Original sentence: George Shire is a Zimbabwean political analyst with close links to Robert Mugabe.He claims to be an academic who has worked at the Open University although this has been denied by the university.He claims to have been a veteran of the war to liberate Rhodesia from white minority rule in the Rhodesian Bush War although the veracity of this claim has also been questioned.He has written newspaper articles and participated in television and radio programs defending the actions of Robert Mugabe's government.He is a brother of Perence Shire who led the massacre by the Zimbabwean 5th brigade of the Ndebele in the south of Zimbabwe in the 1980's.On the subject of the beating by Zimbabwean police in Harare of Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the MDC, Shire was quoted as saying "When you attack a police station... you can hardly expect a cup of tea
Edited sentence: George Shire is a Zimbabwean political analyst.He has written newspaper articles and participated in television and radio programs, giving counterbalance to the massive media assault on Zimbabwe and President Robert Mugabe.He is a veteran of the war to liberate the then Rhodesia from white minority rule in the Second Chimurenga.He is an academic who has worked at the Open University.On the subject of the 'beating' by Zimbabwean police in Harare of Morgan Tsvangirai after an illegal and potentially violent demonstration disguised as 'a prayer meeting', the leader of the MDC, Shire was quoted as saying "When you attack a police station... you can hardly expect a cup of tea