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Zimbabwe Asks for $2B Amid More Political Problems
Associated Press ^ | February 26, 2009 | ANGUS SHAW and CLARE NULLIS

Posted on 02/26/2009 11:05:39 AM PST by george76

President Robert Mugabe in a published interview rejected demands that he should dismiss two discredited officials, while the Zimbabwean government on Thursday asked its neighbors for a $2 billion loan package to aid its collapsed economy.

In the interview with the state Herald newspaper to mark his 85th birthday, Mugabe ...

"It is important not to jump off the bridge before there is enough water under it,"

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; harare; mugabe; robertmugabe; zimbabwe

1 posted on 02/26/2009 11:05:40 AM PST by george76
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To: george76

They have a better chance of going solvent than GM.


2 posted on 02/26/2009 11:07:06 AM PST by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: george76
"It is important not to jump off the bridge before there is enough water under it,"

Oh Please Jump, Robert, Jump!!!!

3 posted on 02/26/2009 11:07:19 AM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: george76
The socialist paradise of Zimbabwe.

What could possibly be wrong?

4 posted on 02/26/2009 11:09:20 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Welcome to the Obama-Democrat Depression.)
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To: george76

If it’s two billion Zimbabwean dollars, I probably have that in change in the ashtray of my car. :)


5 posted on 02/26/2009 11:10:34 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Repeal the 16th!)
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To: george76

Instead of a cash loan send a truckload of Barbeque sauce so they can better enjoy eating each other.


6 posted on 02/26/2009 11:11:35 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: george76

Two billion is only an installment. The government is now entirely dependent on outside sources of cash since it no longer possesses a currency. BobbyMugabe’s problem is that there isn’t quite as much loose change running around as there used to be.


7 posted on 02/26/2009 11:12:38 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: george76

Better yet...instead of a 2B loan, how about fire-bombing that white-hater’s mansion. Mugabe is a total piece of scum


8 posted on 02/26/2009 11:22:57 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (The Biggest Threat To American Soverignty Is Rampant Economic Anti-Americanism)
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To: george76

Robert Mugabe is a living, breathing case study in how one man can almost single-handedly destroy a country. Satan himself could not have done any worse.


9 posted on 02/26/2009 11:25:20 AM PST by Texan Tory
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To: george76

What’s two-billion worth in Zimbabwe now? Fiddy Cents?


10 posted on 02/26/2009 11:30:08 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Do you know the website number?" - VP Joe Biden)
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To: george76

Mugabe is Rhodesia’s version of Hope and Change.


11 posted on 02/26/2009 11:36:59 AM PST by TFMcGuire (Life is tough. It is even tougher if you are stupid--John Wayne)
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