----- Original Message ----- From: "Ochieno, Joseph" <[log in to unmask]> To: "'celiba'" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 7:53 PM Subject: RE: Zimbabwe 'seizes US cargo plane' > Charles, > > This story is seemingly very nearly true! These guys are desparate, because > they know economically, things were turning round in Zimbabwe and given only > ten months, the NRA supported MDC would be no more. > > > Ochieno > > -----Original Message----- > From: celiba [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 08 March 2004 17:12 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Zimbabwe 'seizes US cargo plane' > > > > If this BBC report below is true, could it be that the imperialist are now > doing everything to provoke Mugabe so that they can come up a ploy for > invading Zimbabwe. > > Charles Eliba > > Zimbabwe 'seizes US cargo plane' > > > The cargo plane was impounded at Harare airport > A US-registered cargo plane with 64 suspected mercenaries on board has been > impounded in Harare, Zimbabwe's Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi has said. > The Boeing 727-100 was held on Sunday after it had "made a false declaration > of its cargo and crew," Mr Mohadi said. > > He said the plane was carrying mercenaries of differing nationalities and > "military material". > > A spokeswoman from the US embassy in the Zimbabwean capital could not > confirm or deny the reports. > > Mr Mohadi told a news conference that the plane was detained at 1930 local > time (1730GMT) at Harare International Airport. > > He said the plane was carrying "64 suspected mercenaries of various > nationalities". and "military material". > > Inquiry > > The minister said an investigation was under way to establish the men's > identities and their "ultimate mission". > > > Journalists were not able to see the plane as Mr Mohadi said it had been > moved to a military base. > > It was also not immediately clear what has happened to those on board the > plane. > > The BBC is banned from entering Zimbabwe and so its correspondents were not > at the news conference. > > Alistair Leithead, reporting from South Africa, said there was no > independent verification of the government's claims. > > The US embassy in Harare said the Zimbabwean Government had not communicated > with them about the plane. > > Our correspondent said the incident was "intriguing", given that Zimbabwean > President Robert Mugabe has repeatedly accused the US and Britain of > plotting to overthrow him. > > > ********************************************************************** > Southwark Council routinely monitors the content of e-mail sent and received via its network for the purposes of ensuring compliance with its policies and procedures. > > Employees must not store or send electronic material that uses un-authorised encryption, contains program files, is obscene, indecent, sexist, racist, defamatory, abusive, in breach of copyright, or otherwise inappropriate. Electronic material of this nature sent in or out of the Council's network, or electronic material found containing a virus, may be intercepted and stopped by the system. > > Southwark Council is not responsible for any changes made to the message after it has been sent. Where opinions are expressed, they are not necessarily those of Southwark Council. > > This e-mail and any files transferred with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > > If you are not the intended recipient, or the person responsible for delivering it to them, you may not copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it or any part of it in any way. To do so may be unlawful. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please advise the sender immediately. > > All enquiries relating to this policy should be directed to the > [log in to unmask] on behalf of Southwark Council Town Hall > Complex, 31 Peckham Road, London, SE5 8UB Tel: 020 7525 5000 > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > www.mimesweeper.com > ********************************************************************** > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~