Mandela Takes Firm Stance on Arms Deal
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President Nelson Mandela said South Africa would not bow to U.S. pressure to cancel a possible deal to sell weapons parts to Syria. “There is no country anywhere in the world that is going to dictate to South Africa,” Mandela told reporters at his home in Johannesburg. “What we decide will be in the interest of South Africa and South Africa alone.”
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