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jwirr

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38. I suspect you are correct but he also had a way of saying NO

Reply to LeftyMom (Reply #28)

Mon May 16, 2016, 10:40 AM

May 2016

which may very well have gotten him killed.

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CIA spy tip-off led to arrest of Mandela: report [View all] Judi Lynn May 2016 OP

Were we supportive of any Black causes back then? Hoyt May 2016 #1

No, unfortunately we were not. At least not that I know of. BUT- there was a brief glimpse of hope.. Baobab May 2016 #17

Saw that. You're right, it's very good. Hoyt May 2016 #22

Apartheid Africa believed everything they didn't like was Soviet communism ck4829 May 2016 #2

The CIA also helped in the overthrow of democratically elected governments, jalan48 May 2016 #3

Most horrifying of all... zentrum May 2016 #5

Always will be there to try to stamp it out, wherever it appears. n/t Judi Lynn May 2016 #7

Read the book "Killing Hope" by William Blum Baobab May 2016 #14

Thanks for the info-I will check it out. nt jalan48 May 2016 #16

Read "The Devil's zentrum May 2016 #20

I'll look at it. zentrum May 2016 #21

Crossing the Rubico. written by Michael Ruppert laserhaas May 2016 #30

Cheney said Mandela was a member of a 'terrorist organization'... Octafish May 2016 #4

The "terrorist" who has been revered and respected everywhere else. Judi Lynn May 2016 #6

He was fighting for freedom with bombs... TomVilmer May 2016 #8

Fighting for freedom with bombs daleo May 2016 #15

He was defending his people against a barbaric murderous white supremacist state Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #23

Concur..wish he had given us a memoir laserhaas May 2016 #31

That is a heartbreaker. Exactly what date was Mandela arrested? jwirr May 2016 #9

Nelson Mandela was arrested on August 5, 1962. Judi Lynn May 2016 #11

Ouch but it was not the first or the last time that the CIA jwirr May 2016 #12

We can all say that again! n/t Judi Lynn May 2016 #13

The benevolent ruler's evil counselors are a trope as old as recorded history. LeftyMom May 2016 #28

Except in the CIA's case, they contracted the MAFIA for murder in 1960... Octafish May 2016 #36

I suspect you are correct but he also had a way of saying NO jwirr May 2016 #38

From Forbes, of all people: When Conservatives Branded Nelson Mandela A Terrorist Judi Lynn May 2016 #10

Horrible and beyond sad. nt. polly7 May 2016 #18

There is a really good film that was made in 2009, "Endgame" about the final days of Baobab May 2016 #19

We were also responsible for the killing of Lamumba. Hoppy May 2016 #24

Same time period. Same CIA. leveymg May 2016 #33

Hillary's opinion on past interventionalism in Africa: drokhole May 2016 #25

Wow, really ugly. Thanks for posting the clip. That will linger in the mind a while. n/t Judi Lynn May 2016 #26

And this video was immediately locked when I tried posting it in GD drokhole May 2016 #37

South Africa was developing nuclear weapons Baobab May 2016 #27

Did not know about it. Very, very interesting. Israeli instructors taught paramilitaries in Colombia Judi Lynn May 2016 #29

so proud of the CIA and all the fucking havoc they have wreaked in the world. olddad56 May 2016 #32

I wonder if JFK knew about this Doctor_J May 2016 #34

The CIA was very much into "wet work" at that time. GliderGuider May 2016 #35