Zimbabwe opposition prepares to fight back

Scotsman:

FRUSTRATED supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe have begun arming themselves to fight back against ruling party security forces and militias, leading research organisations said yesterday.

The country has never been as close to civil war as it is now, following the controversial one-candidate election of 27 June, in which Robert Mugabe was returned to power for another five years, says the report, entitled Saving Zimbabwe.

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The MDC said that the confirmed death toll of its supporters since the first election, on 29 March – in which MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai outpolled Mr Mugabe by 47 per cent of the total vote to 43 per cent – has risen to 110.

The latest person to die was a 70-year-old woman who was beaten and thrown on to a fire in the nickel-mining town of Bindura, the MDC said. She was attacked by Zanu-PF militiamen in June but died only yesterday from "terrible burns."

More than 1,500 people, including MDC lawmakers, remain in police custody, a party spokesman said.
When democracy is thwarted some decide the only way to effect change is with force. In this case, it may be that it is the only way to defend oneself from the abuses of a despot.

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