Rapaport TradeWire - Friday, July 10, 2009
Zimbabwe army refuses to withdraw The announcement came despite a call from the Kimberley Process, which works to end the sale of "blood diamonds", for the demilitarisation of the Marange fields, where security forces are accused of torture, killings and other abuses against civilians.
"The officer commanding Manicaland province, senior assistant commissioner Munorwei Shava Mathuthu, said security forces will remain in place to deal with illegal diamond dealers and panners," said the statement read on state television.
Mines Minister Obert Mpofu "concurred with the security forces", state television added -- although on Sunday the government had said it would conduct a phased withdrawal from Marange.
A team from the Kimberley Process on Wednesday accused the military of being involved in illegal diamond mining in the Marange and of perpetrating "horrific" violence against civilians.
The team recomended that Zimbabwe remove the army from Marange by July 20.
The team visited Zimbabwe last week on a fact-finding mission, after Human Rights Watch accused the armed forces of using torture and forced labour to control the Marange fields, saying 200 people had been killed last year.
Zimbabwe has denied the allegations.
The Kimberley Process was launched in 2003 to stop the flow of conflict diamonds into the mainstream market following wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Zimbabwe has two other diamond mines, Murowa and River Ranch, which are Kimberley certified and are not involved the claims of abuses. Source
President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace celebrating
Grace Mugabe is also mulling over a multi-million pound diamond venture on the Chinese mainland, sending diamonds to be cut in Qingdao. In addition to the latest apartments, the Mugabes are thought to have several more properties throughout South East Asia and close links not only with the Chinese government, but also with the former Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir bin Mohamad.
Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe 'buys £4m apartment in Hong Kong'
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Above Zimabweans burying their dead
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Above Zimbabweans digging for diamonds 
ABOVE: Zimbabwe farmers Netty and Bruce Rogers 
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Zimbabweans waiting for fresh water
ABOVE: In prayer and deep thought, Samson is a child victim of political violence
ABOVE: Zaka, Zimbabwe – A torched man lies haplessly after the milita left him for dead
Below children victims of political violence
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Below Worthless Money
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Blood Diamonds Plugging the Gaps
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The Threat of Chinese Imperialism
Co-starring Russia
The Belgians occupied the Congo murdering over ten million Congolese in the worst forms of imperial colonialism between 1890 and 1907 under the reign of King Leopold II, historically regarded as the precursor to Adolf Hitler, barely noticed and never held accountable for their atrocities without any compensation for the pillaging of Congo's natural resources.
Did any of us ever learn from history ???
The incredible wealth of Communist China has now replaced the Belgians on even a larger scale with wholesale corruption of many greedy African leaders and their cronies for the purpose of supplying natural resources to China such as oil, gold, uranium, cobalt and diamonds.
China's latent racism is concealed under quiet and astute diplomacy. Blacks killing blacks, Muslims killing Muslims while the Chinese continue to plunder and occupy the African continent serves both purposes.
Sudan sells 60 percent of its oil and 40 percent of its total exports to China, which has invested heavily in Sudan's oil industry and sold weapons to its army. As long as Beijing continues this lucrative partnership, U.S. sanctions, already in place for a decade, are unlikely to prove effective.
The current African leadership be it Negroid or Afro-Arab makes no difference to the Chinese.
Killing each other will only make the Chinese occupation easier.
The Russians are not far behind doing the same thing. The big land grab is full on !
It ironic and Orwellian that two major Communist nations of Russia and China , once the great adversaries of Western expansion, imperialism and colonialism are now doing it themselves unashamedly.
Russian Expansion in Africa Continues
Africa: The Bear And the Dragon
The USA 's diminished influence is only disguised by it's efforts to be portrayed as the great democratic saviour and world policeman while it puts on a brave face knowing full well what many of us have now realised.It's a simple distraction and the Chinese are no different to how King Leopold II operated while he enriched himself at the expense of millions of murdered Congolese he never laid an eye on.
The USA is in financial debt big time ! and guess to who ? .... China ! and it only took about thirty years to become this incredibly wealthy and dominant while complacent Western leaders played the role of peacekeepers always trying to be the good guys.
Add the threat of Islamic sociopaths and religious fervour to the recipe and the world's balance of power is changing rapidly. Many of us will not be alive to see the legacy left behind that our children and grandchildren will inherit.
It is a dog eat dog world and our weak Western leaders do not seem to have the answers to combat the greed and vision of totalitarians and nut case dictators.
If you are depressed now you ought to be.
I count myself one of the lucky ones that I will not be around when the whole catastrophic vortex spirals out of control. : The Diamond Guru
Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe 'buys £4m apartment in Hong Kong'
Robert Mugabe is their kind of boy
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" In the greatest movement of people the world has ever seen, China is secretly working to turn the entire continent into a new colony.Reminiscent of the West's imperial push in the 18th and 19th centuries - but on a much more dramatic, determined scale - China's rulers believe Africa can become a 'satellite' state, solving its own problems of over-population and shortage of natural resources at a stroke.
With little fanfare, a staggering 750,000 Chinese have settled in Africa over the past decade. More are on the way.
The strategy has been carefully devised by officials in Beijing, where one expert has estimated that China will eventually need to send 300 million people to Africa to solve the problems of over-population and pollution. " Source : How China's taking over Africa, and why the West should be VERY worried By Andrew Malone.
Africa: The Chinese Connection
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The Father of Blood Diamonds : Jamil Sayid Mohamed
Essay : A Treasure Found Among Blood Diamonds
Strongmen of Africa : African Political Role Models Part 2
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WFDB warns about use of conflict diamonds
Zimbabwe prisoners in 'hell on earth' die from disease and hunger
Zimbabwe: Global Diamond Body Orders Ban On Chiadzwa Diamonds
Zimbabwe's Deadly Diamond Fever
Zimbabwe's Deadly Diamond Fever Part 2
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Zimbabwe's Deadly Diamonds Part 4
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Blood Diamonds Flow From Zimbabwe
The Failing Battle Against Blood Diamonds
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme : The Farce Continues
Groups Put Kimberley Process on Notice - Plug the Leaks Now
Kimberley Process Fails Part 2
Kimberley Process Failing Part 3
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Zimbabwe’s deputy prime minister condemns Mugabe’s regime
Zimbabwe seeks Namibian advice on diamond mining
Sierra Leone 'blood diamond' rebels found guilty of war crimes
Kimberley Process Still Threatened Part 3
Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe 'buys £4m apartment in Hong Kong'
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Zimbabwe Diamonds Still Kill Despite Failing Kimberley Process
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Robert Mugabe - Iran, Zimbabwe “THINK ALIKE”
The Mad Mugs Wednesday, November 22, 2006
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Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) welcomes his Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe during an official welcoming ceremony in Tehran November 20, 2006.
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Iran and Zimbabwe “think alike” and “should fight against Western superpowers and their evil systems”, says President Robert Mugabe.
According to reports, the Zimbabwean leader, who was on a four-day state visit to Iran aimed at bolstering political and business ties, said his country and Iran had to come together and work out “mechanisms for defending ourselves”.
Iran and Zimbabwe had been labelled “outposts of tyranny” by American secretary of state Condoleezza Rice.
But Mugabe - who proudly described Iran as a great friend - dismissed the accusation saying that “only G-d can judge”.
Mugabe said: “Some people who regard themselves as demigods say we belong to the axis of evil.Who are they to judge us?”
He was speaking shortly before holding closed-door talks with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday 21 November 2005 .Two ROGUE dictators who COVET nuclear weapons think alike - how convenient.
And what is Ahmadinejad’s attraction to Mugabe and Zimbabwe?
URANIUM ( Mugabe hails uranium find and vows to pursue nuclear power 21st Nov 2005)
Surprised ???
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Fair Trade Diamonds ?????
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme :
The Farce Continues
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African Union Authority Defends Genocidal President
The African Union Joke
Genocidal Heads of State13th African Union Summit
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" Among the objectives of the African Unity's leading institutions are to accelerate the political and socio-economic integration of the continent; to promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples; to achieve peace and security in Africa; and to promote democratic institutions, good governance and human rights. "
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Robert Mugabe with an ever watchful eye arrives 2nd July Sirte Libya for the 13th African Union Summit hosted by Gadaffi of Libya .
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Robert Mugabe greets his good mate and bed fellow genocidal president from Sudan,Omar Al Bashir, accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.
With Chinese oil interests and the corruption of Omar Al-Bashir, it has been estimated over 400,000 innocents have been murdered or starved.
In July 2008, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, accused al-Bashir of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.[8] The court issued an arrest warrant for Al-Bashir on 4 March 2009 on counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity
China has a financial stake in both 
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