Posted on 11/21/2001 2:56:57 AM PST by backhoe
For years I have tried to warn people about the heating up of trouble spots "south of the border" ( Central & South America ), the inter-linking of terrorist groups there and elsewhere, and the Cuban/left-wing ties to all this.
Here are links, pulled from other links & posts, to give you a heads-up on "what the media doesn't want to talk about...."
China's Whampoa Ltd. opens port in Bahamas
Unresolved Questions- the Panama canal, good, bad, or a waiting disaster?--thread II
Fidel May Be Part of Terror Campaign
Yes, Cuba is a terrorist nation
Castro: "Iran and Cuba, in cooperation can bring America to its knees.”(my title)
CASTRO AND THE INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, A CHRONOLOGY
Castro fan leads anti-war movement: 'Leading organizer' of campus protests praises Communist Cuba
Anthrax: is there a Castro connection?
Beijing’s destructive role in Cuba and Venezuela
Castro and the terror coalition
Fidel Castro's Deadly Secret - Five BioChem Warfare Labs
Sinn Fein says Adams 'still set to visit Cuba'
Castro’s drug-running links Part 2
IMHO, the "axis" of the Carribean/Cuba, Central America, and northern South America are shaping up as the new "hot spot" in a world full of hot spots- watch this space closely!
U.N. Calls for Colombia to Avoid 'All-Out War'
Venezuela : So Close to Havana, So Far from Washington
Analysis: U.S. policy morphing in Colombia
FARC Rebel planned to assassinate Colombia Pres. Pastrana says Venezuela Pres "Chavez 'Trusted' Him"
Colombia Government, ELN Rebels to Meet in Cuba
Revolt in Guatemala...(a must read)
U.S. warns of Sandinista party's past terrorist links as Nicaraguan election nears
I'm dying to ask why no one has brought up the Clinton pardon of the 17 Puerto Rican Terrorists
Once again, I caution you all- "watch this space"- in Central/South America & the Carribean, things are heating up again:
Gunmen kill nine farmers in Colombian massacres
While we still will probably never convert the "true believers" who still worship the clinton crew, there are a lot of less radicalized citizens out there who just have never been exposed to a lot of the data we here have seen. Here's a good place to start them ( and a Tip O' the Hat to ChaseR who first suggested this approach to winning new converts )--
-Index of Panama Archives articles--
Give those links to fence-straddlers, and after they have read some, just ask, "See how much you have not been told?"
"Watch this Space," folks- here's a new hot spot developing--
Chavez Says Ties Make Venezuela, Cuba 'One Team'
The Panama Canal Rests In Good Hands
(C)old War Ghost- Cubans in Angola
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Cuban Exile Group Demands More Scrutiny Of Castro-Terrorism Link
Watch this Space
??? The area of the Carribean & south of Texas fits that to a "tee..."
WSJ: WHILE CARACUS BURNS Sen. Dodd's petulance threatens national security--[Excerpt] Yet while Caracas burns, the top U.S. policy maker for the region can't assume his post for reasons of petty ideological revenge. Otto Reich--President Bush's nominee to be Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere--still can't get a hearing in Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd's subcommittee. Mr. Dodd's petulance has gone beyond the usual Beltway payback and is now creating a leadership vacuum damaging to U.S. national security.
It's hard to recall reading today's headlines, but 10 years ago Latin America's future looked bright. Democracy was on the rise, economies were growing and the era of military coups seemed to be over. The countries did this mostly on their own, but U.S. leadership was crucial. The U.S. nurtured free-market economic ideas and helped against Marxist rebels. That trend stopped during the 1990s, as the Clinton Administration mostly ignored the region for more glamorous priorities. The result today is a region threatened by repression, violence and economic decline.-[End Excerpt]
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