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...form a white, Afrikaner state, a throwback to the republics of the Boer War era - meaning that all blacks and Asians would be "chased out." The group also branded Afrikaner politicians, such as former President F.W. de Klerk - who negotiated the transition to democratic rule with Nelson Mandela - as traitors for "selling out" the Afrikaners. Crazy as the group may sound, the Farmers' Force cannot be dismissed as harmless fantasists. Some of the documents indicate a sophisticated knowledge of the technical details of military and police installations and equipment. "These weren't dreamed up by a delusional idealist," says Martin...
...been easy, and not just because the President doesn't have the delicately modulated tones of the men in striped pants. (As a South Korean official once said, "George Bush speaks with an iron tongue.") If you do nothing but read the headlines, it would seem that everyone from Nelson Mandela to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder is implacably opposed to a war with Iraq. Both in the Arab world and in Europe, it is feared that unseating Saddam will inflame Muslim opinion, already incensed by American support for Israel in its struggle with the Palestinians. Next, it's said that...
...remain unconvinced of the imminent danger. NATO members and Arab allies have been openly skeptical of the case for going to war; Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has made rejection of any U.S. "adventure" in Iraq a central plank of his reelection campaign. And South African elder statesman Nelson Mandela this week branded Washington's Iraq policy a "threat to world peace...
Lieut. Brad Maroyka, commander of Charlie Company's 1st Platoon, was watching his two squads fire at al-Qaeda targets from his position about 150 yards north of the command post. "We've got enemy moving up on the west side," Maroyka radioed company commander Captain Nelson Kraft, who was back near the command post. "We are destroying them, but they are returning fire...
...marshal, Hunt presided over every commencement since 1982, and special events including Nelson Mandela’s visit in 1998 and the installation of the last two University presidents...