Zim plans 'ethnic cleansing'

2004-06-21 07:56

London Office

London - A document in which a series of incidents, allegedly aimed at the "ethnic cleansing" of Zimbabwe, has been leaked to the British embassy in Zimbabwe and a London newspaper.

The document was apparently drawn up by advisors of the director-general of operations in president Robert Mugabe's central intelligence organisation.

The Sunday Times of London reported that the document explains that the series of events will be heralded by a "bomb attack on a strategic economic target" in Zimbabwe. British explosives will be used and South African experts will be called in to confirm that the explosives are of British origin.

"British-financed terrorists" will then be blamed for the attack, the document explains. The document is dated June 8, 2004 under the heading, "Solution to the White Problem".

The document states that an attack on a fuel depot, bridge or power station, with explosives and detonators manufactured in Britain, could be blamed on Zimbabwe's opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

It will then seem as if the MDC is a British-financed terrorist organisation and this would become the reason for Zimbabwe withdrawing its ambassador from London and expelling British diplomats and citizens from Zimbabwe.

"They (the British) will be given 48 hours to leave. Their family members who gave up British citizenship will probably accompany them and intimidation at roadblocks will also cause many other whites to leave," the Sunday Times quoted the document.

The document estimates that 90% of whites will leave Zimbabwe within six months.

British officials are investigating the authenticity of the document.

- Die Burger