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OPERATION SHUMBA - US Regime Change In Zimbabwe

Operation Shumba is the legal justification for replacing the Zimbabwean government with one that is friendly to global mining interests, and the trillionaire banking dynasties who own them. No mention or taking responsibility for economic sanctions (ZDERA), of course. Here is some of the text:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

12. In the process, Mugabe politicized and degraded Zimbabwe’s security forces, legislature, and judiciary, creating distrust among the populace towards all elements of national government. The Mugabe legacy also includes a shattered economy burdened with hyper-inflation, massive unemployment, an exodus of skilled workers, disease epidemics, an inability to provide essential services, and an agricultural system destroyed by land reform policies that pitted black and white citizens violently against each other. The legal requirements created by undertaking full spectrum operations, combined with the condition in which Mugabe left Zimbabwe, underscore how critical rule of law operations would be to a successful COIN campaign in Zimbabwe.

Conclusion

13. Rule of law considerations would not ultimately determine whether the United States should intervene in Zimbabwe. Nor do planning and executing robust rule of law operations guarantee success in COIN. However, given the substance of the new COIN doctrine and likely political conditions in potential HNs, such as Zimbabwe, counterinsurgents must accord rule of law operations strategic attention in designing, planning, and executing COIN campaigns. The COIN doctrine asserts the rule of law “is a powerful potential tool for counterinsurgents” (CoinFM 2007: 39). In terms of Operation Shumba, this Report begins the process needed to ensure that the United States and other counterinsurgents make full use of this powerful instrument in waging what is perhaps the most complex form of warfare.


CHAPTER 1
THE LEGAL TEAM’S MANDATE: PRELIMINARY LEGAL ANALYSIS FOR COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS IN ZIMBABWE

I. INTRODUCTION

1. The government of the United States of America is analyzing whether it should intervene with civilian and military assets in the Republic of Zimbabwe. The intervention would support the response of the interim government of this country to a growing insurgency that threatens to plunge Zimbabwe into civil war. A decision to intervene would mean that the United States would commit itself to support efforts by the interim government, other countries, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to reach the desired end state in Zimbabwe—a secure, economically viable, rights-respecting, and self-sustaining democracy.

2. The National Security Council (NSC) asked the Legal Team to produce a preliminary legal analysis and planning document that would assist the NSC in formulating advice for the President on what actions the United States should take concerning the crisis in Zimbabwe. As lessons learned from counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in Afghanistan and Iraq demonstrate, organizing, executing, and sustaining an effective COIN campaign is difficult. The NSC’s request in advance of a decision to intervene in Zimbabwe reflects awareness of the importance of including rule of law operations in COIN strategies.

3. This chapter describes the crisis in Zimbabwe, discusses the emergence of new doctrine in the United States on COIN, and examines the place of rule of law operations in the new thinking on COIN. The chapter also provides a roadmap for the Report and concludes with thoughts the reader should keep in mind when examining the Report.

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