"We need doctors, not soldiers"
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"Mugabe says cholera epidemic 'arrested'; But the UN says deaths from illness have risen to 783" by Karin Brulliard, Washington Post | December 12, 2008
JOHANNESBURG - President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe declared yesterday that a cholera epidemic in the southern African nation had been "arrested," even as the United Nations said deaths from the illness had risen to 783.
In a speech at a funeral for a ruling party official, Mugabe credited the World Health Organization for helping contain the outbreak in Zimbabwe, which last week declared a national health emergency. "Now there is no cholera, there is no cause for war," Mugabe said, according to news service reports. "We need doctors, not soldiers."
Hey, all tyrants lie; however, I agree with him on one point!
Mugabe's assessment of the outbreak was disputed by health-care organizations, which have flooded the economically devastated country in recent weeks with supplies and personnel. On Wednesday, the United Nations called for an additional $6 million to tackle cholera, which it said threatens "the well-being of thousands of people."
Nelson Chamisa, a spokesman for the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change, told the Bloomberg news service that Mugabe's claim was "clearly madness." Mugabe, Zimbabwe's leader for 28 years, has faced increasing international pressure in recent days as the cholera crisis has grown.
Hmmmmmmm!
Kenya's prime minister, Raila Odinga, and South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu have called on African nations to use force to depose Mugabe.
Yeah, the good bishop even called for force!
How disappointing that he would join this ignominious line-up:
This week, President Bush, echoing calls by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, said it was "time for Robert Mugabe to go."
Mugabe, who blames Western sanctions for the country's economic collapse, has accused the West of using the cholera outbreak to plot an invasion.
NOTHING EXCUSES the misery Mugabe has inflicted on his people; however, HE IS CORRECT about the CHOLERA CRISIS being USED to APPLY PRESSURE and get the GLOBALIST, COLONIALIST WEST in there!
Think of IRAQ and PALESTINE, readers!! It is to SOFTEN UP the POPULACE and CREATE a CASUS BELLI! Let's face it, the STILL-ACTIVE SANCTIONS did NOT HELP!!!!
The outbreak, which health officials attribute to a collapsed sanitation system and a lack of clean water, has sickened more than 16,400 people, according to UN figures released yesterday. On Wednesday, South Africa declared an area along its border with Zimbabwe a disaster area because of an influx of hundreds of Zimbabweans seeking treatment for cholera....
I so don't give a crap about politics right now! It is the PEOPLE who MATTER!!
