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It said weather was being manipulated for political gain using unspecified
"unconventional" chemical weapons.
The Herald is widely seen as a mouthpiece for President Robert Mugabe's
government, correspondents say.
It said recent droughts, which defied predictions by the Zimbabwean
government and the Southern African Development Community's Drought Monitoring
Centre, pointed to the possibility of the weather being modified for
political purposes.
"The overt and covert machinations by Zimbabwe's former colonial ruler
Britain, which has declared its intentions to effect illegal regime change in
Harare, have given credence to the conspiracy theory," the paper said.
It said that the US Famine Early Warning System had predicted famine in
Zimbabwe six months before it occurred.
"The prediction, which was the exact opposite of other forecasts, seems to
confirm that the conspiracy to remove the Zimbabwean government has gone
chemical." The Herald further states that "On June 14 last year, British Prime Minister, Tony Blair openly admitted that his Labour government and its western allies are; "working closely with the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) on measures to put pressure for change on the (President) Mugabe regime, because there is no salvation for the people of Zimbabwe until that regime is changed". The MDC leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is said to have mentioned on several occasions that the people of Zimbabwe would starve because they allowed the Zimbabwe Government to implement its land reform programme. "Mati mune nzara? Murikushaya chikafu? Muchashayisisa chaizvo chaizvo! (You say you are starving, you do not have food, you are really going to be without food) Mugabe akakupromisayi bumper harvest asi acha-harvester drought. (President) Mugabe is promising a bumper harvest but you will only harvest drought)." This predication is said to be a confirmation that the conspiracy to remove the Zimbabwean Government has gone chemical Zimbabwe is currently facing a food crisis and the country urgently needs to import 1.2 million tonnes of food to avoid famine. Correspondents say the crisis is complex with erratic rains, disastrous economic policies, land reform and the spread of HIV/Aids all playing a part Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
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The Herald, a state-run
newspaper in Zimbabwe has suggested the UK and US are to blame for droughts in
southern Africa. The Herald said climate change has been artificially induced
"in a bid to arm-twist the region to capitulate to the whims of the world's
superpowers".
