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When I was 17 (1959), Cuba won its Independence. Cuba was a nation under a brutal dictatorship allied to the US and abetted by corporate and Mafia influence.
I had joined the Army in 1959 and was serving in the 101st Airborne Division. We were designated and trained as the STRAC-I unit of the US military for instant air transport to anywhere in the world. more…
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The wonder is that Luis Posada was ever charged with anything… Posada was acquitted at trial in Texas last week.
Cubana Airlines DC-8...
The US Dept of “Justice” effectively conspired with Posada’s defense by only charging him with lying to US Immigration authorities. It would have been extremely embarrassing should Posada have decided to “talk”; he’s the main slug in USG terrorism against Cuba. more…
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Another trial in Texas is about to commence—no doubt with the same laughable result. Last week Tom DeLay was sentenced to three yrs for public corruption. I doubt he’ll ever serve a day. The CIA’s arch-terrorist, Luis Posada Carriles, is scheduled for trial today (Jan. 17th) in a Houston federal court for perjury to an immigration judge.
The face of terror...
Posada was tailor-made for the CIA. Not having their own hit teams (they borrow them from the Special Forces, the Mafia, or other nations), they recruit others to do their dirty work.
Posada is one of those psychopathic killers (DSM-IV) that conservative and neo-liberal corporatists in gov’t love, or at least tolerate as necessary in their pursuit of power and wealth. more…
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