Libyan potentate Moammar Gadhafi is strengthening his alliance with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe with an eye toward gaining more influence in black Africa.
Geostrategy-Direct Intelligence Brief quotes Western intelligence sources as saying Gadhafi and Mugabe have struck a deal – Libya will support Mugabe as it expels white farmers from the country and confiscates their property.
The deal is based on the assessment that Mugabe’s expulsion will result in international sanctions as well as a flight of hard currency from Zimbabwe. That’s where Libya comes in. Gadhafi has pledged to export oil to Zimbabwe regardless of its ability to pay.
The Libyan supply will cover 70 percent of Zimbabwe’s needs. Gadhafi, who visited Harare in July, ordered his state bank to make the necessary financial arrangements.
What does Gadhafi want? First, the Libyan ruler wants to extend his grip to Black Africa. At the same time, Gadhafi wants a piece of Zimbabwe’s lucrative mining industry.
Libya has been aiding the Marxist-run nation of Zimbabwe as it continues to slide into totalitarianism.
As recently as 1979, Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia, a white-run, pro-West nation that was an exporter of grain to other nations in Africa. Mugabe has, in recent years, encouraged cadres to attack white-owned farms and confiscate property.
Libya is heavily involved in propping up Mugabe’s failing regime. On July 29, the Zimbabwe Standard reported that Gadhafi made a pledge of $1 million to Mugabe’s political party to bolster his campaign for next year’s presidential election. Such a gift is illegal under the Political Parties (Finance) Act.
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