[doodlebug]

Interesting article on Mugabe hiring some of Bush Sr's old political consultants down there at the bottom for about £2m...anyone have a currency calculator handy?

[doodlebug]

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The £2m fee - a huge sum for Zimbabwe to find from its foreign exchange - will be paid in five annual instalments to Cohen and Woods International (CWI). Herman Cohen, a former American ambassador in Africa, and James L Woods, a former adviser to George Bush Sr, have represented a string of controversial African politicians, including the leaders of Angola and Burkina Faso. They are reputedly among the best-paid lobbyists in Washington. Speaking from his office in Arlington, Virginia, Cohen refused to discuss the contract. "We have a no-comment policy in relation to this," he said.

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[spoosman]

All third world dictators get their money from the federal reserve bank, fully guaranteed and backed by the US taxpayer. Right now the US taxpayer is making interest payments on a few trillion dollars of long ago defaulted on by the dictators debt.

It is nice to hear the African sleazeball is still getting into our pockets. Thank you lords of money! How would we ever manage to get along without you? Hopefully the fed suck ups will come onto the thread and explain that to us again.

Sweet Dreams, America

[HetLoo]

"his government's slogan: "Housing for all by the year 2000."

10,000 square meters is almost 108,000 square feet!

But of course he is going to invite the homeless, landless "war veterns" to live in it with him and his wife...

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[a history buff]

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[MARTIAL MONK]

I have seen credible accounts which place Mugabe's out-of-country holdings at $2 billion. When it hits the fan he will be in Europe while his people starve.