Washington To China: Stop Giving Zimbabwe Arms

By Duane Lester • Apr 22nd, 2008 • 107 Views

The United States is asking China to not only stop sending Mugabe arms shipments, but to take back the one they sent:

Beijing was told “to refrain from making additional shipments and, if possible, to bring this one back,” department spokesperson Tom Casey said, referring to a Chinese ship loaded with arms intended for Zimbabwe and now reportedly headed to Angola.

Washington has also asked Angola and Zimbabwe’s other neighbours, including South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia, not to allow the ship, identified as the An Yue Jiang, to dock or offload the weapons.

“We don’t think that under the present circumstances given the current political crisis in Zimbabwe that now is the time for anyone to be increasing the number of weapons and armaments available in that country,” Casey said.

Why are we even dealing with this? What business is it of ours if China sells Zimbabwe arms or not? Mugabe is a ruthless thug, but I don’t know that it is any of our business if this transaction occurs.

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