June 1, 2005

THANKS, NELSON:

Thousands held in Zimbabwe blitz (BBC, 6/01/05)

More than 22,000 people have been arrested in the recent crackdown on Zimbabwe's shantytowns, a police spokesman has told state media.

He said some of those made homeless when their shacks were demolished in the capital, Harare, were being sent back to their rural homes.

Residents and riot police clashed overnight in the second city, Bulawayo.

Meanwhile, the head of the World Food Programme has discussed Zimbabwe's food needs with President Robert Mugabe.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 1, 2005 7:37 AM
Comments

1. Mugabe is using Pol Pot's strategy.

2. Lemmee guess. The "World Food Programme" is a UN thing.

Posted by: John J. Coupal at June 1, 2005 4:57 PM

JJC

Bingo on both. Note that the UN feeder bureaucrats discussed Zimbabwe's food needs with the starver not the starving.

Posted by: Luciferous at June 1, 2005 5:49 PM

i am embarassed that it took me this long to figure out that "nelson" is mandela. he is an msm hero in the fullest sense of the term.

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