Harin tashar man fetur ta Beira

Harin da aka kai a tashar man fetur ta Beira wani hari ne a tashar mai a Gundumar Munhava ta Beira a ranar 23 ga Maris, 1979, kuma sojojin Rhodesian SAS ne suka gudanar da shi wadanda suka samu taimako daga rundunar Four-Recce ta Afirka ta Kudu. Harin ya haifar da miliyoyin daloli na lalacewar tankunan mai na Beira na kamfanonin Mozambican da na kasashen waje da kuma karin talla ga ƙungiyar 'yan tawaye ta RENAMO. Kodayake RENAMO ta yi ikirarin alhakin kuma Rhodesia ta yaba da ita ga harin, harin ya kasance kusan dukkanin Rhodesian da Afirka ta Kudu sai dai ga kasancewar wakilin RENAMO guda ɗaya a kan aikin.[3]

 Harin 
An zaɓi mutane 20 daga A Squadron a cikin Rhodesian SAS a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Kyaftin Bob McKenzie don shiga cikin harin. Kungiyar ta tashi daga Salisbury, Rhodesia zuwa sansanin Afirka ta Kudu 4 Recces a Cape Town don fara horo kafin tafiya zuwa Durban inda za su tashi zuwa Beira a cikin SAS Frederick Creswell, Jirgin hari mai sauri. Masu saboteurs sun shiga Beira da misalin karfe 11 na yamma kuma sun isa wuraren samar da man fetur ba tare da an gano su ba. Rhodesians sun yi amfani da bama-bamai, RPGs da bindigogi don lalata tankunan mai tare da babbar wuta da ta mamaye wurin. Birnin ya fashe cikin rikici yayin da ƙungiyar ta tsere daga wurin tare da harbe-harbe da bindigogin jirgin sama da ke harba cikin iska. Squadron ya dawo cikin sana'a ba tare da wata matsala ba sai dai wakilin RENAMO Marco Cinco wanda ya mutu a yaƙi.

 Sakamakon haka 
An aika da ƙungiyar kashe gobara ta Afirka ta Kudu zuwa Beira don kashe wutar da ta yi kusan awanni 40 kafin a kashe ta. Koyaya, an dawo da wutar lantarki ga birnin ne kawai 4 hours bayan an yanke shi. Kimanin farashin lalacewar ya kasance daga dala miliyan 3 zuwa dala miliyan 16 tare da tankunan mai mallakar Mobil Oil, Shell, Caltex da Petrolmoc duk sun lalace.[3] Ana nufin a aika man a cikin ajiyar zuwa Malawi.

An ba Kyaftin Bob McKenzie lambar yabo ta Silver Cross of Rhodesia saboda shiga cikin harin wanda shine lambar yabo ta biyu mafi girma ta soja ta Rhodesia.

 Halin da aka yi 

 Robert Mugabe: Shugaban ZANU-PF Robert Mugabe ya yi Allah wadai da harin yana mai cewa "an yi niyyar rushe Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Mozambique don daga baya ta rage goyon bayanta ga gwagwarmayar 'yanci na mutanen Zimbabwe" "The 23rd March Attack on Oil Depots near Beira" (PDF). 

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 Bayanan littattafai 

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