in Syrian Government Daily Praises Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe

Terror can come in may forms. It can be a lone person with a suicide belt around their body, a man on a backhoe driving down a street or in many cases it can be sanctioned by a 2-bit dictator in the quest for money and power.

The Civilized World sees these dictators and shuns them. But not in the Muslim World. There they praise them.

Following Robert Mugabe's triumph in Zimbabwe's June 27, 2008 presidential election, the Syrian government daily Al-Thawra published an article by columnist Dr. Ibrahim Za’ir expressing satisfaction with the election outcome. The article called Mugabe a "patriot with a sacred mission," and claimed that the Western countries had, fortunately, failed in their attempt to incite the Zimbabwean people against him and to remove him from power.

On the other hand, the liberal Arab e-journal www.elaph.com posted a satirical article by Iraqi columnist Muhammad Al-Wadi stating that Mugabe, with all his faults, was 10 times better than the dictators in the Arab world.

The following are excerpts from the two articles.

Robert Mugabe - A Patriot with a Sacred Mission.

Dr. Ibrahim Za'ir wrote in Al-Thawra: "Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was inaugurated on Sunday, June 29, 2008, after winning over 85% of the votes in the second round of elections. Opposition head Morgan Tsvangirai, his main rival in the elections, announced his withdrawal [from the race] only a few days before the second round. According to some sources, he withdrew not because he feared for the lives of his supporters, as he claimed, but because he knew, in his heart of hearts, that he had no chance of winning…

"Tsvangirai... counted from the very start on the support of the U.S., the West and the international community, whereas Mugabe counted on the people of Zimbabwe. The landslide victory [of the latter] was a deadly blow to the so-called 'forces of reform, democracy, and renewal' which are supported by the [Western] superpowers…

"The U.S. and Britain did not succeed in ruining Robert Mugabe's good name, despite all their efforts with their propaganda machine. There wasn't a single insult that they did not hurl at him, [from] 'dictator,' 'tyrant' and 'enemy of democracy' [to] 'murderous [leader]' and 'oppressing despot.' But none of this swayed the will of the Zimbabwean people, who reelected their patriotic leader Mugabe [for another term in office]…

"[Mugabe] has always seen himself as a man with a sacred mission that transcends the borders of his country - namely, liberating Africa from imperialism and from the racist regimes… Subordination to the West has brought the Black Continent nothing but hunger, disease, wretchedness, and poverty. With its vast resources, Africa could have seen an economic revival and solved its main problems - had it not been for the plundering Western imperialists.

"Mugabe became a problem for the U.S. and Britain in Africa. Therefore, they had no choice but to use every means at their disposal [in attempt to] remove him from the African political arena. The U.S. exerted pressure on his country, placed it under economic siege, and waged an undeclared war against it.

"[In fact,] the economic crisis in Zimbabwe was deliberately created [by the West] in order to generate dissatisfaction and anger towards Mugabe's regime. But the Zimbabwean people have a good memory. They have not forgotten [Mugabe's] economic reforms, and especially his agrarian reforms which are considered a historic achievement of his regime. [Mugabe] wrested the fertile lands away from the British whites and returned them to their rightful owners - [the Black Africans] from whom they were taken during the era of British imperialism.

"Tsvangirai received considerable [support] in the [first round of] the presidential elections, but not enough to win. The undeniable discovery that he received support from the U.S. and Britain caused the Zimbabweans to renounce him. [This time around,] he was afraid to run [for president], because he was certain of his defeat. [However], from the moment [Tsvangirai withdrew his candidacy], and even after the results were announced, Washington and other Western [capitals] never stopped threatening Mugabe. Even Bush himself threatened sanctions against Zimbabwe, claiming that the elections had not been fair, neutral, and democratic.

"This incredible hypocrisy on the part of the U.S. is nothing new. Anyone who fails to succumb to its [dictates and promote its] interests is accused of being against democracy and human rights - even if he is the greatest of democrats - while the worst of dictators are hailed as great [supporters of] democracy if they [promote America's] interests.

"Mugabe was elected by the sweeping majority of his people. This is also true of [Venezuelan President] Hugo Chavez and of [many] other patriotic presidents throughout the world who devote all their strength to [ensuring] the freedom and independence of their people." [1]

Iraqi Columnist: "God Almighty, Give Us [A Leader] Like Mugabe"

Iraqi columnist Muhammad Al-Wadi wrote on the liberal Arab e-journal www.elaph.com: "Mugabe's critics [in the Arab media] lambast him for taking a sixth term as president. To be honest, I regard it as a point in his favor. The 'Black Continent,' which is not far from some Arab countries, is no 'blacker' than they are when it comes to matters of politics… The mere fact that [Mugabe's] term in office is limited [to five years]… gives the Zimbabwean people some hope - albeit a dim one - that in five years [change will come].

"In the Arab world, on the other hand, a president's term in office begins with his first [presidential] decree and does not end even after the millionth. In this sense, Mugabe [is better] than the leaders and presidents of most Arab countries.

"If one criticizes the African Union for accepting Mugabe at its last conference, one must also ask: How many elected presidents attend the Arab League summits?!... Was the secretary-general of the Arab League, 'Amr Moussa, elected, and [if so], by whom and for how many terms?...

"If President Mugabe destroyed his country by destroying its corn, wheat, cotton and sugarcane fields, it is merely the [natural] result of [having] a despicable dictatorial regime. This is not a new [phenomenon]… To wit, the Arab dictatorships have produced over 80 million Arabs who can't read and write. The parking lots, streets and [junctions of Arab cities] are school[rooms] for millions of Arab children who go out in search of bread instead of acquiring learning and an education. Moreover, many of our agricultural [regions] are in a sadder [state] than those of Zimbabwe and [other] African countries…

"If Mugabe is guilty of deporting millions of his countrymen to South Africa, [we should ask]… what 20 million Arabs are doing in Europe?… If President Mugabe killed some of his countrymen, [his crimes] are small in comparison to those of the 'fallen statue' [Saddam Hussein] in my own country of Iraq.

"Mugabe, with all his dictatorial ways, looks like a peacenik when one considers the 424 mass graves discovered in southern and northern Iraq, full of the skulls and bones [of people] who met their deaths only God knows how…

"Let's be realistic here. Mugabe of Africa is nothing compared to his Arab counterparts, with their enormous salaries… who are so good at taking control of the television and radio [in their countries] and at staying in power forever. The only things we Arabs have ever exported to Africa are methods for staging coups, stealing the people's money and snuffing out their human aspirations.

"The Arab writers and journalists should encourage awareness and [free] thought, in order to create an Arab generation that can bring change and build up [the Arab world]. If this task is too large for them, they had best keep silent…

"I am sure that any Arab citizen who has ever come against these 'leaders' will admit, in his heart of hearts, that Mugabe of Zimbabwe is 10 times better than some of his counterparts in our [Arab] countries. In fact, [this Arab citizen] is probably beseeching his Creator: God Almighty, give us [a leader] like Mugabe!" [2]

[1] Al-Thawra (Syria), July 2, 2008
[2] www.elaph.com, July 5, 2008.

From Monkey in the Middle:





These are not very pretty pictures. They are just 3 of the latest victims of Robert Mugabe and his thugs. Look at them closely, they are very lucky to be alive. Their only crime was to be farmers who were white.

It was a frigid June night at Pickstone Mine in Zimbabwe when 67-year-old Angela Campbell -- soaking wet, her arm broken and a gun to her head -- signed a document vowing to give up the fight for her family's farm.

The kidnappers demanding her signature at gunpoint were "war veterans" from President Robert Mugabe's heyday as a liberation hero, and they made it clear that her refusal would mean more beatings.

Though Campbell signed the document, her son-in-law said she has no intention of giving up her battle; Campbell's family will be in Windhoek, Namibia, on Wednesday to present arguments to a Southern African Development Community tribunal.

In pursuing the case, the Campbells and 77 fellow Zimbabwean farmers are risking theft, torture and death for what may be their only remaining chance to save the homes and farms so coveted by Mugabe and his loyalists.

They call themselves Liberators, but they are nothing more than a bunch of savages, just a step up on the evolutionary chain from our ape ancestors. Robbing, killing and raping to get what they want, not what they have earned but just take.

There will be no justice for the Campbells or any of the other victims of Mugabe. There is no justice for people in a world where if you are white, you are automatically guilty of any crime and anything can be done to you. Not just in Zimbabwe, but in all of Africa and in the International Courts as well. Even the British Press is against them. Blaming the victims for the violence there and heaping praise in support of the thugs.

Zimbabwe’s woes have been caused by the response to Robert Mugabe’s attempt to get Africans to play a meaningful part in building their country’s economy.

For a long time this remained largely the preserve of the former colonizers.

Had Mugabe kept quiet on this and left the colonizers to enjoy the wealth of Zimbabwe at the expense of its people, he would have remained a respected leader in many eyes.

Honorary degrees would have been bestowed on him to this day.

What is happening in Zimbabwe is a lesson that the colonisers hope South Africa is learning from; that is: don’t upset the apple cart as Mugabe has done, lest you suffer the same fate.

The supporters of Mugabe that your reader wonders about are those that are not influenced by the trends of the day. They know that Mugabe, and Zimbabwe, suffers for their emancipation.

For that they remain true to their leader and I say all power to them.

But the people can celebrate too. They have just re-elected their Thug-in-Chief Mugabe. A man whose only concern is his own personal wealth, sex life and power. A man whose wife will spend millions of dollars on luxury items, fancy clothes and jewels. And yet the world says nothing does nothing.

And the people can now celebrate their new status as Billionaires! For each and every person in the nation has become a Billionaire.

Zimbabwe's troubled central bank introduced $100 billion banknotes Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy.

The bills officially come into circulation Monday, although they were on the foreign currency dealers market Saturday.

As high as they are, though, the bills still aren't enough to buy a loaf of bread. They can buy only four oranges.

The new note is equal to just one U.S. dollar.

Once-prosperous Zimbabwe has seen an unprecedented economic meltdown since it gained independence in 1980, with the official inflation rate now at 2.2 million percent.

It is called Hyperinflation. The term "hyperinflation" refers to a very rapid, very large increase in the price level. Measurement problems will be too minor to notice on this scale. There is no strict formal definition for the term, but cases of hyperinflation tend to be expressed in terms of multiples rather than percentages. InGermany between January 1922 and November 1923 (less than two years!) the average price level increased by a factor of about 20 billion.

The problems in Zimbabwe has nothing to do with the West or US, although Syria does blame them on the US. It has to do with the mentality of Mugabe and his thugs. Low on the intelligence scale and high on the violence scale. It has to do with the mismanagement of a nation with excellent natural resources in order to promote a Socialist agenda. An agenda that cannot work and has caused massive hunger and poverty to the majority of the population.

And that is the cruelest insult of all.