DMB
07 Mar 2009, 09:39 PM
Tsvangirai survived a head-on collision with a truck, but his wife was killed. He has said he believes the truck drove at them deliberately. A former US ambassador to Zimbabwe has aid that there have been suspicious car "accidents" in the past that have got rid of people Mugabe didn't like.
See http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/07/zimbabwe.tsvangirai.wife.accident/index.html
"I'm skeptical about any motor vehicle accident in Zimbabwe involving an opposition figure," said Tom McDonald, the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe from 1997 to 2001. "President Mugabe has a history of strange car accidents when someone lo and behold dies -- it's sort of his M.O., of how they get rid of people they don't like." Watch more on the fatal crash »
McDonald cited the car crash deaths of Defense Minister Moven Mahachi in 2001, Employment Minister Border Gezi in 1999 and Elliot Manyika, a government minister and former regional governor, last year.
"So when I hear that Tsvangirai was in an accident, it gives me pause," McDonald said.
See http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/07/zimbabwe.tsvangirai.wife.accident/index.html
"I'm skeptical about any motor vehicle accident in Zimbabwe involving an opposition figure," said Tom McDonald, the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe from 1997 to 2001. "President Mugabe has a history of strange car accidents when someone lo and behold dies -- it's sort of his M.O., of how they get rid of people they don't like." Watch more on the fatal crash »
McDonald cited the car crash deaths of Defense Minister Moven Mahachi in 2001, Employment Minister Border Gezi in 1999 and Elliot Manyika, a government minister and former regional governor, last year.
"So when I hear that Tsvangirai was in an accident, it gives me pause," McDonald said.