Nelson Mandela Was On US Terrorist Watch-List Until 2008

Former South African President Nelson Mandela passed away Thursday evening at the age of 95. While he was revered by politicians today as a human rights icon, Mandela remained on the U.S. terrorism watch list until 2008, when then-President George W. Bush signed a bill removing Mandela from it.

Then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the restrictions a "rather embarrassing matter that I still have to waive in my own counterpart, the foreign minister of South Africa, not to mention the great leader Nelson Mandela."

"He had no place on our government's terror watch list, and I'm pleased to see this bill finally become law," then-Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said in 2008.

South Africa's apartheid regime designated Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) as a terrorist organization for its battle against the nation's legalized system of racial segregation that lasted from 1948 to 1994.

Former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher also described Mandela's ANC as a "typical terrorist organization" in 1987, refusing to impose sanctions on South Africa's apartheid regime. President Ronald Reagan did as well.

In 1986, former Vice President Dick Cheney, then a congressman, voted along with 179 other members of the House against a non-binding resolution to recognize the ANC and call on the South African government to release Mandela from prison. The measure finally passed, but not before a veto attempt by Reagan.

In 2000, Cheney maintained that he'd cast the correct vote.


Nelson Mandela Was On The U.S. Terrorist Watch List Until 2008

la monf said:

its a shame, great shame ...

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Great shame,David Cameron who was giving glowing tribute yesterday was part of the British youth groups in the mid 80's that travelled to apartheid South Africa with Kill Mandela Tshirt on his back.

Margareth Thatcher and her conservative party including the queen of England were one of the biggest supporters of the apartheid regime during her reign.

The list is endless

Inategemea ntu na ntu.... most ya wapinzani huwa na mbinu chafu so lazima wafuatiliwe kwa ukaribu sana... Utawala ule wa kabulu ilikuwa hiyo kitu iwepo... kwani alikuwa anahatarisha sana madaraka yao....

Hata hapa Tz Wapinzani wanafuatiliwa sana... na wakikosea njia utasikia mtu kadedi au kangolewa kucha kwa koleo n.k Uzuri wa Marekani anaangalia sana Usalama tatizo anakuja onekana mbaya akishamgundua mbaya na akataka kumpiga au ampige ndio tatizo linakuwa hapo ila mambo yakiisha kila mtu anataka kwenda kuishi huko... na Huu ndi ukweli wenyewe hata mtu akibisha

Unafiki wanauonyesha sasa ni waajabu .Mstare wa Mbele Kwenda kumuaga .Jimmy carter ,Reagan walikuwa wapi Wakati baba wa Watu alivyokuwa anaangalia ukuta tuuu .miaka 27 Jela kwa sababu ya kutaka freedom na nchi ni Yako kwa kweli baba wa Watu Aliteseka.Nakumbuka Nyerere alivyokufa walisema socialist mara champion of equal justice Mara champion of Mao ( china late president) .Leo trip Tanzania Clinton Bush kutwa wako Tanzania (Tanzania ni nchi ya Yule waliomwita Dictator Nyerere ) Wanafiki .

Natalia said:

Unafiki wanauonyesha sasa ni waajabu .Mstare wa Mbele Kwenda kumuaga .Jimmy carter ,Reagan walikuwa wapi Wakati baba wa Watu alivyokuwa anaangalia ukuta tuuu .miaka 27 Jela kwa sababu ya kutaka freedom na nchi ni Yako kwa kweli baba wa Watu Aliteseka.Nakumbuka Nyerere alivyokufa walisema socialist mara champion of equal justice Mara champion of Mao ( china late president) .Leo trip Tanzania Clinton Bush kutwa wako Tanzania (Tanzania ni nchi ya Yule waliomwita Dictator Nyerere ) Wanafiki .

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jana David Cameron alikuwa anamuita mandela ni shujaa wakat 1985 alikuwa anataka Mandela anyongwe.

Money Stunna said:

jana David Cameron alikuwa anamuita mandela ni shujaa wakat 1985 alikuwa anataka Mandela anyongwe.

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It doesn't matter, He's a gay boy.

Siasa za chuki na kibaguzi ni hatari sana

kama nyerere alivyomsamehe Gadafi ndivyo mandela alitenda kama yesu pia , yaani pamoja na kubagulia na kufungwa lakini mwisho wa yote alisamehe na hii ikapelekea wazungu wampende na kumwamini sana, ni ajabu kuona wachangiaji wakianza kuonyesha chuki za wazi kwa wazungu, inaashiria hawa wako Anti-mandela bila kujijua, je ndivyo mandela aliwafundisha wafanye hivyo?????????????????????

"We are not anti-white, we are against white supremacy … we have condemned racialism no matter by whom it is professed."
Nelson Mandela, defence statement during the Treason Trial, 1961.


"I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for, and to see realised. But my Lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
Nelson Mandela, defence statement during the Rivonia Trial, 1964. Also repeated during the closing of his speech delivered in Cape Town on the day he was released from prison 27 years later, on 11 February 1990.

Hii inaonyesha vipi wazungu walivyokuwa wanafiki,wazushi,Leo hii Cameron prime minister wa Uingezera analia kwa kifo cha Mandela wakati yeye mwaka wa 1985 akiwa kama mmoja wa viongozi wa chama cha Conservative alikuwa kiongozi wa kuweka vipepereshu kuwa Mandela ni "terrorist"

hii haina tofauti na hap kwetu kwania akina serikali ya TZ wanamlilia Mandela wakati wao wanawaua wapinzani wao na kuwang'oa meno bila ganzi.

huu wetu nao ni ubaguzi ambao Mandela alipigana nas sana kuutokomeza.

chabuso said:

Hii inaonyesha vipi wazungu walivyokuwa wanafiki,wazushi,Leo hii Cameron prime minister wa Uingezera analia kwa kifo cha Mandela wakati yeye mwaka wa 1985 akiwa kama mmoja wa viongozi wa chama cha Conservative alikuwa kiongozi wa kuweka vipepereshu kuwa Mandela ni "terrorist"

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ni kawaida ya mmarekani ...kwa kila mtu ni gaidi...inawezekana hata wewe unafuatuiliwa

Binafsi sioni cha ajabu katika hili, ni interest tu at play. Kwa US, Mandela alikuwa threat to their interests, lazima angeitwa gaidi tu.

Lakini tusisahau kuwa ni CIA ndio waliowa-pressure South Africa wasimnyonge Mandela with an argument kwamba in the future matatizo yakizidi, ndie watamtumia kwenye mazungumzo.

International politics and relations sio rahisi, sometimes you have to go to bed with people otherwise you would have not shaken hands with

Zis wazungus are Big Hypocrites!!!!

2013 said:

kama nyerere alivyomsamehe Gadafi ndivyo mandela alitenda kama yesu pia , yaani pamoja na kubagulia na kufungwa lakini mwisho wa yote alisamehe na hii ikapelekea wazungu wampende na kumwamini sana, ni ajabu kuona wachangiaji wakianza kuonyesha chuki za wazi kwa wazungu, inaashiria hawa wako Anti-mandela bila kujijua, je ndivyo mandela aliwafundisha wafanye hivyo?????????????????????

"We are not anti-white, we are against white supremacy … we have condemned racialism no matter by whom it is professed."
Nelson Mandela, defence statement during the Treason Trial, 1961.


"I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for, and to see realised. But my Lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
Nelson Mandela, defence statement during the Rivonia Trial, 1964. Also repeated during the closing of his speech delivered in Cape Town on the day he was released from prison 27 years later, on 11 February 1990.

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Haikuwa lengo lake kusamehe, lakini ilikuja kama moja ya mashart ya yeye kuachiwa huru na SA kupewa uhuru wake kama nchi isiyo ya kibaguzi, thats Mandela's weakness! Kwa sasa pale SA namwamini sana kijana Malema, kusema kweli akipewa nafasi atamaliza kazi iliyomwogofya Madiba, nyang'anya mashamba hao nyang'au wasio na kwao!

Katu sitakaa niwe na imani na wazungu maana wanakenua jino pale wanapoona kuna maslahi kwao. Wanafiki wakubwa.

CYBERTEQ said:

Haikuwa lengo lake kusamehe, lakini ilikuja kama moja ya mashart ya yeye kuachiwa huru na SA kupewa uhuru wake kama nchi isiyo ya kibaguzi, thats Mandela's weakness! Kwa sasa pale SA namwamini sana kijana Malema, kusema kweli akipewa nafasi atamaliza kazi iliyomwogofya Madiba, nyang'anya mashamba hao nyang'au wasio na kwao!

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Tatizo ni pa kuanzia mkuu.

imma said:

Tatizo ni pa kuanzia mkuu.

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Exactly, tatizo ni pa kuanzia. Kama vijana wa kipindi cha enzi apartheid imeshika hatamu SA walipata pa kuanzia, nina imani hata sasa ni rahisi zaidi kupata pa kuanzia!

CYBERTEQ said:

Exactly, tatizo ni pa kuanzia. Kama vijana wa kipindi cha enzi apartheid imeshika hatamu SA walipata pa kuanzia, nina imani hata sasa ni rahisi zaidi kupata pa kuanzia!

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well said..:yo:

CYBERTEQ said:

Haikuwa lengo lake kusamehe, lakini ilikuja kama moja ya mashart ya yeye kuachiwa huru na SA kupewa uhuru wake kama nchi isiyo ya kibaguzi, thats Mandela's weakness! Kwa sasa pale SA namwamini sana kijana Malema, kusema kweli akipewa nafasi atamaliza kazi iliyomwogofya Madiba, nyang'anya mashamba hao nyang'au wasio na kwao!

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Mkuu, umezisoma vizuri hizo quotes alizozitoa wakati wa kesi yake? Zinafanana na unachosema?
Wanaomkubali sasa, wanafanya hivyo kwakuwa wanajua he stood for some thing na alikifikia. Wanatambua kuwa alikuwa mwamba pamoja na mabaya waliyomfanyia.
Alifundisha reconciliation kwa vitendo ndiyo maana dunia inamuheshimu.