British diplomat gets death threat in Zimbabwe paper

A columnist in Zimbabwe’s state-run Herald newspaper on Tuesday accused a senior British diplomat in Harare of directing an anti-government ‘terror and propaganda campaign,’ and warned she could end up dead. An opinion column signed by David Samuriwo charged that Gillian Dare, an embassy political and media officer, had a large fund to pay Zimbabwean journalists, academics and opposition politicians to attack President Robert Mugabe. ‘Gillian Dare, the purse holder and financier of the violence being perpetrated by the MDC, should be aware that by throwing away all diplomatic etiquette into the dustbin and putting on her combat gear, she has become a prime target for deportation,’ Tuesday’s column said. ‘It will be a pity for her family to welcome her at Heathrow airport in a body bag, just like some of her colleagues from Iraq and Afghanistan,’ Samuriwo added. (Reuters via ABC News)

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