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02-10-2006, 09:11 PM
Luis Posada Carriles is a career narcoterrorist who spent time in a Venezuelan jail for the 1976 bombing a Cubana airliner, killing all 73 on board. He escaped after 8 years in 1985 thanks to a bribe from Jorge Mas Canosa, the now deceased head of the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF)[1]. He has been tied to the importation of large quantities of cocaine into the US in support of the Contras in Nicaragua in the 80's ("Coca Contra") and to a series of bombings in Cuba just recently. Posada was interviewed by reporters from the New York Times in 1998 and told them of his ties to the CANF, a tax exempt right wing group created under Reagan and a beneficiary of substantial federal funds for running Radio and TV Marti, which beam their propaganda to Cuba. The Times ran two articles, on July 12 and 13, 1999. They have caused a sensation and led to Posada's retraction of his interview. The Times has him on tape and stands by their story. In addition, elements of his interview had already appeared in autobiographical writings done with a publicist.
[1] See in Spanish: "Gusanos de Miami e intelectuales mexicanos: Confunden derechos humanos y contrarrevolución" (http://www.m3w3.com.mx/SIEMPRE/2279/columna/Columna10.html) by Salvador del Rio at www.m3w3.com.mx/SIEMPRE/2279/columna/Columna10.html (http://www.m3w3.com.mx/SIEMPRE/2279/columna/Columna10.html)
More at http://www.afrocubaweb.com/posada.htm
Related: Cuba Demands Justice (http://www.ahora.cu/english/SECTIONS/holguin/2006/febrero/10-02-06.htm)
<TABLE height=50 cellSpacing=10 cellPadding=0 width=488 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=titulotexto vAlign=top width=441 height=6>Lourdes Pichs Rodríguez / 10-02-2006 / lourdes@ahora.cu <!-- #EndEditable --></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=441 height=2><!-- #BeginEditable "texto" class="texto" class="texto" -->http://www.ahora.cu/english/imagessite/punto.gif Relatives of Cuban victims of US terrorism paid homage to their loved ones during a 24 hour vigil held at the Jose Marti Anti-imperialist Plaza located in front of the US Interests Section in Havana.
Tears were shed for the deceased sons and daughters, victims of terrorist attacks and for five Cuban antiterrorist fighters who, after seven years, are still being arbitrarily held in US prisons.
138 black flags, each with a white star in the center, representing more than 3,000 Cubans murdered by acts of terrorism were hoisted before the presence of relatives of the victims, and representatives from government and public organizations.
The 138 flags, flying in the wind are a reminder of all the sorrow and suffering and a call for justice. The flags point to the US Interests Section, a den of counterrevolutionary activity and hypocrisy, responsible for so much death due to terrorism supported and financed by consecutive US administrations.
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[1] See in Spanish: "Gusanos de Miami e intelectuales mexicanos: Confunden derechos humanos y contrarrevolución" (http://www.m3w3.com.mx/SIEMPRE/2279/columna/Columna10.html) by Salvador del Rio at www.m3w3.com.mx/SIEMPRE/2279/columna/Columna10.html (http://www.m3w3.com.mx/SIEMPRE/2279/columna/Columna10.html)
More at http://www.afrocubaweb.com/posada.htm
Related: Cuba Demands Justice (http://www.ahora.cu/english/SECTIONS/holguin/2006/febrero/10-02-06.htm)
<TABLE height=50 cellSpacing=10 cellPadding=0 width=488 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=titulotexto vAlign=top width=441 height=6>Lourdes Pichs Rodríguez / 10-02-2006 / lourdes@ahora.cu <!-- #EndEditable --></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=441 height=2><!-- #BeginEditable "texto" class="texto" class="texto" -->http://www.ahora.cu/english/imagessite/punto.gif Relatives of Cuban victims of US terrorism paid homage to their loved ones during a 24 hour vigil held at the Jose Marti Anti-imperialist Plaza located in front of the US Interests Section in Havana.
Tears were shed for the deceased sons and daughters, victims of terrorist attacks and for five Cuban antiterrorist fighters who, after seven years, are still being arbitrarily held in US prisons.
138 black flags, each with a white star in the center, representing more than 3,000 Cubans murdered by acts of terrorism were hoisted before the presence of relatives of the victims, and representatives from government and public organizations.
The 138 flags, flying in the wind are a reminder of all the sorrow and suffering and a call for justice. The flags point to the US Interests Section, a den of counterrevolutionary activity and hypocrisy, responsible for so much death due to terrorism supported and financed by consecutive US administrations.
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