WARNING: This is Version 1 of my old archive, so Photos will NOT work and many links will NOT work. But you can find articles by searching on the Titles. There is a lot of information in this archive. Use the SEARCH BAR at the top right. Prior to December 2012; I was a pro-Christian type of Conservative. I was unaware of the mass of Jewish lies in history, especially the lies regarding WW2 and Hitler. So in here you will find pro-Jewish and pro-Israel material. I was definitely WRONG about the Boeremag and Janusz Walus. They were for real.
Original Post Date: 2002-09-12 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 9/12/2002 3:27:47 PM
War Vets shoot at whites using shotguns
President Robert Mugabe’s militias in northern Zimbabwe stepped up their attempts to drive a white farmer off his land yesterday, opening fire on the family for the second day in a row
President Robert Mugabe’s militias in northern Zimbabwe stepped up their attempts to drive a white farmer off his land yesterday, opening fire on the family for the second day in a row, neighbours said. A horse was also trapped alive in its stable on a farm in the Karoi district 200 km north of Harare and appeared to have been burnt alive deliberately, they said. The animal suffered 90 degree burns and had to be destroyed. Earlier in the afternoon, farmer Ian Cochrane (43), and his wife, Jo, fled when they were confronted by a mob of about 60 people. Up to 30 shots were fired, first in the air and then at them, by eight men armed with shotguns, said neighbour Alan Parsons. Neither was injured.
The use of firearms by war veterans and squatters against white farmers has been relatively uncommon since the illegal state-driven invasion of white land began in February 2000. However, several of the 13 white farmers murdered since then have died in gunfire, some of them in full military-style assaults or ambushes by heavily armed “veterans” and members of Mugabe’s secret police. Mugabe charges that whites continue to own the majority of arable land in this southern African country, and has implemented forced evictions of white farmers from about 3000 properties and turned over the land to landless peasants. Hundreds of thousands of black farm workers employed by the farmers, however, have been displaced and many Zimbabweans are starving because of lagging food production.
Cochrane’s farm has not been listed for eviction, but he is regarded as an outspoken member of his community who has confronted police and demanded they act against lawless ruling party militias. The recent attacks are regarded as an attempt to force him to flee. The mob also surrounded the home of Cochrane’s mother, Thea Cochrane (67), screaming at her, while some of them forced their way into a cottage next door belonging to Cochrane’s sister and looted it, Parsons said. Armed police arrived at the scene after the mob had left, but refused to leave an armed guard to protect the family, who include the couple’s two young children. No attempt was made to pursue the mob.
Source: SABC News
Published:Thu 12-Sep-2002
URL: http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID…br>