Did Mugabe Try and Murder the Prime Minister?

His thugs have killed thousands directly and ten's of thousands have died because of his land seizure policies, so it would be no surprise. Tsvangirai was almost beaten to death by Mugabe's thugs last year and as we speak the deputy minister from,Roy Bennett, remains in jail on charges of an assassination attempt on Mr. Mugabe. I have no doubt those charges were trumped as his jailing occurred right after the unity deal between Mugabe and the Opposition. It was Mugabe's way of saying I am in control and you must never forget it.

JOHANNESBURG – The fatal car accident on Friday night, killing the wife of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and injuring Mr. Tsvangirai himself, has left many Zimbabweans suspicious about whether this was truly an accident, or an attempted assassination.

Tsvangirai himself says the truck that sideswiped his car, drove “deliberately” at him. But members of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party say that they are withholding judgment as they carry out their own investigation in parallel with that of the police.

Accidents on Zimbabwe’s long-neglected and pot-holed roads are not uncommon, and vehicles often cross into oncoming traffic to avoid holes that would puncture tires. The truck involved in the accident was owned by a partner of the US Agency for International Development, and was carrying drugs and other materials in USAID’s programs to fight HIV and AIDS.

Yet, given the powers of Zimbabwe’s intelligence service and the long history of top political figures dying in suspicious circumstances, many Zimbabweans are questioning the official story.

“ZANU-PF (President Mugabe’s party) has itself to blame if people don’t believe their explanations,” says Ozias Tungwarara, a senior researcher at the Open Society Institute in Johannesburg.

“People refuse to believe the government because of its own actions, its abductions, use of torture, when you look at the unaccountable way that the intelligence services operate, you can sympathize with people’s suspicions. The way they are acting does not build trust,” he says.

Tsvangirai, my prayers and condolences, Mugabe's criminal behavior put you in a no win situation and now your personal tragedy is one more sad story for that tortured nation.