Posted on 02/24/2002 7:30:55 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Zimbabwe diamond deal with Ari Ben Menashe exposed--"American international diamond buyer, John Marsischky, managing director of gemstones company Flashes of Color, revealed in an interview this week that Dickens & Madson, the company which last week claimed it was hired by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai to assassinate President Mugabe, has been working as a conduit for the transfer of funds between Zimbabwean officials and buyers."
Ari Ben Menashe(C) is escorted through Harare International Airport by unidentified government officials upon February 22, 2002. Menashe is in Zimbabwe to give evidence to a police probe into allegations that Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai plotted to assassinate President Robert Mugabe. Tsvangirai denies the charges. (Howard Burditt/Reuters)
Ali Ben Menashe: Media Research Center After Newsweek and The New Republic published their exposés of the sources pushing the October Surprise story, including the fact that Ben-Menashe's wife called him a liar, Frontline's second program admitted: "His credibility with reporters collapsed because some of his assertions proved implausible, particularly his claim about George Bush."
A resident of Harare reads the newspaper The Herald while sitting beneath election posters for President Robert Mugabe February 14, 2002. The state controlled paper is claiming that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai plotted an assassination attempt on Mugabe. The two leaders face off in presidential elections in March. Photo by Howard Burditt/Reuters
Government propaganda blitz on Mugabe assasination plot puzzles voters in Zimbabwe
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