On or Off Cuba Ping.
Posted on 04/16/2005 10:44:34 PM PDT by freedom44
Reports from Cuba say the island has been invaded by counter-revolutionary forces trying to overthrow the country's leader, Fidel Castro.
The only news coming out of Cuba is broadcast by the government-run radio station. All other communications with the island have been cut.
THe first landing is reported to have taken place in the early hours of this morning.
Broadcasts from Cuban government radio appealing for medical help indicate that the raiders have successfully penetrated 25 miles (40km) inland.
They appear to have come ashore on an area of the coast known as the Bahía de Cochinos, or Bay of Pigs, south-east of the capital, Havana.
There is no indication as to the size of the invasion force, but Dr Castro, in a speech on Cuban government radio, said they are supported by aircraft and warships.
"The glorious soldiers of the revolutionary army and the national militia are battling the enemy at all the points where they have landed," he said.
High alert
The Cuban military have been on high alert for an imminent invasion for some days.
In a speech yesterday, Fidel Castro told the Cuban people he intended to resist such an attack with "an iron hand".
Cuban exiles based in the United States, who are organising the attempt to overthrow the Castro regime, say thousands of Cubans have joined the rebel forces.
However, there is no independent confirmation of the level of support for the invasion from within Cuba.
The leader of the Cuban exile movement in the US, Dr Miro Cardona, said the battle had begun "to liberate our homeland from the despotic rule of Fidel Castro".
Dr Cardona played a part in Fidel Castro's revolution against the dictatorship of President Batista in 1959, and was prime minister for 45 days before Dr Castro himself took over.
US denial
In a statement in Washington, the US Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, has again denied US involvement in the invasion of Cuba.
He said the United States had not, and would not intervene in Cuba, with armed forces or otherwise.
Strong suspicions that the United States is sponsoring an offensive against the Castro government have been fuelled by the bombing of three of Cuba's military air bases two days ago.
The US denied all knowledge of the episode, saying Cuban Air Force pilots defecting to Florida were responsible.
But reporters who watched one of the planes land in Miami after carrying out the attack described features which indicated it was American-made.
On or Off Cuba Ping.
Not the highlight of Kennedy's term.
When will Castro DIE?
Not soon enough for the people of Cuba.
He will be discovered as a dinosaur several thousand years from now.
ROTFL! Yes indeed. A reptilian one, that slithered.
Las Vegas...but then again if without Castro, Vegas may have flopped.
Another failure of JFK's was sending 14,000 ground troops to Vietnam, thus starting the disasterous Vietnam War. Vietnam remains JFK's legacy.
If JFK and Bobby were Muslim they would still be alive today?
Where would the lefties be on this fiasco if Kennedy were the Pres today? I'm sure the spin would be, the Republicans didn't vote for enough military spending, or it would have been a success. Or something bizarre and contradictory to their own ideology.
It worked out that the invading forces had little air cover, and no domination of the skies, as had been the plan.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.