Zimbabwe: Mugabe in Plain Sight II
I’m not really an advocate of military intervention, but maybe we could be speaking up a bit more than letting one of our envoys do the heavy lifting…
Mugabe’s party/police raided opposition headquarters:
Armed police officers raided the headquarters of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party in Harare, the capital, on Friday, arresting hundreds of people, a spokesman for the party said.
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“These armed police have taken hundreds of people that were now staying at the party headquarters running away from the different parts of Zimbabwe, where the regime has been unleashing brutal violence,” Mr. Mlilo said in a statement.
In a later statement, the MDC said the number arrested had risen to 300 people, including all staff members.
The police searched for documents used by the opposition to support its claim it won the presidential election, and had also taken away computers, Mr. Mlilo said.
Reuters has a newer article, but some of the info seems older.
Supposedly, we’ll have results this weekend, and the nine constituencies that have recounted have remained the same.
The things we get in a tither about versus the things we ignore absolutely does my head in…
Links:
Opposition ‘Clear Victor’ in Zimbabwe, U.S. Says [NYT]
In Zimbabwe Raid, Hundreds in Opposition Party Detained [NYT]
Zimbabwe Riot Police Stage Raid [Reuters at NYT]
