ZIMBABWE

‘Let’s Kill the Baby’

In Zimbabwe, no victim is too young for Robert Mugabe's brutal reign. And the opposition is finding fewer and fewer places to hide.

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  • Posted By: machazire @ 07/12/2008 11:18:08 PM

    Zimbabwe Sanctions rejected by a few craven countries
    It's ridiculous to expect that sanctions would interfere with dialogue or actions that can eventually lead to humanitarian and economic improvements in Zim. These countries that have elected to halt the process for rigid pressure, the kind of pressure that could see regime change in Zim are themselves not worthy of emulation when it comes to human rights and economic fairness in their respective states. Supporting Mugabe is in my view taking a strong supportive stand for the shim sham election that just took place and his growing list of blatant human rights abuses on innocent people. Why are we so surprised that these countries are stonewalling? It's like asking or expecting one domestic abuser to condemn another fellow abuser's actions.

    The world cannot seriously think these abusers of their own laws, in their own countries can genuinely condemn the situation in Zimbabwe. " People are dying daily for a nameless struggle". The pursuit of peace and change in Zimbabwe will only be realized when Mugabe???s lights are turned off. ( and that a figure of speech)



    Les Machazire

    N Falls, Ontario

  • Posted By: machazire @ 07/12/2008 11:17:36 PM

    Zimbabwe Sanctions rejected by a few craven countries
    It's ridiculous to expect that sanctions would interfere with dialogue or actions that can eventually lead to humanitarian and economic improvements in Zim. These countries that have elected to halt the process for rigid pressure, the kind of pressure that could see regime change in Zim are themselves not worthy of

    emulation when it comes to human rights and economic fairness in their respective states. Supporting Mugabe is in my view taking a strong supportive stand for the shim sham election that just took place and his growing list of blatant human rights abuses on innocent people. Why are we so surprised that these countries are stonewalling? It's like asking or expecting one domestic abuser to condemn another fellow abuser's actions.

    The world cannot seriously think these abusers of their own laws, in their own countries can genuinely condemn the situation in Zimbabwe. " People are dying daily for a nameless struggle". The pursuit of peace and change in Zimbabwe will only be realized when Mugabe???s lights are turned off. ( and that a figure of speech)



    Les Machazire

    N Falls, Ontario

  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 07/12/2008 8:31:22 PM

    After first phase the presential vote
    in whch opposition win the poll
    ruling party too a decison the election staratigy.

    Workers ,relating to opposition were arested and them jail many of them shoutb to death.

    Just after the anouncement oath of office hurriedly taken.
    every worke was done according to the pre-planed consparicy.

    History is witness, goverments based such vote never complet their term because they in real sense are representative

    My opinion in thid regard a committee be constituted under which re-elections would br held and this work united nation can be done .

  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 07/12/2008 8:31:15 PM

    After first phase the presential vote
    in whch opposition win the poll
    ruling party too a decison the election staratigy.

    Workers ,relating to opposition were arested and them jail many of them shoutb to death.

    Just after the anouncement oath of office hurriedly taken.
    every worke was done according to the pre-planed consparicy.

    History is witness, goverments based such vote never complet their term because they in real sense are representative

    My opinion in thid regard a committee be constituted under which re-elections would br held and this work united nation can be done .

  • Posted By: cutecaramel @ 07/10/2008 12:31:22 PM

    I am from Africa myself but I condemn what Mugabe is doing. For me, Mugabe is an old man with primitive reflexes and manners. In my opinion, it is animosity to traumatise people reflects the ignorance, imbecility and perversity of Mugabe's defendors.
    Anyone supporting this regime is just corrupt and bunch of cowards who think that God is not gonna make them pay...of course, hew ill amke them pay and I wish that those people who use animosity and primitive actions die in such a crual way one day; I wish Mugabe dies as he is more useful underground in my opinion.
    Thanks,
    Andry from Madagascar.

  • Posted By: cutecaramel @ 07/10/2008 12:31:00 PM

    I am from Africa myself but I condemn what Mugabe is doing. For me, Mugabe is an old man with primitive reflexes and manners. In my opinion, it is animosity to traumatise people reflects the ignorance, imbecility and perversity of Mugabe's defendors.
    Anyone supporting this regime is just corrupt and bunch of cowards who think that God is not gonna make them pay...of course, hew ill amke them pay and I wish that those people who use animosity and primitive actions die in such a crual way one day; I wish Mugabe dies as he is more useful underground in my opinion.
    Thanks,
    Andry from Madagascar.

  • Posted By: Padmanm @ 07/08/2008 6:05:34 PM

    Get your fact right. The feet are turned in secondary to a birth deformity - congenital talipes equino varus (CTEV) or clubfeet in simple parlance. Treatment involves serial corrective plaster casts, and hence the plaster. The deformity is not caused by trauma !!!!

  • Posted By: Padmanm @ 07/08/2008 6:03:32 PM

    Get your facts right. The child's ankles and feet are turned in because of a deformity at birth - congenital talipes equino varus (CTEV) or clubfeet, a fairly common congenital deformity of the limbs. It is not due to any trauma, however severe it might be. The treatment involves serial corrective plaster casts.
    M Padman, UK

  • Posted By: Trooper101st @ 07/04/2008 7:56:20 AM

    Damn shame an outfit like "Executive Outcomes" are not in business anymore. They would hunt down those baboons and give 'em a taste of thier own medicine. How come the blacks cannot govern thier lands? It was better when it was Rhodesia. Same with S. Africa. That outfit would protect those white farmers. Wat a bunch of sub-human savages.

    • Posted By: THE RAVEN @ 07/08/2008 11:23:58 AM

      DAMN! And they talk about ME? If I had said something like what your racist a$$ said, these rednecks would be all over me. But keep writing, moron--I find your racist honesty refreshing.

    • Posted By: Cazador1972 @ 07/05/2008 7:26:27 PM


      You know, although your use of "baboon" makes you sound ignorant, your point is not completely devoid of reason. OT was merely re-named. There are still many private contractors in South Africa, but since Mbeki is supporting Mugabe, they have their hands tied. About four years ago a plane carrying white commandos was detained by the South Africans from going into Zimbabwe. No question that white supremacists, especially "Rhodesians" would want to take back Zimbabwe, but it would be a step backwards and you'd have other African nations intervening if that were to happen.

      Lastly, it is not that "Africans can't govern their lands". Europeans went in with a history and theories of government, technological know-how and were able to establish strong, successful countries. On the other side you have black Africans who had no history or concept of a "state" in the Europeans sense and were subjugated and eventually grouped with enemy tribes within the borders of the same state. What do you think would happen them? What happens when three warring tribes find themselves in the same country?

      It's not that black Africans can't govern, but you can't pretend the last 200 years of history never happened. You have to consider also that African states under black rule have been around for less than 50 years, from a historical perspective that is insignificant. How successful were 12th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th Century European governments? You didn't have working democracies in most of Europe until the last 60 years.

      If white Africans could negotiate a state in Africa, it would likely be successful (and if done legally - something I'd support) but expecting black Africans "to get it right" in 40 years what Europeans could not in 1500 is absurdly unfair.

    • Posted By: TheVigil @ 07/04/2008 2:56:07 PM

      Does "trooper101st" indicate that you're a state trooper of some kind?

      If so, I hope someone finds this comment and you lose your job for racism.

  • Posted By: fan_chor-cheung @ 07/06/2008 7:31:07 PM

    Fourth of July Reflection of the Robert Mugabe's vs Zimbabwe matters:
    It is a total disregard on human right, liberty and freedom on the parts of African which is totally against the American Spirits of 1776 Independent Day. Zimbabwe's neighbor Kenya was no exception only as recent as nine months ago Kenyan was total without freedom. Those countries are always in poverty. Just what make American voters think that a descendant of Kenya such as Barrack Obama could bring peace and property? We will be lucky if the White people will not be genocide by Black if him was elected!

    • Posted By: Cazador1972 @ 07/06/2008 7:54:25 PM

      Well, you are a descendant of inbred cannibals who killed and raped entire villages of innocent people and worshiped a rock. Just like we all descend from those people. Are you doing the same things?

      The rest of your comment is so patently full of it, it is not even worth commenting on.

  • Posted By: westside22 @ 07/06/2008 2:30:51 AM

    I think it is a waste of time trying to figure out what happen to the baby and her mother.....they will never find out where thay are!
    For all we know they are probably dead.

  • Posted By: The_epoch_point @ 07/05/2008 10:37:08 PM

    Wisconsin's unique landmarks once again find themselves in the pages of the latest novel to be presented to readers of history, thrillers and religion in a work that combines all three genres into an adventurous global conspiracy.

    The Epoch Point, just released on May 1 and written by Wisconsin native Spencer Zimmerman, is a fictional novel that includes historical facts, certain to intrigue history buffs who are interested in history from the local to the international level, especially as that history thrillingly plays out into what Zimmerman describes as a worldwide "conflict between God and the devil, good and evil."

    According to the book's synopsis, the lead character, Robert Davis, is "a young Airman fresh out of Air Force basic training," reflective of Zimmerman's own recent service in the Air Force. "After being held captive in China, (Davis) suddenly finds himself unraveling the most immense conspiracy in history...soon uncovering hidden facts suggesting Russian and Iraqi involvement...discovering the diary of Lee Harvey Oswald...As the clues surface, an evil emerges powerful enough to rewrite the entire history of humanity...before long the conspiracy takes on a supernatural form, marked by [natural disasters] and the wrath of God...Nothing [prepares] (Davis) for the final suspenseful twist the story takes, a da Vinci style revelation that reaffirms his belief in Christ."

    • Posted By: Cazador1972 @ 07/06/2008 12:35:27 AM

      Sounds very boring. : )

  • Posted By: The_epoch_point @ 07/05/2008 10:36:58 PM

    Zimmerman, having lived in several locations around Wisconsin, including near Lake Mills and Watertown, incorporated Wisconsin locations and history into his novel, among them a Viking cathedral on Washington Island and the events surrounding Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. Also mentioned is a small village outside of Burlington, Wisconsin, founded by a Mormon religious leader who proclaimed himself king, the only monarchy to ever occur in the forty-eight continental states in American history. Among the other Wisconsin landmarks in The Epoch Point, and most notably, the famous national landmark Aztalan is discussed at length.

    Zimmerman's discussion of Aztalan in his book in part follows what Zimmerman calls the "darker" side of Aztalan, including its cannibalism and religious practices, and the instantaneous disappearance of its thriving population. Zimmerman's writing also seeks to make connections between Aztalan's existence with that of the Minoan civilization from Ancient Greece and Zoroastrian culture of the Middle East. All three peoples had similar beliefs, worshipped fire (one of Aztalan's mounds is believed to have been the abode of an "eternal" flame) and practiced human sacrifice and cannibalism.

    Zimmerman noted all of these "obscure (historical) connections," which ultimately inspired him to take the connections and formulate them into an adventurous plot. Writing his book took roughly two years.

    The book's chapters are titled after the sixty-six books of the Bible, and the plot progresses as Davis reads through each chapter of the Bible, opening the Bible for the first time in chapter one of The Epoch Point. Each chapter follows a "flashback" style in structure, in which the book's characters experience revelations of historical events and experiences from 4000 B.C. to the present, which allow them to observe how those events contributed to the global conspiracy they are presently confronting. Zimmerman states that the book's events begin on New Year's Eve of 2000, and end on Christmas of 2006.

    While writing novels remains at present a hobby for Zimmerman, he already has ideas for a second novel that he anticipates will follow a more scientific fiction path. The Epoch Point is currently available through Amazon.com, and Zimmerman is hoping to get copies of the book into some of Lake Mills's downtown novelty shops.
    -Emily Ann Paape "The Lake Mills Leader"

  • Posted By: skd500 @ 07/04/2008 9:08:45 PM

    If it isn't men putting their kids in cages, it is government-backed torture like this.........does anyone see a pattern of people who try to control with no morality here? President Bush, I may not like you right now, but I do have to give you credit for acting to at least try to do something about it. It restores my faith just the smallest little bit, but restoring my faith in humanity would take a miracle right about now. I do give you credit for acting on this at least, it is a step above what President Clinton didn't do...........skd500

    • Posted By: Nins @ 07/05/2008 2:43:56 PM

      With all due respect, SKD, I really doubt that President Bush was actually trying to further any kind of democratic humanitarian agenda when he invaded Iraq. He SAID that his motive was the "weapons of mass destruction" but we all know that wasn't true, and he himself knew it wasn't true long before the American people knew. When you say you want to spread democracy and ease the suffering that man inflicts upon man, I respect those values tremendously. BUT if you are going to indulge in war in the name of nation-building, then I think you should start first in the places where (1) we can actually win, set up a democracy and make a difference, (2) there is already war or civil war going on and (3) we have the support of the international community in what we do. Iraq did not qualify in any of those categories. In fact, Somalia and Darfur were much more likely spots for us to go to work. And particularly Somalia, since the civil war there was created by AlQueda in a power-grab to further the spread of radical Islam in Africa. Whatever bad things can be said of Saddam (and there are plenty), he was NOT radical Islam. He was a dictator and sometimes ruthless, but he was very progressive when it came to religion. The nut-jobs like Hammas and AlQueda were exterminated in Iraq under Saddam, who ran probably the most progressive Muslim nation in the world, albeit with an iron hand.

      Honestly, I think that Bush was after the oil in Iraq. And he is such a bungler, that we didn't even get it, since the Iraqis blew up the wells and refineries. All we got was Halliburton companies (owned by Cheney) getting richer, our dollar devalued, our economy in tatters, and the National Debt increased beyond measure. This is not nation-building, this is nation destruction. Destruction of America as well as of Iraq, and a shot in the arm for the terrorists.

      Bush is an idiot.

      • Posted By: Cazador1972 @ 07/05/2008 6:42:32 PM

        Good point, as usual, Nins ; )

        Let it be known that while people in the US do not read news as they used to, people in other countries do. One thing that people in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East laugh about is how Bush, a man who ascended to power by pulling strings now wants to "Spread Democracy" all over the world!

        Bush can't spread Democracy at the point of a gun alone, you need to have "soft power" (as explained by Nye) and credibility, and he has none. He did have the good intentions of spreading democracy, but democracy is not an unmitigated good. He wanted free elections in Palestine, but when Hamas won decisively he refused to recognized them! He can't have it both ways!

        AS the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. And I'd add that electing a dumb person to power, gets people killed.

  • Posted By: Cazador1972 @ 07/05/2008 6:28:40 PM

    This is a touching story but this article is very poorly written; there is no clear theme.

    "Zimbabwe's election violence is small change compared to, say, the violence that marred recent elections in Tanzania, ZIMBABWE..." Really? Their elections are not as bad when they are compared to themselves?!

  • Posted By: boob65 @ 07/04/2008 9:30:46 AM

    If the raw hatred and lack of respect for human life expressed herein is a sampling of attitudes of people in this conflict, it is doomed to continue with bloodshed and violence indefinitely. When aggression is met simply with revenge, the cycle never ends. You will go to the end of the world swinging machetes and clubs at one another and the innocent will always be carried along as your victims. What use is revenge when it usually replaces one corrupt power monger with another and a whole new generation of angry revenge seekers. Only through peaceful means can peace be achieved. While there ARE causes worth dying for, NOTHING is worth killing for. Peace is a powerful, insidious, unstoppable force. You just have to give it a chance. Yes, I believe this should apply to western countries as well. Not every citizen agrees that war is a means to peace.

    • Posted By: skd500 @ 07/04/2008 9:10:38 PM

      I so agree with you 100 percent. I respect your comment very much. Thank you for taking the time to genuinely care...........skd500

  • Posted By: onepoker @ 07/03/2008 7:30:30 PM

    constitution you are an idiot. the difference between Americans and people like you is when we hear someone has thrown a baby to the floor we try and help first we try and stop the aggressor then we bring medicine and food then we help build shelter and then we restore power and water and then when order is established we set up a base and we leave. If you don't believe that go check out Germany or Japan or Italy or spain or france or anywhere else we have fought a war.

    • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 07/04/2008 11:10:23 AM

      Then we RELESE them from jail, and allow them to live any where they find a way under our radar! so what makes us any different? I Saw a dead baby in shotys [film] of NY,LA,Det,Fla,Calif, should i go on?? We even allow gross old men to have a child to BOOP in TX! so what are we??? We don't stop anyone, we don't build for anyone, we only give power to those who pay there bill,same with water! I don't have to believe because the locations you gave, are older than the wars that were fought!! What of Nam,Afgan,Iran,the ENTIRE MIDDLE-EAST! WHAT DO WE GIVE THEM??? Oh ya cluster bombs and our politics! So nice of you to mention France the hated! The same France who pulled our piolits from German prision camps,, but they need to stick it where the sun don't shine, cause they ain't in
      Iraq,right??? The only time we give is when it's profitable, hence our non-presents there! To funny "We Give" what a joke! we give threats,nukes,and invasions is what we give, CHAOS!!!

  • Posted By: RiversideWarrior @ 07/04/2008 12:49:13 AM

    So-called "Constitution", you evidently did not understand my earlier statement, it is not merely about "ouster" of ZANU-PF it is about the total liquidation of that nest of cockroaches. Only then can the crimes of the Shona with their red-handed involvement in Gukurahundi of 1983 be cleansed. If I was ever your "master" then shame on me for allowing you to live, your filth has allowed our enemies the Arabs and Chinese to abuse and murder our people. The time of the machete grows nearer, to be led by the re-formed ZAPU and ZIPRA, long live the Ndebele!!

  • Posted By: RiversideWarrior @ 07/03/2008 5:01:55 PM

    it is time for the Zimbabwean people to begin their armed revolutionary struggle against the loathsome fascist Mugabe and his band of murderous cockroaches in ZANU-PF and like-minded supporters such as so-called "Constitution". The time of the machete grows near, down with Mugabe/ZANU-PF!!!!!!!!!

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