Mugabe cholera denial was 'sarcasm'

[Kimosabe]

Harare - President Robert Mugabe was using sarcasm when he claimed Zimbabwe had defeated a cholera epidemic, a spokesperson said on Friday, accusing Western media of distorting his remarks.

Mugabe said on Thursday in a nationally broadcast speech that "there is no cholera" in Zimbabwe after doctors and the World Health Organisation stopped the epidemic that has claimed nearly 800 lives and infected more than 16 000 people.

Mugabe also denounced what he described as Western plans to invade Zimbabwe because of the outbreak.

The government mouthpiece Herald newspaper quoted presidential spokesperson George Charamba as saying that Mugabe had been making "his argument through sarcasm, noting that now that efforts deployed so far towards containing the outbreak were beginning to yield positive results".

Charamba denounced the BBC and France 24, which he said "deliberately distort and misrepresent President Mugabe's remarks".

"Clearly, these two Western networks have chosen a path of wilful distortion of a clear statement and argument by the Zimbabwean president, in order to advance the war and regime change agenda of their expansionist governments," Charamaba said in the Herald.

He added that Zimbabwe still wanted international assistance to fight the disease, which last week was declared a national emergency. - AFP

Man I have never been that sarcastic.

 

[syntax]

they confuse sarcastic with insanity through syphallis

 

[semiautomatix]

Its a similar tactic to the ANC "I was quoted out of context" approach.

 

[HypoThesis]

Mad Bob and Zuma...should be some lovely conversations there in about 4 months time.

"Cholera? I'm sure a shower will sort them out"

 

[JHatman]

This on the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7779142.stm


Several African and Western leaders have recently said it was time for Mr Mugabe to step down.

Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga said African countries should force him from power.

But the African Union has rejected such calls, saying a solution to Zimbabwe's problems must come from the power-sharing talks.

People are dying because of this man. I think the time for talking is finished.

 

[PeterCH]

This on the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7779142.stm


Several African and Western leaders have recently said it was time for Mr Mugabe to step down.

Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga said African countries should force him from power.

But the African Union has rejected such calls, saying a solution to Zimbabwe's problems must come from the power-sharing talks.

People are dying because of this man. I think the time for talking is finished.

Ok, so who's going to die to liberate Zim? You going to send yourself?

 

[Flanders]

Well well. What a bloody appropriate subject to choose for a spontaneous outburst of "sarcasm" from the fearless leader.

Bravo, moron.

 

[Slaine73]

Excuse me, don't you need a brain and some intelligence so as to be able to use sarcasm?

 

[stoke]

So, is the Best Army in Africa comment also Scarcazm?

 

[Slaine73]

LOL Imagine: Sig Heil mein Bob(bejaan)

 

[JHatman]

Ok, so who's going to die to liberate Zim? You going to send yourself?

Wouldn't be much of a fight. Any army marching into Zim would have been fed and paid.

A dictatorship is like a snake, just chop the head off problem solved.

 

[Flanders]

Hehe...an inevitable future statement from the madman should the west ever take military action (not that they would) would be something like:

Eet ees clearly the fault of theh breetesh that owah ah-mee was defeated.

 

[OhGats]

Wouldn't be much of a fight. Any army marching into Zim would have been fed and paid.

A dictatorship is like a snake, just chop the head off problem solved.

Problem is, with bob out of the picture you still have a whole wodge of his cronies all jostling for power. It wont solve the problem, only prolong the pain.

 

[Slootvreter]

Its a similar tactic to the ANC "I was quoted out of context" approach.

+1

 

[rwenzori]

Mugabe says there is no cholera in Zim and Heidi Klum is his girlfriend

http://www.hayibo.com/articles/view/930

Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe says there is no cholera outbreak in his country, and has also announced that Heidi Klum is his girlfriend. The news has reportedly left long-time partner Thabo Mbeki heartbroken. "Robert said he was always working late because of the cholera," sobbed Mbeki. "Now I hear it wasn't cholera. It was that German hussy."

 

[JHatman]

Now Mugabes pointing fingers at Britain for the cholera epidemic. This guys really losing it big time.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hZh4Uz-MdCMxHkTx8fCD7tOBAxbQ