Fidel Castro Accuses the US of Giving Refuge to Terrorist of Cuban Origin

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BC4B1D2AA-4B98-4E5B-B272-CEA5B719CCDA%7D&language=EN

Havana, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) President Fidel Castro accused the government of the United States on Monday of the worst hypocrisy for offering refuge to Luis Posada Carriles and other terrorists of Cuban origin while launching a pretended crusade against international terrorism.

"They, the good who fight terrorism, have been converted into mythological figures of that society”, he said.

In a special TV and Radio national broadcast, the Cuban leader warned that the reactionary Miami media is creating conditions for the United States to give asylum to Posada Carriles” with all glory and not of the other world but of this one”.

Based on a research article of The New York Times and other US media, the Cuban President exposed the sinister history-file of Posada Carriles and asserted this terrorist and his accomplices are protected by the United States.

The whole world knows who took them in, trained, directed and protected them for more than 40 years, he stressed.

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBS5O9IF7E.html

Lawyer: Cuban Militant Wants U.S. Asylum Protection

MIAMI (AP) - A Cuban militant accused of plotting to assassinate Fidel Castro and wanted by Venezuela for allegedly blowing up a Cuban airliner in 1976 is in the United States and will file a petition for political asylum, his attorney said Monday.

Luis Posada Carriles, 77, will seek asylum in the United States based in part on his claim that he worked "directly and indirectly" for the CIA for years, said attorney Eduardo Soto.

"We think he deserves the protection of the United States," Soto said in an interview. "It's our position that he is a person who furthered the interests of the United States."

The asylum application will be filed Wednesday with the Homeland Security Department, Soto said. Foreigners who seek asylum generally get to stay in the United States while their cases are decided and can remain permanently if they prove persecution or that they fear for their lives.

The CIA would not say whether Posada ever worked for the United States.

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http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B1F042A02-D4EC-437E-B0DE-C0ADC7080E64%7D&language=EN

Irish Organization Calls on US to Close Door to Posada Cariles

Dublin, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) An Irish organization has sent a letter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland Dermot Ahern to call in the US Ambassador and request that Luis Posada Carriles not be granted asylum in the USA.

The letter to Mr Ahern, recently appointed special advisor to Kofi Annan on UN reform, recalls that Posada Carriles was convicted of involvement in the bombing in October 1976 of a Cuban civilian airline resulting in the death of all 73 people on board.

Posada Carriles, whom Havana accusses of masterminding many other terrorist actions against Cuban targets, admitted to having carried out such atrocious crime in an interview that later came up in the book "I Planted Bomb and So What" by Venezuelan writer Alicia Herrera.

He was tried and sentenced in Venezuela and later escaped from prison in 1985 -Venezuelan authorities have demanded his extradiction. Posada Carriles has now turned up in Miami, Florida, having spent many years on the run in Central America.

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He must be one of them good terrorists who has worked for the CIA like Osama bin Laden did?

[vogonjiltz]

1. let

Chavez and Castro fight over him. We don't need to let these Terrorists into our country.

[blogbear]

2. So, what's one more homicidal nut?

[w4rma]

3. Absolutely no way should this guy be granted any asylum. Terrorist acts

are *not* (officially) condoned by the United States of America. And should *never* be condoned by the United States of America.

[NNN0LHI]

4. POWELL AND REICH PERSONALLY INTERVENE

POWELL AND REICH PERSONALLY INTERVENE

Moscoso obtained $4 million for pardoning Posada and his accomplices

http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/abril/vier8/16posada-i.html

<snip>The text affirms that "according to sources with direct access to the presidency," the then US Secretary of State Colin Powell brought up the subject of Posada Carriles with Moscoso during a visit to Panama in December of 2003, and informed her that it was in the interest of the US government for the terrorists to "benefit from the legal process."

Powell "went to tell her in person that Bush was interested in the Cuban prisoners being judged in absentia." That information was reflected at the time by the Panamanian daily El Siglo.

Previously, during a meeting of the Panamanian National Security Council (CSN) at the end of 2003, US Ambassador Linda Watt intervened to ask for a solution to the Posada case that would not benefit Cuba.

On January 20, 2004, Otto Reich, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, met at the US embassy in Panama with the CSN coordinator, who assured him "that President Mireya Moscoso would pardon the terrorists before September."

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[Judi Lynn]

5. The Panamanian President Moscoso waited until 5 days before she left

office to turn these monsters loose. She didn't have time to have to answer a lot of questions about what happened. Sounds very well planned.

I have heard that she called someone high-ranking in Miami to inform them when the terrorists had been released.

Here she is with her new Washington pals....



http://www.elsiglo.com/ediciones/25junio03/Nacion.html

If someone fluent cound translate the small article appearing with this photo, it would help a lot. All I could semi-understand was that when Moscoso was there, _Bush broke with tradition and asked her to attend this African-American musical event. Note her sitting between Condoleeza Rice and Laura _Bush.



Look who's walking behind Moscoso and _Bush on the left side of the photo! Hi, Hugo! :hi: :hi:

[0007]

14. Great catch Judi Lynn

:hi:

[magellan]

6. Our moral and ethical government will probably grant Carriles asylum

Why should the bombing of a plane-load of civilians come between friends?

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. Never has before

Orlando Bosch is certainly living the good life in Miami and he even gets invited to all the best parties, when Bush shows up in town.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. I knew this story felt like deja vu

This is the same story that came out about Orlando Bosch when he was allowed to enter Miami in 1988.


October 6, 1976 US-sponsored terrorism

A bomb is detonated in the lavatory of Cubana de Aviacion Flight 455. The plane, on its way from Bridgetown, Barbados, to Havana, Cuba, plunges into the sea killing all 73 people aboard. A Cuban exile by the name of Orlando Bosch is accused of masterminding the bombing and spends 11 years in a Venezuelan prison. During Bosch's time in prison, Otto Reich discusses the possibility of a visa for Mr. Bosch with the US State Department. After Bosch is acquitted, he heads to Miami, entering on February 16, 1988 without a visa.


July 17, 1990 US-sponsored terrorism

Under political pressure, the US Department of Justice allows Orlando Bosch, the alleged mastermind of the bombing of Cubana de Aviacion Flight 455 (see October 6, 1976), to remain in the US. Bosch has been in US custody since he entered the US illegally in 1988 (see October 6, 1976).The Justice Department's decision releases Bosch from custody and puts him under house arrest. It also reverses an earlier ruling that Bosch be deported and it ignores Cuba's request that he be extradited to Cuba to stand trial for the downing of Flight 455. Later, in 2001, he is accused of supplying the explosives used in more than a dozen 1997 bombings in Havana. Despite his alleged connection to the terrorist bombings, he is permitted to stay in the US.

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=orlando_bosch

[magellan]

9. Another Bush Family double-standard

Under political pressure, the US Department of Justice allows Orlando Bosch, the alleged mastermind of the bombing of Cubana de Aviacion Flight 455 (see October 6, 1976), to remain in the US.

The father helped Bosch stay, the son will no doubt pull the same strings for Carriles. The lesson here: if you want to get away with being a terrorist in the Bush world view, do it for US geo-politically correct reasons.

I'm too sick of the hypocrisy to even :puke:.

[wicket]

13. He was pardoned by Poppy Bush, right?

[0007]

15. Orlando Bosch's rap sheet

That declaration notwithstanding, dozens and dozens of terrorist attacks are attributed to Orlando Bosch and the gangs he led. Perhaps this "black list" will refresh the memory of George W. Bush’s close collaborator.

January 8, 1968: A bomb explodes in a suitcase in Havana

January 25, 1968: Bombs placed in various commercial establishments in the United States

February 1, 1968: Mexican Consulate in Miami bombed

February 2, 1968: Bomb placed in British consul’s house in Miami

March 12, 1968: Bomb placed in restaurant belonging to Cuban immigrants in the United States

March 13, 1968: Bomb placed in Chilean Consulate in the United States

April 2, 1968: Bomb placed in pharmaceutical company in United States

April 22, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Consulate, United States

April 22, 1968: Bomb placed in Spanish Tourism Office in the United States

May 5, 1968: British ship Greenwood bombed in the United States

May 25, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Japanese ship Aroka Maru in the United States

June 21, 1968: Bomb placed in Spanish Tourism Office in the United States

June 23, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

June 27, 1968: Bomb explodes in the garage of Mexican consul to the United States

July 4, 1968: Bomb placed in Cuban Consulate in Canada

July 4, 1968: Bomb placed in Canadian Tourism Office in United States

July 7, 1968: Bomb placed in Japanese Tourism Office in the United States

July 11, 1968: Bomb explodes near Cuban Mission to the UN, causing damage to the Yugoslavian mission

July 11, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Japanese ship Michagesan Maru in Mexico

July 14, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

July 15, 1968: Bomb discovered in a French government office in the United States

July 16, 1968: Bomb discovered in the Mexican Consulate, United States

July 17, 1968: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomat’s home in the United States

July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in French Tourism Office in the United States

July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in Shell Petroleum Company building in England

July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in Japanese travel agency in the United States

July 26, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

July 31, 1968: Bomb placed in British Consulate in United States

August 3, 1968: Bomb placed in British bank in the United States

August 5, 1968: Bomb placed in offices of the Communist Party in the United States

August 7, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Bahamas ship Caribbean Venture in the United States

August 9, 1968: Mexican representatives in the United States bombed

August 9, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican consul’s home in Miami

September 11, 1968: Bomb placed aboard British ship in Mexico

September 16, 1968: Bomb explodes aboard the Spanish ship Satrustegui in Puerto Rico

September 16, 1968: Bazooka attack on Polish ship in Miami

September 17, 1968: Bomb placed aboard Mexican airplane in United States

September 19, 1968: Bomb placed in home of Mexican consul to the United States

October 18, 1968: Bomb placed in Canadian travel agency

October 20, 1968: Gas bomb placed in a theater where a Cuban actress was performing

October 24, 1968: Attempts to assassinate Cuban ambassador to the UN

July 26, 1969: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

August 6, 1969: Bomb placed in British-owned Shell Oil offices in the United States

August 6, 1969: Bomb placed in Air France offices in the United States

In 1972, Bosch traveled to Chile with his friend Guillermo Novo Sampol and puts himself at the disposal of General Augusto Pinochet’s fascist junta. He subsequently participated in a series of attacks on prominent Chileans in exile.

In 1974, Bosch created the terrorist organization called Cuban Action, with the support of the Chilean junta and Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza’s secret police.

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Canada

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Argentina

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Peru

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban embassy in Mexico

February 13, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban embassy in Madrid

April 4, 1974: Prensa Latina representatives bombed in Mexico

October 1, 1974: Bomb placed in Panamanian embassy in Caracas

October 30, 1974: Bomb placed in Venezuelan-Cuban Friendship Institute in Venezuela

November 11, 1974: Bomb placed in hotel where Cuban officials were staying in the United States

March 19, 1974: Assassination of General Carlos Prats, former officer of the Chilean Armed Forces, and his wife, in Argentina

May 10, 1975: Attempt in Rome to kill Bernardo Leighton, vice president of the Chilean Democratic Party in exile, and his wife

July 1975: Shots fired on the resident of a Cuban official in the United States

August 3, 1975: Assassination attempt on Cuban Ambassador Emilio Aragonés, in Argentina

November 17, 1975: Bomb placed in Venezuelan tourism company, in Venezuela

November 30, 1975: Bomb placed in USSR commercial office in Mexico

March 1976: Bosch is arrested by Costa Rican police for suspicion of trying to assassinate exiled Chilean leader Andrés Pascal Allende

September 21, 1976: Assassination of Orlando Letelier, former Chilean ambassador to the United States, and his secretary Ronnie Moffitt

In 1976, Bosch founded the Command of United Revolutionary Organizations (CORU), most of whose members had worked for the CIA. He ordered another series of attacks.

June 6, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic mission at the UN

July 1, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban-Costa Rican cultural center in Costa Rica

July 8, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban mission in Spain

September 7, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviación warehouse in Kingston, Jamaica

July 10, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviación office in Barbados

July 11, 1976: Bomb placed in Air Panama offices in Colombia

July 23, 1976: Attempt to kidnap Cuban consul in Mérida, Mexico, resulting in the death of Cuban fishing technician D’Artagnan Díaz Díaz

September 8, 1976: Kidnapping of two Cuban diplomats in Argentina

September 9, 1976: Bomb placed in Guyanese embassy in Trinidad and Tobago

September 18, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviación office in Panama

October 6, 1976: Mid-flight explosion of a Cubana de Aviación passenger plane, causing the deaths of all 73 persons on board

As a result of the plane bombing, Bosch was arrested in Venezuela and accused of masterminding the horrible crime. Nevertheless, from his cell he continued to dream up and order other attacks, against Venezuelan targets, in order to pressure the Venezuelan justice system to let him go.

March 30, 1977: Bomb placed in Venezuelan Consulate in Puerto Rico

August 30, 1977: Bomb placed aboard a Venezuelan airplane in Miami

December 23, 1977: Bomb placed in Viasa airline office, United States

December 30, 1977: Bomb placed in Venezuelan Consulate in Puerto Rico

In 1978, also from his cell, he ordered attacks on Mexican interests, in response to the measures taken by that government following the death of Cuban fishing technician D’Artagnan Díaz Díaz.

February 7, 1978: Bomb placed in Mexican Consulate in the United States

February 7, 1978: Bomb placed aboard the Mexican ship Azteca, resulting in two deaths and seven injuries

Later, still from his cell, he directed and maintained the actions of Omega-7, consisting of a long chain of terrorist attacks.

September 9, 1978: Bomb placed in Cuban mission at the UN

October 5, 1978: Bomb placed across from Madison Square Garden, where Cuban boxers were supposed to fight

October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of Girasol tourism company, belonging to the Socialist Party of Puerto Rico

October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of Antillana tourism company of Puerto Rico

October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of the Record Public Service company, owned by a Cuban immigrant in Puerto Rico

October 23, 1978: Bomb placed in La Prensa newspaper in the United States

November 18, 1978: Bomb threats made against TWA, due to its flights to Cuba

December 28, 1978: Bomb placed in office of Varadero Travel in Puerto Rico

December 29, 1978: Bomb placed in Cuban mission at the UN

December 29, 1978: Bomb placed in Lincoln Center, New York

March 26, 1979: Bomb placed in TWA offices at New York’s JFK Airport

March 26, 1979: Bomb placed in office of Weehawken company of New Jersey, headed by Cuban Eulalio J. Negrín, a member of the Committee of 75, which was negotiating with Cuba

April 4, 1979: Murder of Carlos Muñoz Varela, member of the Antonio Maceo Brigade and director of Varadero Travel in Puerto Rico

November 25, 1979: Eulalio J. Negrín murdered
September 11, 1980: Murder of Félix García Rodríguez, Cuban diplomat to the United Nations

In 1987, thanks to Otto Reich, Bosch was freed and entered the United States, where he was granted asylum and even a presidential pardon.

By the start of the 1980s, the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) was in existence, and its leader, Jorge Mas Canosa, directed counterrevolutionary and terrorist attacks.

Once he took refuge in the United States, Bosch continued advising the most fanatical elements of the Miami mafia. Even within the terrorist gang directed by Luis Posada Carriles that planned to assassinate Fidel Castro in Panama, there are several of the old terrorist’s friends. Gaspar Jiménez Escobedo, Pedro Remón and Guillermo Novo Sampol were guilty of numerous terrorist actions against Cuba and other countries, among them the machine-gunning of Félix García Rodríguez in New York; the killing of Cuban fishing technician D’Artagnan Díaz Díaz by terrorist Gaspar Jiménez Escobedo; and the kidnapping of two diplomats in Argentina.

[Judi Lynn]

17. Hard to believe one person could do that much nasty business.

And this is just the stuff which is publically KNOWN! God only knows what else he was up to, or how many unclaimed or named bodies have been found lying in fields, floating in the water, etc., etc. which will remain simple question marks.

[NNN0LHI]

10. Notice how AP refers to the terrorists as "Militants"?

And they also say our soldiers get "hurt" when they get shot in the face. I have learned to watch these bastards close.

Don

[Judi Lynn]

16. Quite a load of propaganda passing as journalism, wouldn't you say?Jeez.

Using emotionally-charged, loaded words to darken a picture the reader would hold of someone is dishonest, as is white-washing terrorists. Unbelievable.

You'd love to hope more people are going to start paying attention.

[NNN0LHI]

11. More information here

Cuba President accuses US hypocrisy of war against terrorism
DCEAlumni.com, India - 3 hours ago
President Fidel Castro accused the government of the United States on Monday of the worst hypocrisy for offering refuge to Luis Posada Carriles and other ...
The US government must respond as to whether it is hiding Posada ... Granma International
Posada Carriles: A Long History of Terrorism Periódico 26
Fidel Castro Denounces Maneuvers to Welcome Arch-terrorist ... Periódico 26
Miami Herald - Washington Post - all 138 related »
Luis Posada Carriles, Personification of Terrorism
Prensa Latina, Cuba - Apr 6, 2005
Havana, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) The cosy relationship between Luis Posada Carriles and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) indicates that the US authorities ...

One Man’s Terrorist…
Watching the Watchers.org - 2 hours ago
Luis Posada Carriles. A Cuban terrorist/freedom fighter/whatever, trained by the CIA in the use of explosives, has applied for political ...

Moscoso obtained $4 million for pardoning Posada and his ...
Caminos, Cuba - 18 hours ago
THE pardon of international terrorists Luis Posada Carriles, Pedro Crispín Remon Hernández, Gaspar Jimenez Escobedo and Guillermo Novo Sampol was negotiated ...

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Seattle Times - 6 hours ago
... Luis Posada Carriles, accused of plotting to assassinate Fidel Castro and wanted by Venezuela for allegedly blowing up a Cuban airliner in 1976, is in the ...

Castro accuses US of harbouring terrorists
Gulf Times, Qatar - 3 hours ago
... “That monster has been living there for 19 days,” Castro said of Luis Posada Carriles, who was convicted and sentenced to eight years in jail in Panama for ...

How can the United States welcome a famous terrorist and drug ...
VHeadline.com, IL - Apr 10, 2005
... the following immaculately conceived gems about the famous mass murderer, escaped convict, drug pusher, and terrorist ... Luis Posada: "Luis Posada Carriles, ...

Irish Organization Calls on US to Close Door to Posada Cariles
Prensa Latina, Cuba - Apr 11, 2005
... has sent a letter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland Dermot Ahern to call in the US Ambassador and request that Luis Posada Carriles not be granted ...

Red Carpet Rolled Out for Anti-Cuba Terrorists in the US
Periódico 26, Cuba - 16 hours ago
... terrorists – Pedro Remon Rodriguez, Guillermo Novo Sampoll and Gaspar Jimenez Escobedo – were pardoned, along with kingpin Luis Posada Carriles, by the ...

Experts question sense of revaluing Cuban peso
CubaNet, FL - Apr 5, 2005
... MIAMI - It was vintage Luis Posada Carriles: An obscure local Spanish-language television station announces that the famed anti-Castro fugitive is in Miami. ...

[Judi Lynn]

12. Good for Dem. Rep. William Delahunt, who spoke out aganst this....

U.S. Asylum Sought by Cuban Tied to Terror Cases

By Michael A. Fletcher
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 13, 2005; Page A02

Luis Posada Carriles, a CIA-trained Cuban exile implicated in a series of terrorist incidents, applied for political asylum in the United States yesterday, prompting at least one congressman to assert that granting the request would undermine the nation's credibility in the war on terrorism.

Posada is in hiding after recently slipping into the United States, said Eduardo Soto, the Miami area lawyer handling Posada's asylum application. Now 77, Posada is a hero among some Cuban exiles for his fervent, four-decade effort to topple and kill Cuban President Fidel Castro.

Trained by the CIA in the use of explosives as part of the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion, Posada has been linked through the years with the bombing of a Cuban civilian airliner that killed 73 people; bombings in Cuban tourist hotels that killed an Italian tourist and injured 11 other people; and a 2000 plot to assassinate Castro in Panama.

"If he is in the United States, he should be arrested and deported under the norms of international law," said Rep. William D. Delahunt (D-Mass.), who wrote a letter Monday to leaders of the House International Relations Committee calling for an investigation into how Posada entered the country.
(snip/...)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47870-2005Apr12.html
(Free registration is required)

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Of course Congressman Delahunt KNOWS there will be repercussions from the Cuban "exile" Congressfools, just as they went after former Representative David Skaggs from Colorado, when he dared to cross them by claiming their favorite pork propaganda project Radio/TV Marti, by saying TV Marti should be shelved as it was a colossal black hole sucking up American taxpayer dollars......

They put ads in Colorado papers pointing out the programs David Skaggs tried to get for Colorado, which they torpedoed, and he lost his next election.

Why should a man lose his career for pointing out something wrong? If the "exiles" don't go after him, you can be sure _Bushes will. Skaggs was courageous, and so is William Delahunt.

What courageous Republican can anyone remember?

[Judi Lynn]

18. Small article on 10 week visit to Cuba by American students

Students call rare trip to Cuba humbling experience

Participants spend 10 weeks in country off-limits to most Americans

By KELI SENKEVICH / Aggie News Writer

Posted 04/13/2005

http://www.californiaaggie.com/article/?id=8450

[yellowcanine]

19. Is he already in the U.S.? If so, how did he get in?

Carriles is implicated in blowing up a civilian airliner and killing a bunch of civilians. There is no way he should have been allowed into this country under the Patriot Act. Has he been detained? WTF is going on?

[htuttle]

20. I'd be surprised if they weren't actually supported by the US

Of course the US allows terrorists into the US -- as long as they are 'our' terrorists.

Here's the website of one of the unofficially sanctioned US terrorist groups:
http://www.comandosf4.org/newspaper/2002-10-11_56.htm

The article is about the weapons training sessions in Florida the anti-Castro Cuban terrorists have been providing to the new anti-Chavez Venezuelan terrorists who recently joined up with them. Complete with pictures of them posing with their guns, I might add.

Here's an English language article from the Wall Street journal about this collaboration:
http://www.comandosf4.org/newspaper/2003-01-29.htm

That's terrorist training camps in South Florida. Their website even has their address and phone number, so if the FBI is looking for them, they aren't looking very hard.

BTW, there were, and still are, a number of Haitian 'terrorists' that have been wanted by haiti living in New York City with the government's full knowledge (and thus consent). And I think we recently gave shelter to a Chechen terrorist, if I'm not mistaken.
(on edit: here's a page of links on that:
http://www.airamericaradio.com/weblogs/alfrankenshow/index.php?/franken/comments/1830/
)

So sure, we allow terrorists to live, even train here. I guess that makes us a rogue state.

[Judi Lynn]

21. He's in Miami, according to Cuban information!

Havana. March 31, 2005



Terrorist Posada Carriles takes refuge in Miami

THE author of the mid-flight explosion of a Cuban airline in 1976, Luis Posada Carriles, turned himself in to US immigration authorities in Miami on March 29, according to media sources in that city.

The Cuban terrorist, who presumably had been staying at an unknown location, was in Miami negotiating his surrender to the US immigration authorities for at least five days, according to local Miami television station Channel 41 and the EFE news agency, both of which cited “extrajudicial sources,” reproduced on the website IBLNEWS.
(snip)

The four subjects, all of whom have long terrorist histories, leaving victims in several countries, were sentenced on April 20, 2004 to seven-year prison terms for crimes against public security. However, in a political maneuver condemned by Panamanian and foreign jurists, the judge in the case annulled the charges of illicit association to commit a crime and possession of explosives.

On August 25 that same year, just before she stepped down as president of Panama, Mireya Moscoso granted amnesty to the four prisoners in an unprecedented act qualified as unconstitutional.
(snip/...)

http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/marzo/jue31/14terr.html

[guajira]

22. Easy -- he sneaked across the Mexico/US border!!

This alone should put B* in an embarrassing position since he refuses to enforce the border! And, Posada was on a watch-list, proving how porous our borders are.

[guajira]

23. Easy -- he sneaked in across the Mexico/US border!

Just one more embarrassment for B* who refuses to enforce our immigration laws and control the border. Even worse, Posada was on a watch-list, proving just how porous our borders are!!

Sorry for Dupe messages -- computer malfunction :)

[struggle4progress]

24. kick