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...press conference with South African president Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday, American reporters asked about whether committing troops to Liberia would stretch U.S. forces to their limit given the protracted engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan. "My answer to people is that we won't overextend our troops, period," responded Bush quickly...
...White House isn't the only one that tightly controls these press conferences. While Mbeki opposed U.S. action in Iraq, the topic was never discussed, in public or private, despite the fact that protestors were in the streets denouncing the U.S. invasion ("Go away, we already have enough Bushes in Africa," read one placard). And President Bush did not criticize Mbeki for what some U.S. officials see as an overly soft approach towards neighboring Zimbabwe whose leader Robert Mugabe is accused of winning his last election through fraud and intimidation...
...Mbeki has been reluctant to push Mugabe because bowing to Western pressure would cost Mbeki politically at home and diminish his standing amongAfrican leaders. In an interview with CNN last month, the South African leader pushed back at Secretary of State Colin Powell who wrote a critical article in The New York Times arguing that South Africa should be more active in Zimbabwe. "I think it is ill advised for him [Powell] to create the impression that he is directing what South Africa should do," said Mbeki. But today, there was none of that. "Sharp differences?" he said when...
Perhaps, but Mandela may have anticipated the snub. Asked at the press conference last Friday if he would discuss the Iraq war with President Bush, he replied, "I know he's coming to see [President Thabo Mbeki], but I cannot be sure if he's going to want to meet me. So I won't be able to tell him anything." And Mandela seems ready to initiate detente: "I have said what I wanted to say," he added, "and I don't have to repeat it." --By Tony Karon and James Carney
...each lead a multinational division overseeing one zone. The U.S. will keep reduced forces centered near Baghdad. The Bush Administration would like to avoid the stigma of American occupation and share the security of the country after weeks of violence and looting. Neighborly Advice zimbabwe South African President Thabo Mbeki confirmed that he will travel to Harare this week, accompanied by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Malawian leader Bakili Muluzi, for talks with President Robert Mugabe on the country's economic and political crisis. But Mbeki's spokesman denied reports that the group would pressure Mugabe to step down. Opposition...