Mandela Finally Removed From US Terror List

US takes icon off terrorist watch list
By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 2, 2008 4:52 AM CDT
Mandela Finally Removed From US Terror List
Former South African president Nelson Mandela, and his wife Graca Machel, on stage at the concert in honour of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday in London.    (AP Photo/Edmond Terakopian)

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is finally being removed from US terrorism watch lists, CNN reports. The 90-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate was designated a terrorist because he battled against the old apartheid regime in South Africa. His name was never officially removed from the US lists until a new bill was signed into law yesterday by President Bush.

The bill will “make sure that there aren't any extra hoops for either a distinguished individual, like former President Mandela, or other members of the African National Congress to get a US visa," said a State Department spokesman. (More South Africa stories.)

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