There are rumours in Damascus that senior officers have profited from an arms trade, but businessmen say it is quite possible, given the murkiness of the Syrian power structure, that the top leadership was unaware of serious hanky-panky.

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The events at 7-Eleven suggest a level of hanky-panky on several levels.

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Mr Godwin demolishes any idea that Mr Mugabe's campaign was just a bit of electoral hanky-panky assisted by some local Zanu-PF enthusiasts going over the top.

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Ballot-box hanky-panky is also much harder in an age of machine voting (the controversy in 2000 was not over intentional fraud, but counting rules and ballot design).

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And until we get to the bottom of it, until members of Congress are able to hear the testimony, I have every reason to suspect there was a little hanky-panky going on.

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