Wednesday 2 July 2008

Mandela taken off US terror list

Did you know that Dick Cheney voted against a resolution calling for Madiba to be released back in 1986? And Bush has been in power for how long? So dear readers, here is ample evidence that terrorists are simply the people "they" want "us" to hate and fear.

US President George W Bush has signed a bill removing Nelson Mandela and South African leaders from the US terror watch list, officials say.

Mr Mandela and ANC party members will now be able to visit the US without a waiver from the secretary of state.

The African National Congress (ANC) was designated as a terrorist organisation by South Africa's old apartheid regime.

A US senator said the new legislation was a step towards removing the "shame of dishonouring this great leader".

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