UN Recruits Mugabe's Killers as Kosovo "Peacekeepers".

Just in time for the UN's World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa, Zimbabwe's Marxist dictator Robert Mugabe escalated his campaign to liquidate that nation's white farmers. At the same time, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) were "asked to join the UN force in Kosovo despite allegations that the force ... has aided President Mugabe's campaign to undermine the rule of law," reported the September 5th London Daily Telegraph.

As the Zimbabwean economy collapses, bands of terrorists who call themselves "War Veterans" have been unleashed on both the nation's white farmers and members of the Movement for Democratic Change, the country's opposition political party. The ZRP and other Zimbabwean law enforcement organs have allowed the depredations to proceed unchecked -- or have eagerly joined in the mayhem. "The ZRP demonstrably ignore the rule of law at home," commented Tony Reeler of the Human Rights Forum in Zimbabwe. "We must wonder why they are entrusted to protect lives in Kosovo when they are unable to protect the lives of people at home."

Asked to reply to criticism of the UN's decision, Zimbabwe police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena retorted that the ZRP is held in "high regard" by the UN, and that the world body had actively solicited its involvement in the Kosovo mission: "We get a request from the UN and we supply the officers."