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(TALKZIMBABWE) Tories advocate military action against Zimbabwe

Tories advocate military action against Zimbabwe
Our reporter
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:17:00 +0000

THE United Kingdom Conservative party has urged military action against the government of President Robert Mugabe but the idea was dismissed by the British Prime Minister who said military action was not an option at this time.

A top Tory (Conservative) member Gerald Howarth called for the UK’s Special Air Services to be sent into Zimbabwe to topple President Mugabe and effect ‘regime change’.

Howarth, who is a Defence spokesman, told the House of Commons: “Many people find it morally repugnant that the international community has fiddled so ineffectively as Zimbabwe has literally burned.



“I say to the Foreign Secretary that the Almighty is not the only person who could remove Mr Mugabe – the Special Air Service could also do a pretty good job.”



Lord Ashdown (Paddy Ashdown), the former Liberal Democrat leader and UN high representative to Bosnia, echoed Howarth’s call saying military action could be needed in Zimbabwe to stave off a humanitarian crisis comparable to the genocide in Rwanda.



Gordon Brown’s spokesman, Michael Ellam, in­sisted that Britain was not preparing a military response.



He, however, declined to answer any questions on whether any contingency plans by the Ministry of Defen­ce’s crisis management team were being drawn.

In response to a question on military action, he said: “I don’t think we should get too far ahead of ourselves. This is not a plausible course and not one that would enjoy international support.”



Any military action by the UK will be seen as confirmation that they have always sought regime change in the southern African country.

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