Take Action: Stop weapons reaching Zimbabwe
To campaign against the supply of arms and ammunition to Zimbabwe amidst the current political crisis.
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Amidst the current tense situation in Zimbabwe, with news of increasing political violence, a Chinese ship, An Yue Jiang, is carrying a cargo of weapons and ammunition bound for Zimbabwe. After South Africa refused to allow overland transport of the cargo from Durban to Zimbabwe, the ship was last reported to be heading for Angola or Mozambique.
Because of the risk that weapons could be used in political violence, we call on Zimbabwe's neighbours not to allow cargos of arms bound for Zimbabwe to pass through their territory. We also call on China and other countries to refrain from supplying weapons to conflict zones. For more info, see This is Zimbabwe, a blog by civic action support group Sokwanele: http://www.sokwanele.com/thisisz... |
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Beng posted a link. at 9:31am on May 19th, 2008
In this news report, Thabo Mbeki says the reports that he ordered the SA navy to refuel the arms ship are complete lies, fabricated in a "lie factory".
Beng posted a link. at 1:39pm on May 17th, 2008
See the translation of a Mozambiacan news article in the comments section, it says the amrs made it to Zim. However, see also: http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_2324158,00.html Where South African officials deny the reports that they refuled the ship. To what extent these reports are true i don't know. The Zim govt seems to be trying to give the impression that they are armed and dangerous as part of their voter intimidation programme so claims coming from them are suspect. However the details of the transport route sound credible. Also the arms shipment is 77 tonnes and an IL-76 has a lift capacity of 40-50 tonnes so it would need 2 trips at least.
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