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43 It was the CIA that helped jail Nelson Mandela
Crocodile tears to mask US imperialism’s role as the enemy of African liberation
By Brian Becker The U.S. and Britain knew the end
had finally come for the usefulness
LiberationNews.org of the apartheid government when
JULY 18, 2013 its seemingly invincible military was
decisively defeated by the Angolan army
1392 دادرم4 جمعه- 1249 شماره/ سال متسیب Today is Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday, and thousands of Cuban volunteers in
but forget the crocodile tears from the the historic battle of Cuito Canavale.
U.S. government about Mandela’s poor As Mandela said, “When Africa called,
health. Imperialist diplomacy with all of Cuba answered.”
its sugar-coated phrases is nothing more
In touch with Iranian diversity than a form of historical perjury. Nelson Mandela questioning and forced to ask for waivers Shameless duplicity
Nelson Mandela’s arrest in 1962, which Photo: Don McPhee for the Guardian to enter the country. Former ANC
led to 18 of his 27 years of imprisonment chairman Tokyo Sexwale was denied a In an act of shameless duplicity, once
on Robbins Island, was based on the and the ANC were still on the “terrorist visa in 2002 Mandela was released from prison,
work of the CIA. The CIA and National watch list.” In 2007, Barbara Masekela, South each successive U.S. administration has
Security Agency worked as partners with The ANC’s struggle for Black majority rule Africa’s ambassador to the United States pretended that the United States
the racist, apartheid regime’s vicious and the liquidation of apartheid received until the year prior was denied a visa to was always opposed to Mandela’s
military and intelligence services. critical support from Cuba, the Soviet visit a dying cousin living in the United imprisonment and stood with him
Mandela was a leader of the African Union and other socialist countries. The States. against apartheid.
National Congress (ANC) that organized ANC had an active alliance with South After getting out of prison, Mandela
civil resistance and an armed struggle African Communist Party in the struggle U.S. Imperialism was the enemy came to the United States to meet
against South Africa’s white racist for Black majority rule. of African Liberation President George H.W. Bush on June 25,
apartheid regime. The United States Even after the fall of the apartheid 1990. He was being touted as a hero and
and the other western capitalist government ANC members applying The CIA and NSA spy services—with the a champion in the fight against racism.
governments supported the racist, for visas to the USA were flagged for full collaboration of such transnational The U.S. government, working through
fascist apartheid regime. corporations at IBM, Kodak and many propagandists in the corporate-owned
Mandela was labeled a terrorist by the others—worked at all levels and for media, tried to instill a society-wide
United States. So was the entire ANC. decades for apartheid and against the case of amnesia about the fact that
Even as late as 2008 the U.S. State African National Congress activists who they were the defenders of apartheid
Department had to pass special waivers were routinely murdered, tortured and and directly responsible for Mandela’s
so that Mandela or any ANC leader sentenced to life terms in the hell holes imprisonment.
could visit the United States because he of South Africa. But one reporter had the gall to ask an
unscripted question.
Bush’s press secretary, Marlin Fitzwater,
was asked in the days before the June
25 meeting with Bush whether the
president would apologize to Mandela
for the U.S. role in his arrest.
Fitzwater was angry and caught off
guard. He said, “I just don’t like it when
people question our motives on blacks
or on Mandela because of an incident
that happened 20 years ago in another
administration.”
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ In an act of shameless duplicity, the various
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١ leaders of the U.S. imperialist government have
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ pretended that they were always opposed to
604 - 980 - 8571 Mandela’s imprisonment.
Vol. 20 / No. 1249 - Friday, July 26, 2013 ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ The ANC was labeled and treated Today, on Mandela’s 95th birthday and
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ as a terrorist organization and pro- when the U.S. government celebrates
communist by the CIA and successive Mandela, will any of the corporate
U.S. administrations, Democratic and media expose the bloody role of the CIA,
Republican alike. Congress, too, was NSA and other U.S. intelligence services
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ an enthusiastic cheerleader for this in their war against the African liberation
vile partnership with the planet’s most movements?
disgustingly racist regime. Nelson Mandela is a beacon for the
The House of Representatives only oppressed. He is a hero and he will be
voted to call for Nelson Mandela’s remembered as such. Not true for the
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer release from prison in 1986 when it CIA and NSA which worked as the spy
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- was clear that the fascist apartheid service for the racist, apartheid regime
regime’s days were numbered, leading as it hunted down and captured Mandela
the United States and Britain to abruptly and captured or killed his comrades.
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- shift course and broker a negotiated end
to the white supremacist system. A mass
worldwide anti-apartheid movement
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- had completely isolated South Africa.
NORTH SHORE LAW43 LLP Dick Cheney voted against the House
resolution in 1986, pointing out that the
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. U.S. government was still retaining the
ANC on the official U.S. “terrorist list.”
klotfali@northshorelaw.com
43 It was the CIA that helped jail Nelson Mandela
Crocodile tears to mask US imperialism’s role as the enemy of African liberation
By Brian Becker The U.S. and Britain knew the end
had finally come for the usefulness
LiberationNews.org of the apartheid government when
JULY 18, 2013 its seemingly invincible military was
decisively defeated by the Angolan army
1392 دادرم4 جمعه- 1249 شماره/ سال متسیب Today is Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday, and thousands of Cuban volunteers in
but forget the crocodile tears from the the historic battle of Cuito Canavale.
U.S. government about Mandela’s poor As Mandela said, “When Africa called,
health. Imperialist diplomacy with all of Cuba answered.”
its sugar-coated phrases is nothing more
In touch with Iranian diversity than a form of historical perjury. Nelson Mandela questioning and forced to ask for waivers Shameless duplicity
Nelson Mandela’s arrest in 1962, which Photo: Don McPhee for the Guardian to enter the country. Former ANC
led to 18 of his 27 years of imprisonment chairman Tokyo Sexwale was denied a In an act of shameless duplicity, once
on Robbins Island, was based on the and the ANC were still on the “terrorist visa in 2002 Mandela was released from prison,
work of the CIA. The CIA and National watch list.” In 2007, Barbara Masekela, South each successive U.S. administration has
Security Agency worked as partners with The ANC’s struggle for Black majority rule Africa’s ambassador to the United States pretended that the United States
the racist, apartheid regime’s vicious and the liquidation of apartheid received until the year prior was denied a visa to was always opposed to Mandela’s
military and intelligence services. critical support from Cuba, the Soviet visit a dying cousin living in the United imprisonment and stood with him
Mandela was a leader of the African Union and other socialist countries. The States. against apartheid.
National Congress (ANC) that organized ANC had an active alliance with South After getting out of prison, Mandela
civil resistance and an armed struggle African Communist Party in the struggle U.S. Imperialism was the enemy came to the United States to meet
against South Africa’s white racist for Black majority rule. of African Liberation President George H.W. Bush on June 25,
apartheid regime. The United States Even after the fall of the apartheid 1990. He was being touted as a hero and
and the other western capitalist government ANC members applying The CIA and NSA spy services—with the a champion in the fight against racism.
governments supported the racist, for visas to the USA were flagged for full collaboration of such transnational The U.S. government, working through
fascist apartheid regime. corporations at IBM, Kodak and many propagandists in the corporate-owned
Mandela was labeled a terrorist by the others—worked at all levels and for media, tried to instill a society-wide
United States. So was the entire ANC. decades for apartheid and against the case of amnesia about the fact that
Even as late as 2008 the U.S. State African National Congress activists who they were the defenders of apartheid
Department had to pass special waivers were routinely murdered, tortured and and directly responsible for Mandela’s
so that Mandela or any ANC leader sentenced to life terms in the hell holes imprisonment.
could visit the United States because he of South Africa. But one reporter had the gall to ask an
unscripted question.
Bush’s press secretary, Marlin Fitzwater,
was asked in the days before the June
25 meeting with Bush whether the
president would apologize to Mandela
for the U.S. role in his arrest.
Fitzwater was angry and caught off
guard. He said, “I just don’t like it when
people question our motives on blacks
or on Mandela because of an incident
that happened 20 years ago in another
administration.”
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ In an act of shameless duplicity, the various
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١ leaders of the U.S. imperialist government have
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ pretended that they were always opposed to
604 - 980 - 8571 Mandela’s imprisonment.
Vol. 20 / No. 1249 - Friday, July 26, 2013 ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ The ANC was labeled and treated Today, on Mandela’s 95th birthday and
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ as a terrorist organization and pro- when the U.S. government celebrates
communist by the CIA and successive Mandela, will any of the corporate
U.S. administrations, Democratic and media expose the bloody role of the CIA,
Republican alike. Congress, too, was NSA and other U.S. intelligence services
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ an enthusiastic cheerleader for this in their war against the African liberation
vile partnership with the planet’s most movements?
disgustingly racist regime. Nelson Mandela is a beacon for the
The House of Representatives only oppressed. He is a hero and he will be
voted to call for Nelson Mandela’s remembered as such. Not true for the
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer release from prison in 1986 when it CIA and NSA which worked as the spy
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- was clear that the fascist apartheid service for the racist, apartheid regime
regime’s days were numbered, leading as it hunted down and captured Mandela
the United States and Britain to abruptly and captured or killed his comrades.
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- shift course and broker a negotiated end
to the white supremacist system. A mass
worldwide anti-apartheid movement
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- had completely isolated South Africa.
NORTH SHORE LAW43 LLP Dick Cheney voted against the House
resolution in 1986, pointing out that the
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. U.S. government was still retaining the
ANC on the official U.S. “terrorist list.”
klotfali@northshorelaw.com
