October 6th 1976 - the bombing of that Cubana flight

[malaise]

I don't intend to forget - my friend who was on her way to study medicine in Cuba died that day. Her siblings and parents are still waiting for justice.

http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/no-forgetting-cubana-victims/
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The memory of those killed in the October 6, 1976 terrorist attack off the coast of Barbados continues to live on in the minds of many around the world.

Representatives from Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, China and Barbados gathered yesterday at the Cubana monument site in Paynes Bay, St James, as they laid wreaths in memory of those 73 people – 48 passengers and 25 crew members – killed when a bomb exploded on the Douglas DC-8 aircraft, Cubana Flight 455, which was en route to Cuba when it was bombed off the West Coast of Barbados.

The incident claimed the lives of 57 Cubans, 11 Guyanese and five North Koreans.

According to the recently appointed Ambassador of Cuba to Barbados, Lisette Perez Perez, the main focus now was to get the president of the United States to free “the five anti-terrorist Cuban fighters” who were arrested and to punish those responsible for the act of terrorism.

“ is an important event today, but the most important issue is to try and get those men freed . . . . We have the support of Barbados and other countries and we really appreciate it. That means other countries also condemn the attack and support Cuba for justice,” she told the Daily Nation.

[Billy Burnett]

1. The recent revelation by a Cuban hotel bomber on trial ...

... it was an anti Castro CIA/CANF op.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=405&topic_id=42150&mesg_id=42150

Cuban state TV airs purported confession by Salvadoran charged in 1990s Havana bomb attacks
PAUL HAVEN
Asociated Press Writer
10:32 p.m. EDT, September 27, 2010

HAVANA (AP) — State television on Monday broadcast a recently extradited El Salvador man confessing to a role in a 1990s bombing spree against Cuba's tourist hotels, attacks that Havana has long blamed on Cuban-American exile groups.

The suspect, Francisco Chavez Abarca, was arrested in Venezuela on July 1, traveling on a false passport, and quickly flown to Cuba to face charges in the bombing campaign. Monday's program was the first glimpse of him since then.

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On the show, Chavez Abarca said he was hired to plant bombs by Luis Posada Carriles, an 80-year-old anti-Castro militant and former CIA operative.

Posada Carriles lives in the U.S., where he is awaiting trial on charges he lied to federal authorities in his 2005 bid to become a U.S. citizen.

Facing a deportation order, Posada Carriles was released from jail in April 2007 and has been living with his family in Miami. An immigration judge ruled he cannot be sent to Venezuela or Cuba because of concerns he would be tortured. No other country has been willing to accept him.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-cb-cuba-terror-suspect,0,3319872.story

One of the former CANF officers (Joe Garcia) is now running for congress on the Dem ticket.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&expIds=17259,17315,23628,23670,25834,26328,26568,26746,26761,26849,26885,27015&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=joe+garcia+for+congress&cp=10&pf=p&sclient=psy&newwindow=1&safe=off&aq=f&aqi=g5&aql=&oq=joe+garcia&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=9f2370386c77b788

[malaise]

2. Nice post

Posada Carriles is a terrorist.
Funny how much noise we hear about the Libyan and PanAm 103. The silence re Carriles is deafening.

[Billy Burnett]

4. The CANF is an "exile" terrorist funding organization

Cuban American National Foundation and Terrorism

The late Jorge Mas Canosa was the original CANF director. He directed some of the bombing ops and funding.

Mas Canosa (pictured below with three US presidents) was also chief Miami-Dade fundraiser for all three below ...

[Octafish]

3. George Herbert Walker Bush protected the airline bombers Bosch and Posada Carriles.

But, because they killed innocent men, women and children in the name of anti-communism, it wasn't terrorism.

Beat the BFEE: Poppy’s CIA warned about terror plots and did not stop them

My Friend: My heart fell when I read about your loss. The death of a future physician is a loss for all humanity. May your friend's parents and all who lost family and friends that awful day, see justice.

[malaise]

7. They wrote the fucking book

on terrorism.

[flamingdem]

5. Speech by Raul Castro marking "Victims of State Terrorism" day - Oct 6

I'm sorry to hear about your loss malaise

http://www.5septiembre.cu/index.php/national/10522-speech-delivered-by-cuban-president-raul-castro-at-the-main-ceremony-marking-the-qvictims-of-state-terrorism-dayq-held-in-havana

Relatives of the victims of State Terrorism against Cuba,

Comrades:

As set out in the Council of State Decree-Law published today, beginning this year, October 6 will be commemorated as "Victims of State Terrorism Day".
Exactly 34 years ago, 73 innocent people were assassinated: 11 Guyanese, 5 citizens of the Democratic Popular Republic of Korea and 57 Cubans. They were killed in midair when a bomb exploded aboard a Cubana de Aviación passenger plane that had just taken off from Barbados. Among them were 24 young Cubans from the national youth fencing team who had just swept all the gold medals at the Fourth Central-American and Caribbean Championships held in Venezuela.

For the Cuban people, who have been the target of state terrorism since the very triumph of the Cuban Revolution, the painful losses suffered that day were added to the numerous other victims for whom we are still seeking justice today. Read more at link....

[malaise]

6. Thanks for the link

and your kind words