Patriot Heart
10-16-2005, 04:44 PM
Zimbabwe detained U.S. ambassador
By David R. Sands
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
October 15, 2005
Zimbabwean security guards detained U.S. Ambassador Christopher Dell for more than an hour earlier this week, saying yesterday he trespassed in a restricted zone protecting the residence of President Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe's Foreign Ministry first apologized for the arrest, but then issued an official letter of protest for what it called Mr. Dell's "flagrant disregard" of local security laws.
"The ambassador must consider himself very lucky that he is dealing with a professional army that the Zimbabwe National Army is," Information and Publicity Secretary George Charamba said in a statement carried by Zimbabwe's state-run press. http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/images/icons/biglaugh.gif
http://insider.washingtontimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20051014-110658-6830r
By David R. Sands
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
October 15, 2005
Zimbabwean security guards detained U.S. Ambassador Christopher Dell for more than an hour earlier this week, saying yesterday he trespassed in a restricted zone protecting the residence of President Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe's Foreign Ministry first apologized for the arrest, but then issued an official letter of protest for what it called Mr. Dell's "flagrant disregard" of local security laws.
"The ambassador must consider himself very lucky that he is dealing with a professional army that the Zimbabwe National Army is," Information and Publicity Secretary George Charamba said in a statement carried by Zimbabwe's state-run press. http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/images/icons/biglaugh.gif
http://insider.washingtontimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20051014-110658-6830r