Robert MugabeFrom Yahoo News:
HARARE, Zimbabwe - President Robert Mugabe threatened to arrest opposition leaders he accused of supporting mounting election violence, state radio reported Tuesday.
Mugabe on Monday accused Morgan Tsvangirai and other leaders of the Movement for Democratic Change of condoning "arson and violence across the country," state radio reported. Mugabe called the violence systematic, showing that it was organized by opposition leaders, the radio quoted him saying.
Independent human rights observers, though, say it is Mugabe's police, soldiers and party militants who have orchestrated widespread violence aimed at ensuring Mugabe wins a June 27 presidential runoff after coming in second to Tsvangirai in the first round in March. The independent observers have noted some retaliatory attacks, but say the opposition violence does not approach state-sponsored violence in scale or scope.
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News On Zimbabwe From Other Sources:
Zimbabwe election: Mugabe threatens to arrest opposition leaders -- The Guardian
Mugabe threatens to arrest opposition leaders -- MSNBC
Robert Mugabe warns Zimbabwe's voters: 'How can a pen fight a gun?' -- Times Online
Zimbabwe's Corrupt Ruler Uses Violence to Hold Onto Power -- U.S. News And World report
Mugabe thugs kill two in election violence -- Telegraph
Zimbabwe's Mugabe meets UN official ahead of tense election -- Yahoo News
British map out Robert Mugabe endgame -- The Australian
Kenyan PM denounces Zimbabwe as Africa's 'eyesore' -- Yahoo News
My Comment: Zimbabwe is destabilizing all of Southern Africa. What is maddening to me, is that the leaders of most of these countries are silent in condemning these thugs.
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