"We will not accept, let alone support or salute, anyone with a different agenda that threatens the very existence of our sovereignty, our country and our people," the commander of the defense forces, Gen. Vitalis Zvinavashe, told reporters in Harare, according to the state-controlled Herald newspaper.
He appointed new commanders late Monday, including Maj. Gen. Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin as commander of the defense forces.
The 230 Palestinians killed in the Israeli air raid on Gaza Saturday included three senior officers: Tawfik Jabber, the commander of Hamas' police force in Gaza; his adjutant, Ismail al-Ja'abri, commander of the defense and security directorate; and Abu-Ahmad Ashur, Hamas' Gaza central district governor.
The defense minister, Oleksandr Kuzmuk, suspended the commander of the air defense force and the commander in charge of air defense training, the first disciplinary actions since the military accidentally shot down a Russian passenger plane two weeks ago, killing 78 people.
Gen. Doron Gavish, the commander of the air defense corps of the Israeli Air Force, said the mobile battery was built to be easily disassembled, and would be deployed at a variety of sites in southern Israel in the coming weeks as part of an evaluation.
BAGHDAD — On April 18, American and British officials from a secretive unit called the Force Strategic Engagement Cell flew to Jordan to try to persuade one of Saddam Hussein's top generals — the commander of the final defense of Baghdad in 2003 — to return home to resume efforts to make peace with the new Iraq.
The commander of the Croatian defense forces in Glina is actually no longer in Glina.
General of the Artillery Helmuth Weidling, the commander of the Berlin Defense Area, surrendered with his staff at 06:06.
