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	<title>The Firearm Blog &#187; Zimbabwe</title>
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		<title>South African dockers are refusing to unload Chinese ammo and RPGs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been following this blog you know the Chinese have been in the news recently.
A Chinese ship carrying 3 million rounds of 7.62&#215;39mm and 1500 RPG rounds destined for land locked Zimbabwe tried to offload in the South African port of Durban.
Robert Mugabe&#8217;s Zanu (PF) party have been arming militias to drive out [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have been following this blog you know the Chinese <a href="http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/04/16/italian-gangsters-did-not-watch-lord-of-war/">have been</a> in the <a href="http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/04/17/tibetan-monks-hording-arms-says-chinese/">news recently</a>.</p>
<p>A Chinese ship carrying 3 million rounds of 7.62&#215;39mm and 1500 RPG rounds destined for land locked Zimbabwe tried to offload in the South African port of Durban.</p>
<p>Robert Mugabe&#8217;s Zanu (PF) party have been arming militias to drive out farmers and terrorize opposition supporters since the election they probably lost (but refuse to announce the results). Despite this the South African Defence Secretary approved the shipment: &#8220;This is a normal transaction between two sovereign states and we don&#8217;t have to interfere&#8221;. Not that surprising since the South African president openly supports Robert Mugabe.</p>
<p>Luckily for the people of Zimbabwe the dock workers have refused to offload the cargo.</p>
<p>Read the article <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3772113.ece">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/police-ncaprotest-6nova-1.jpg" height="400" width="312" align="" border="1" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Police Ncaprotest 6Nova-1" title="" longdesc="" /><br />
<em>Poster from </em><em><a href="http://www.searandhammer.com/2007/12/zimbabwe.html">SearAndHammer.com</a></em><em><br />
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<p><em>(and yes &#8230; I am aware this post does violate my non political rule <img src='http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' title="icon wink South African dockers are refusing to unload Chinese ammo and RPGs photo" /> </em></p>
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		<title>Zimbabwe Poster</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sear and Hammer created this poster:

Zimbabwe is a state in chaos. The dictator president, Robert Mugabe, has destroyed the country.
Zimbabwe police have ordered all civilians to surrender firearms in what insiders said was a precautionary measure in a charged country after the government demolished thousands of homes and informal businesses in a controversial urban clean-up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.searandhammer.com/2007/12/zimbabwe.html">Sear and Hammer</a> created this poster:</p>
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<p>Zimbabwe is a state in chaos. The dictator president, Robert Mugabe, has destroyed the country.</p>
<blockquote><p>Zimbabwe police have ordered <strong>all civilians to surrender firearms</strong> in what insiders said was a precautionary measure in a charged country after the <strong>government demolished thousands of homes and informal businesses</strong> in a controversial urban clean-up exercise &#8211; <a href="http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=12207">ZWNEWS.com</a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>According to human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch the government of Zimbabwe violates the <strong>rights to shelter</strong>, <strong>food</strong>, <strong>freedom of movement</strong> and <strong>residence</strong>, <strong>freedom of assembly</strong> and the <strong>protection of the law</strong>. There are <strong>assaults</strong> on the <strong>media</strong>, the <strong>political opposition</strong>, <strong>civil society activists</strong>, and <strong>human rights defenders</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Zimbabwe">Wikipedia</a>.</p>
<p>A bigger version is available at <a href="http://www.searandhammer.com/2007/12/zimbabwe.html">Sear and Hammer</a></p>
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