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'Blair and Bush wanted to attack Zimbabwe'
14 Aug 2017 at 02:18hrs | Views
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe Saturday blasted Tony Blair, alleging that former British Prime Minister was still "angry" over government's land reform programme which resulted in whites being violently evicted from their farms in 2000, NewZimbabwe.com reported.
During a speech at Pelandaba Stadium in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province, Mugabe told thousands of his supporters that he discovered Blair was a thief when the former British PM teamed up with then US leader George W Bush to invade Iraq claiming President Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
"Bush and Blair are thieves. Up to this day, they have no reason for having invaded Iraq because there were no weapons of mass destruction.
"Blair is not happy with the acquisition of our land from white farmers," he added.
Mugabe also blamed the West for going as far as trying to establish bases in some countries neighbouring Zimbabwe for the purposes of undermining the regime.
"Blair and Bush wanted to attack us. Fortunately, those countries approached refused to aid them. They all refused. They wanted to invade us because of our land. Shame on them! Shame! Now after failing to invade us, Blair went to the European Union saying there is no rule of law, no democracy and no justice in Zimbabwe. That is how we got the sanctions we have today.
"So, we have two friends working together and deciding on imposing sanctions on us. The Westerners are trying to wage another war on us as they believe that we can collapse, but our people support us and they do understand as we fought for our land.
"The land was the number one grievance we talked about at the Lancaster House Conference. So we said we must secure that land through a process of land acquisition which could be supported by you the British," Mugabe said.
During a speech at Pelandaba Stadium in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province, Mugabe told thousands of his supporters that he discovered Blair was a thief when the former British PM teamed up with then US leader George W Bush to invade Iraq claiming President Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
"Bush and Blair are thieves. Up to this day, they have no reason for having invaded Iraq because there were no weapons of mass destruction.
"Blair is not happy with the acquisition of our land from white farmers," he added.
"Blair and Bush wanted to attack us. Fortunately, those countries approached refused to aid them. They all refused. They wanted to invade us because of our land. Shame on them! Shame! Now after failing to invade us, Blair went to the European Union saying there is no rule of law, no democracy and no justice in Zimbabwe. That is how we got the sanctions we have today.
"So, we have two friends working together and deciding on imposing sanctions on us. The Westerners are trying to wage another war on us as they believe that we can collapse, but our people support us and they do understand as we fought for our land.
"The land was the number one grievance we talked about at the Lancaster House Conference. So we said we must secure that land through a process of land acquisition which could be supported by you the British," Mugabe said.
Source - newzimbabwe
