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Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front central committee member Manatsa Mutasa told United States embassy officials that ZANU-PF had told central committee members that Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai had won 48 percent of the 2008 presidential vote and Robert Mugabe 43 percent so ZANU-PF was preparing for war because there was no guarantee that Mugabe could win a run-off.

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Tanzania’s Foreign Minister Bernard Membe said things were tense in Zimbabwe following the 29 March elections and he had urged his Southern African Development Community counterparts to urge caution before making any statements, once the election outcome was announced.

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An Israeli newspaper, Maariv, reported that the Movement for Democratic Change had accused the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad of acting through an Israeli high-tech company to rig elections in Zimbabwe in favour of President Robert Mugabe in the 2008 elections.

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President Robert Mugabe threatened the riot act if businesses did not roll back prices claiming that price increases were part of a scheme to effect regime change.

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Zimbabwe was an unattractive destination for investment for both foreigners and Zimbabweans alike because it paid lip service to Marxist economic principles but increasingly used ideology to mask growing corruption according to the United States ambassador James McGee.

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The United States deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour Erica Barks-Ruggles said Washington should press the African Union to exert more influence over Zimbabwe and press for international monitors to observe the March 2008 elections.

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Ibbo Mandaza, who was Simba Makoni’s chief backer, dismissed a poll that showed that President Robert Mugabe had 30 percent support with Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai trailing by 2 percentage points at 28 percent and independent candidate Makoni a distant 12 percent.

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President Robert Mugabe is reported to have asked:”Where is Makoni, I thought he was going to take some of Tsvangirai’s support”, when he learnt that Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai had attracted a crowd of 25 000 at his election rally in Mutare.

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The February 21 issue of The Herald was a 44-page bumper issue including two eight-page supplements commemorating President Mugabe’s 84th birthday, according to the United States embassy.

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