• SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

      wasnt he all about peace - resisting, but peacefully? Gandhi did something similar - of course, it ended badly for him.

      Erdogan is sort of an odd choice here.

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          2 years ago

          skimmed the article. something about relations in the cold war or something. was the why buried down at the bottom? I didnt make it that far

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            The Department of Defense included the ANC in a 1988 report billed as profiles of “key regional terrorist groups” from around the world. Indeed, ANC actions during this period would include nighttime raids that destroyed fuel storage tanks and nearly two days of fires in 1980, a bombing at a bar in Durban that left three dead and more than 60 wounded, and a car bomb that killed 19 outside of the headquarters of the country’s Air Force in Pretoria in 1983.

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              2 years ago

              ah, makes sense then - he was the leader of the ANC and the ANC actions included acts of terrorism. I guess he mellowed in old age? time/reflection will do that to a person.