Could this be any more bizarre? Thabo Mbeki and the other regional leaders better be paying close attention to this farce of an election. One of these days they're going to have to step up and help their neighbors or else openly welcome refugees, which they're not doing very well.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been repeatedly detained during his campaign, but has faced no charges. His Movement for Democratic Change says 66 people have been killed in the election violence by ruling ZANU-PF supporters.
Mugabe blames the opposition for the disturbances.
"There is now a pattern readable across the country and that has now to stop," he told a campaign rally in Kadoma, 150 km (90 miles) south of the capital Harare.
"We are warning them that we will not hesitate to arrest them, and we will do that in broad daylight. They think they are protected by the British and the Americans. The law of the country has to be observed."
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