Mugabe threatens to expel US ambassador

South Africa Broadcasting Corp. (excerpt) ^ | May 25, 2008

[HAL9000]

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President Robert Mugabe today accused the US ambassador to Zimbabwe of political interference and threatened to expel him from the southern African nation.

"He says he fought in Vietnam, but fighting in Vietnam does not give him the right to interfere in our domestic affairs. I am just waiting to see if he makes one more step wrong. He will get out," Mugabe said in a campaign rally. "As tall as he is, if he continues to do that I will kick him out of the country."

Mugabe also said the State Department's top diplomat for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, behaved like a prostitute for suggesting that Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change and its leader Morgan Tsvangirai had won the March 29 elections.

"You saw this little American girl trotting around like a prostitute celebrating that the MDC had won. A disgraceful act," Mugabe said.

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[norton]

"The [thug] threatened to beat up Amb. McGhee's aide. The US Amb got out and stood in the way of the police car which actually did hit his legs. Amb McGhee jumped up onto the hood of the cop car and his aide took the keys out of the cop car ignition."

Either one of these guys available for VP?

[fernwood]

Ambassador McGhee is interestingly enough a black man who seems to have guts. He was instrumental in convincing the Chinese not to unload guns and arms from the freighter that Chinese was selling to Mugabe. Basically convinced them that they better not try to unload the weapons.