Zim election gets dirty

Peter Davies on BNN:

February 18th, 2008 by Peter Davies

According to Zimbabwe Today, a memo leaked from Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation puts “all national and provincial security operatives…” on “condition red.”: ”Be advised to temporarily suspend all minor operations in your provinces for RDWK ahead.” (I just love the acronym RDWK, which apparently means “real dirty work”…) It also instructs all operatives to: “…Employ all RDWK strategies without restraint. Mobilise street kids in urban areas, hire them, then plant them at all Makoni’s rallies to cause violence. The police will be on hand to arrest rioters. Those arrested will be detained in jails until after the elections.” .....