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2023-02-28 Africa Subsaharan

CIA Played Key Role In Nelson Mandela's Arrest & Imprisonment, New Evidence Shows

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-28 06:35|| || Front Page|| [19 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 ....and confirmed that the agency had been closely tracking him anytime he went out of South Africa.

Which simply means they were doing their job. I doubt the South African authorities needed any confirmation of his politics or help in locating the communist sob.

The author collaborated with the African National Congress (ANC) with the writing of "Long Walk to Freedom," which puts this article and the book in some perspective. In South Africa, the United States is generally painted with a kak filled brush.

In the 1960 and 1970's timeframe, US policy makers were delighted that the South African Defense Force (SADF) was giving the Cubans and Russians a thrashing in Angola and other regions. The US was involved in more pressing issues in SE Asia. The betrayal however, was to come a bit later.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-28 06:55|| 2023-02-28 06:55|| Front Page Top

#2 The US is still aligned with an apartheid state today, and the CIA still aids them.

Posted by Thor Grumble2858 2023-02-28 10:53|| 2023-02-28 10:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Wait a minute. South Africa didn't fire on the USS Liberty. I'm confused. /sarc

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-02-28 11:11|| 2023-02-28 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 What sickens me almost as much as Mandela (and Winnie) himself are the celebrities who fawned all over him like he was the second coming.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-02-28 11:12|| 2023-02-28 11:12|| Front Page Top

#5 The only good commie...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-28 11:15|| 2023-02-28 11:15|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ unrepentant commie indeed.

It was a time when the CIA was after them rather than supporting them in Deep State.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-02-28 11:34|| 2023-02-28 11:34|| Front Page Top

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