Annan gets an invite:

Mugabe invites Annan to check on ‘cleanup’
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — President Robert Mugabe has invited U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to inspect a so-called urban cleanup campaign for himself after his envoy slammed the destruction of slums, the state-run Herald newspaper reported Monday.

Does anyone else feel like Mugabe is trying to get Annan to stand just a little bit closer to the trapdoor? I’m feeling the political equivalent of sitting in a horror movie and wanting to shout, “DON’T GO INTO THE BASEMENT!”