First rule of being a tin-pot dictator:

[danlansdowne]

Always pay your soldiers!

Zimbabwean soldiers have been rioting after not being paid for days. This on top of 500+ cholera deaths, thousands more sick from cholera and anthrax, starvation, lack of water, and government uncertainty.

Listen to the bells, Mugabe--they toll for thee! And about damned time, too. He should have gone to the old rebel's home a decade and a half ago and retired with a shred of dignity.

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[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

So much for my memory of social studies. I thought it was Namibia that used to be Rhodesia, but my sources say you're right.