Everybody knew just what sort of “defence” the Chinese weapons would used to inflict upon the population if they ever reached Zimbabwe. All the politicians ummed and ahhed and generally wrung their hands. Thabo Mbeki told journalists that South Africa would not, could not, possibly, interfere in a legitimate transaction between Zimbabwe and China.
THE HOWARD ALBUM: - Here we are at the CIA discussion room in Pakistan... Mamdouh Habib is being told of his legal rights and the wonderful guarantees that Australian citizenship bestow upon him.
Is he worthy???
To the lower left Brendan Nelson tells him tales of Simpson and his Donkey... this would have cracked him open - no doubts - but we got a call from the wimps at the Pentagon saying we could not do anything that might result in death or in permanent damage to an essential organ.