Posted on 11/21/2001 2:56:57 AM PST by backhoe
The US has used every means at its disposal, including the army, air force, navy, marines, coast guard, FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency, CIA and others to repress the struggle for justice and self-determination.
The US has systematically criminalised those who oppose its presence in Puerto Rico.
US Navy told to stop bombing Vieques
She also met Willie Rivera and Denise Alvarado, members of the Comite `98 por un Puerto Rico Libre, who highlighted similar complaints by the people of Vieques in Puerto Rico, subjected to US military training exercises. Carragher made a statement of support on behalfof the South Armagh Farmers and Residents Committee for the Puerto Rican people's struggle for self-determination.
Should we judge people by the company they keep?
"Officials at the Senate judicial committee and the Department of Justice are also looking at the possibility of creating a military tribunal to judge those involved in terrorist attacks behind closed doors, with limited access to defence. Overall, the new legislation is one of the most sweeping assaults on liberties in the last 50 years. It is unlikely to make us more secure; it is certain to make us less free."
Terrorist organizations and their sponsors from virtually every part of the world have been building their support apparatuses in our country for years. At the same time, many "domestic" terrorist groups — U.S. citizens who, invariably, are supported by foreign powers — have also been honeycombing America with their subversive networks. For a period of nearly eight years during the 1970s and 1980s, this reporter watched firsthand, in an undercover capacity, as these networks were being assembled. I was present at many meetings featuring members of certified terrorist groups such as the Palestinian PLO and PFLP, the Irish Republican Army, the El Salvadoran FMLN, the Nicaraguan Sandinistas (FSLN), the Puerto Rican FALN, the Black Panthers, the African National Congress, and others.
There is a lot "flying under the radar" South of the Border, and much more interconnectivity among the terror/anarchist/revolutionary groups than most people ever realize. It really is
True Crime Ink - Books - The Crimson Web of Terror
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Bumped and bookmarked.
"Which way did he go? Which way did he go?"
Senators Arlen Specter, of Pennsylvania, center, and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, address the media during a news conference at a hotel in Havana, Cuba Friday Jan. 4, 2002. At left is Specter's wife Joan. The Republican senators said Friday that President Fidel Castro told them he was interested in cooperating with the United States in drug interdiction efforts and the war on terrorism. (AP Photo/Cristobal Herrera)
LOL! Sigh. Ping for those who live in the real world. I am so grateful for FR. (^:
Immediately, BTTT
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