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US Senate moves to lift Mandela's 'terror' label
0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US Senate has approved a bill to remove former South African president Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress from the US terror watch list, lawmakers said Friday.
"Today the United States moved closer at last to removing the great shame of dishonoring this great leader by including him on our government's terror watch list," said Senator John Kerry.
The bill now heads to the White House, where it is expected to be signed by President George W. Bush in time for the anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner's 90th birthday on July 18.
"Nelson Mandela does not belong on a terrorist watch list -- period," said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. "The Senate's vote today will help fix a problem that has caused injustice to South...
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