondent Jill Drew in Beijing contributed to this re****t.]
>
>
>http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/22/AR200...-=
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