GORDON BROWN used a graphic image of a man beaten to death in Zimbabwe to rally world leaders behind imposing new sanctions against President Robert Mugabe's regime. The British Prime Minister showed the G8 summit two pictures of Joshua Bakacheza, an opposition activist whose body was found on Saturday.
No Flaming Michelin Neckware pictures available?
Afterwards, the leaders of the world's eight richest countries agreed to punish 'individuals responsible for the violence' in Zimbabwe with 'financial and other measures'.
But the Zimbabwe Government said threats of financial measures were an insult to African leaders. 'They want to undermine the African Union and [South African] President Mbeki's [mediation] efforts because they are racist, because they think only white people think better,' the Deputy Information Minister, Bright Matonga, said.
...and if whitey's so smart, how come everybody in Zimbabwe's a millionaire? |