Mugabe's ThugsFrom The Scotsman:
FRUSTRATED supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe have begun arming themselves to fight back against ruling party security forces and militias, leading research organisations said yesterday.
The country has never been as close to civil war as it is now, following the controversial one-candidate election of 27 June, in which Robert Mugabe was returned to power for another five years, says the report, entitled Saving Zimbabwe.
The report is to be published today by South Africa's publicly funded Human Sciences Research Council, based in Johannesburg, and the Africa Policy Institute, based in Nairobi and Pretoria.
Kwandiwe Kondlo, the chief of the council's democracy research programme, said the failed electoral process was "a recipe for civil war because there is no yielding ground. A low-intensity war has begun and the situation is getting out of control."
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More News On Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe regime plots fresh crackdown -- The Age
Zimbabwe In 'Low-Level Civil War,' Says South African Think Tank -- Voice Of America
Zimbabwe says sanctions could start civil war -- Reuters Africa
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai denies negotiations started -- Yahoo News
Zimbabwe rivals start crisis talks in South Africa -- CNN
Little time to rescue Zimbabwe, says Brown -- Scotsman
Zimbabwe's Election Turmoil Marked by Campaign of Violence -- Online News Hour
My Comment: I mentioned a month ago that if I was stuck in Zimbabwe, I would start organizing and arming myself. I guess some people are adopting that thinking in the countryside of Zimbabwe.
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