Not everyone's ready to canonize this man. I don't know.
The fact is that even Amnesty International refused to take on Nelson Mandelas case because they asserted that he was no political prisoner but had committed numerous violent crimes and had had a fair trial and a reasonable sentence.
Nelson Mandela was the head of UmKhonto we Sizwe, (MK), the terrorist wing of the ANC and South African Communist Party. He had pleaded guilty to 156 acts of public violence including mobilizing terrorist bombing campaigns, which planted bombs in public places, including the Johannesburg railway station. Many innocent people, including women and children, were killed by Nelson Mandelas MK terrorists.
http://plaintruthmagazine.blogspot.com/2010/07/crimes-of-terrorist-nelson-mandela.html
Was Nelson Mandela a criminal?
I have heard so much about how Nelson Mandela is a peaceful man, but i have never heard that he was the head of ANC a terrorist organization that killed 100's of innocent civilians, i have heard rumors he wanted to kick white people out of South Africa too, was he a criminal or peace activist?
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The bit about the ANC was on Wikipedia
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In 1961, Mandela became the leader of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (translated as Spear of the Nation, also abbreviated as MK), which he co-founded. He co-ordinated a sabotage campaign against military and government targets, and made plans for a possible guerrilla war if sabotage failed to end apartheid. A few decades later, MK did indeed wage a guerrilla war against the regime, especially during the 1980s, in which many civilians were killed. Mandela also raised funds for MK abroad, and arranged for paramilitary training, visiting various African governments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mand
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Of course, he's a criminal. With the aid of his commie buddies like Joe Slovo, his cohorts killed thousands of people through guerrilla warfare.
I saw a recent film where he was singing "Kill All The Whites." Is that the action of a peaceful man?
His wife Minnie is even worse. She had a young boy named Stompie necklaced right in front of her,
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Asker's Rating: Asker's Comment: Thats pretty shocking, and to think people like him are 'heros'
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