According to an article from The Herald Zimbabwe about the “illegal” sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Britain, the European Union, the United States and their allies are estimated to have cost Zimbabwe over US$42billion in revenue over the past 14 years. This apparently prompted the Zimbabwe Government to launch a lawsuit against the EU to which Britain has failed to make representations.
The revelations, that are likely to leave London with egg streaming down the face, are contained in an article titled ‘’Robert Mugabe’s 2013 Presidential Election Campaign’’ that was published in the Journal of African Studies, 2013, Vol 39.
The article, quoting former South African president Thabo Mbeki, revealed that Britain had “frozen” non-existent assets and that the then British prime minister, Mr Tony Blair, had in 2000 exerted pressure on South Africa in a bid to establish a military base to attack Zimbabwe and depose President Mugabe.
“Britain began saying to us (South Africans) that Bob Mugabe had a castle in Scotland, money in British banks, and these were the things they were going to freeze. We said we cannot stop you. We can stop you (from) invading Zimbabwe from here (South Africa) but we cannot do anything about your sanctions.”
In November last year Cde Mbeki revealed that he came under pressure from Blair to help in a military invasion of Zimbabwe.
Mr Blair denied the allegation only to have former British chief of staff Retired Field Marshal Charles Guthrie refute Mr Blair’s claims saying he was asked by the British government if he could look into the possibility of invading Zimbabwe.
He, however, was against the idea saying it would be “a very difficult military operation” given the military might of Zimbabwe and that the operations would be extremely dangerous since the British farmers were all over the country…
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