of the presidential votes, even though these results had not yet been published. It has caused the results of the Presidential Election to be withheld for a protracted period whilst it regroups and it is strongly believed that it is fraudulently manipulating the count in favour of President Mugabe to change the results so that Tsvangirai’s vote is reduced to less than 50% and that the gap between him and Mugabe is narrowed or Mugabe is given a simple majority lead over Tsvangirai. ZEC commissioners seem to have been ousted from this process. Their command centre was moved to a secret location and opposition party agents were excluded from the processing of the final presidential figures. At the same time, ZANU PF commenced a country wide campaign of violent intimidation to try to ensure that it will win the anticipated re-run of the Presidential Election. Large numbers of police riot squad and army personnel have been deployed in Harare to forestall victory celebrations by the MDC and any popular display of support for the MDC. The show of force has included buzzing the city by fighter jets and the deployment of armoured vehicles and water cannon vehicles. Helicopters have reportedly been flying over the Mutoko district where some of the worst violence to date has been recorded. ZANU PF has falsely alleged that the MDC intends to reverse the land re-settlement programme by allowing white farmers to re-occupy farmland. It has put out a false story that white farmers were returning to the country to take back their farms. Against this backdrop it has orchestrated a series of invasions of many of the small number of farms still in the hands of white farmers. It has also disseminated a series of documents purporting to emanate from the MDC but which in fact are forgeries. One of these claims that the MDC hatched a plot to bribe polling officials to falsify results in favour of the MDC. Another claim that the MDC is exhorting the use of violence. These false documents are clearly aimed at providing an excuse to arrest MDC officials and to crack down upon MDC supporters. The country wide terror campaign has been directed mainly against rural people suspected of having voted for the MDC in the election. The operation has been dubbed Operation Mavhoterapapi (Where you put your 'X' i.e. how you voted in the election.) A substantial number of senior army officers are the main organisers of this campaign, but war veterans and youth militia elements are being used as the main instruments of terror. Local party structures are also involved in organising the campaign. The violence is planned, 5