[Cincinatus' Wife]

Zimbabwe Opposition MDC (Morgan Tsvangirai) Vows to Fight Mugabe--[Excerpt] Election officials said Tuesday the country's defense forces and police had begun voting in advance polls. Zimbabwe's privately owned Daily News quoted unnamed army and police personnel Tuesday as saying they had been forced to vote for Mugabe in the presence of their superiors.

"If the newspaper report is true, the soldiers and police officers in question should come forward and identify themselves," Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede said in remarks broadcast on state television.

Mudede said 5.5 million Zimbabweans were registered to vote at 4,000 polling stations around the country. Tsvangirai has repeatedly urged supporters to flood the polls, saying a large turnout would make it difficult for ZANU-PF to fix the election. [End Excerpt]

[exDemMom]

<sarcasm>All in all, a perfect example of why we so desperately need campaign finance reform.</sarcasm>

[Free the USA]

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[Bullish]

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called the situation in Zimbabwe "an outrage in terms of democracy."

Gee, ya' think, tony?

Mugabe needs to be hammered hard but nothing will be done for now.

I pity the poor folks who have to live under his tyrrany.