tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post7653290381803078880..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) and the Middle EastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-35896408143285896562013-12-07T11:25:56.974-05:002013-12-07T11:25:56.974-05:00Some Arab leaders did more than pose for pictures ...Some Arab leaders did more than pose for pictures with Mandela. In addition to Algerian military training, he got financial support from Qadhafi. He repaid the latter by interceding with President Clinton to resume relations with Qadhafi. It may have helped persuade us to start secret talks in the late 1990s. David Macknoreply@blogger.com