PM a criminal, says Zimbabwe

"The Australian people should really stand against John Howard's Gestapo tendencies and interference with other states. He wants to cause insecurity in our country and that we will not allow," Dr Ndlovu said on ABC radio today.

"He is the international Gestapo and a criminal ... he is worse than anybody else, his actions in banning the cricket is just one example of being the Gestapo," Dr Ndlovu said of Mr Howard.

Godwins Law in full effect, and by a strange twist of logic, when one of Mugabe's cronies insults you, it's actually a compliment.