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Mugabe Ask Whites Back In Land Grab U-Turn
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2-9-2006 | Peta Thornycroft

Posted on 02/08/2006 5:43:18 PM PST by blam

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1 posted on 02/08/2006 5:43:20 PM PST by blam
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white commercial farmers who produced almost half of Zimbabwe's foreign currency.

gee, I guess it was a cash crop.

2 posted on 02/08/2006 5:45:18 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("If I were a Cuban, I'd certainly be on a raft," Isane Aparicio Busto)
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I thought this was Scrappleface.


3 posted on 02/08/2006 5:45:20 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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Ping.

Mugabe Moves Against City Whites (2-2-2006)

4 posted on 02/08/2006 5:46:00 PM PST by blam
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"some of those who lost their holdings are cynical about any offers from the government"

Only SOME?


5 posted on 02/08/2006 5:46:40 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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Nice little Hitler mustache he's sporting these days.


6 posted on 02/08/2006 5:47:24 PM PST by thoughtomator
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"the chance to lease back their holdings in Zimbabwe."

Buh-bye...

7 posted on 02/08/2006 5:48:02 PM PST by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Libs: Celebrate MY diversity! | Iran Azadi 2006 | Is it March yet?)
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Mugabe Ask Whites Back In Land Grab U-Turn

Yeah, I'd fall for this one! Hahahaha!

8 posted on 02/08/2006 5:49:31 PM PST by RJL
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Mugabe is a nut. If I was one of these farmers, I would have sold my land while it was still worth something and gotten the Hell out. Zimbabwe isn't exactly a model of a multiracial society.


9 posted on 02/08/2006 5:51:39 PM PST by popdonnelly
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Zimbabwe isn't exactly a model of a multiracial society.


One hundred years from now tours will go here and it will be heard "You mean people used to actually live here?" Or as Taylor said at the end of Planet of the Apes when he realized he was still on earth, "WE BLEW IT UP!!!!!"


10 posted on 02/08/2006 5:54:17 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when")
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And if the farmers don't return, it will be whitey's fault.

Nothing will save Zimbabwe until Mugabe is dead.

11 posted on 02/08/2006 5:55:04 PM PST by Dog Gone
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I hope everyone of them turn their backs on the nutcase


12 posted on 02/08/2006 5:55:14 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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Since he killed most of them, it should be an interesting trick.


13 posted on 02/08/2006 5:55:33 PM PST by Brilliant
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"Yeah, I'd fall for this one! Hahahaha!"

Mugabe is 82 years old. When he dies, the shite is gonna hit the fan again. Who knows what will be standing after that?

14 posted on 02/08/2006 5:56:01 PM PST by blam
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Too stupid to take a egg the moron killed the goose


15 posted on 02/08/2006 5:56:30 PM PST by Steveone (Liberalism is a brain tumor!)
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I can't even print what I think of this idiot.


He's the freaking poster-boy for what is wrong with Africa.


16 posted on 02/08/2006 5:57:06 PM PST by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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I wondered who the Commercial Farmers Union were and found this:

One of the most important issues that the CFU has had to deal with in recent years is land reform.

Of the over 4 000 commercial farmers who were on the land in the year 2000, there are now probably between 500 and 700 who are either fully or partially operational. So far 6,897 farms have been gazetted for resettlement with a total area of 11.6 million hectares. 543 farms covering 0.9 million hectares were subsequently de-listed leaving a total of 6,354 farms with an area of 10.7 million hectares currently listed for acquisition.

Elected members and staff of the CFU are pursuing ways to ensure the sustainability of commercial agriculture in Zimbabwe, while at the same time recognizing the need for land reform.



http://www.cfu.co.zw/history/history_main.htm

Note the need for land reform.


17 posted on 02/08/2006 5:57:39 PM PST by razorback-bert
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"Since he killed most of them, it should be an interesting trick."

You've just explained that strange "some are cynical" statement in the article. The ones who aren't cynical about this are dead.


18 posted on 02/08/2006 5:58:46 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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Nothing will save Zimbabwe until Mugabe is dead.

Exactly, and the sooner the better for all of Zimbabwe.

19 posted on 02/08/2006 5:59:08 PM PST by RJL
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Get out, get out now, and don't go back until Mugabe-Stalin either gets a severely acute case of lead poisoning (7.62mm) or otherwise assumes room temperature.


20 posted on 02/08/2006 5:59:46 PM PST by Fred Hayek (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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