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Yasser Arafat went to Parliament with gun
The carrying of guns by police evicting EFF members from Parliament during President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address, refers.
Jack Miller
Not the first time
This is not, however, the first time that the House has approved guns in Parliament. Some years ago the ANC established a precedent when they allowed – with a guard of honour and much pomp and ceremony nogal – a notorious terrorist in the person of Yasser Arafat, a Palestinian leader, into Parliament carrying a gun.
Now they have compounded this by extending a hearty welcome to Leila Khaled, a terrorist plane hijacker, proudly invited by the BDS movement and Zuma, to attend the State of the Nation address.
The poster of Khaled issued by BDS-SA, to publicise her South African tour, showed a young Khaled sporting an AK-47.
So, why the consternation at a display of guns this time round? (The precedent has been set.)
Jack Miller, Gresswold, Johannesburg