'Pride Salute' noted in foto.
| Whenever I see that fist, the thought occurs: here is someone who has never punched. |
Rickard's claims were first reported by the Sunday Times newspaper. Irvin's documentary, "Mandela's Gun", is scheduled to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival this week.
"He could have incited a war in South Africa, the United States would have to get involved, grudgingly, and things could have gone to hell," Rickard said of Mandela. "We were teetering on the brink here and it had to be stopped, which meant Mandela had to be stopped. And I put a stop to it."
Making Mandela a Living Martyr was much more effective, and look at the progress which has been made.
Mandela was arrested after police stopped a car he was driving at a roadblock. One of South Africa's most wanted men, Mandela was posing as a chauffeur when he was detained.
"I found out when he was coming down and how he was coming," Rickard says. "That's where I was involved and that's where Mandela was caught."
A spokesman for South Africa's ruling African National Congress called the revelation "a serious indictment" and accused the CIA of working against the country's current government.
"We have recently observed that there are efforts to undermine the democratically elected ANC government," Zizi Kodwa alleged. "They never stopped operating here."
"Recently learned" is it? And you've never stopped making the claim.