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Hugabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-29-08 03:23 PM
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Mugabe sworn in after disputed Zimbabwean election
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Source: CNN

President Robert Mugabe was sworn in Sunday after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission declared he overwhelmingly won the country's disputed runoff election.

"I, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, do swear that I will well and truly serve Zimbabwe in the office of president, so help me God," Mugabe said at the State House complex in Harare, standing before a red-robed judge wearing a white wig.
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The international community has roundly called the election -- allegedly marred by violence and vote rigging -- a "sham."

Many voters expressed fear of government retaliation if they did not take part in the vote to extend Mugabe's rule. Some said they were required to report the serial numbers on their ballots to Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union -- Patriotic Front.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/29/zimbabwe.sunday/index.html?iref=mpstoryview



Gee, what a fucking shocker. Brutally attack anyone who shows any signs whatsoever of supporting the opposition, and then bask in the "overwhelming" victory.

Goddamned fucker.
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