green bomber
n.— «In the run-up to general parliamentary and presidential elections in 2000 and 2002, Mugabe’s war veteran supporters and militant members of his ZANU-PF party, commonly known as “green bombers,” waged a violent campaign against Tsvangirai’s MDC and led the invasion of white-owned farms which have now been nationalised and redistributed to blacks.» —“Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai in new drive against Mugabe” by Cris Chinaka in Harare, Zimbabwe Reuters Sept. 29, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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