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Depends on how you define "international air space" and if it is defined differently for some countries as opposed to others.

These guys Luis is referencing were making regular encroachments into Cuban air space, if I recall, in an effort to bait the Havana regime into an incident. I guess their ploy worked. But ... I don't think they were just wayward pilots who wandered off course and were summarily butchered.

Cuba Dissidents Say 10,000 Sign Referendum Appeal [Excerpt] "The government is afraid of this liberating gesture, where a social vanguard is showing it has no fear. The government is afraid when the people are not afraid," he added.

Castro frequently says his one-party communist system is more democratic than the Western model and denies the existence of political prisoners or repression of freedom of expression.

The signatures, gathered by activists across the Caribbean island of 11 million inhabitants over the last year, will be presented to the National Assembly in a few weeks, once all 10,000 signatures have been checked and ratified, Paya said.

"This has never been done before, it has no precedent," he added. "It shows Cubans not only want changes, but also are ready to face the risks to show they want changes." [End Excerpt]

That was cold-blooded murder. They new that the small planes were unarmed; they can be forced to land and detain the occupants but not to murder them in cold blood. If you condone this crime you are no better than Castro's henchmen.

"I don't think they were just wayward pilots who wandered off course and were summarily butchered."

I don't think you know what you're talking about.

Listen on Thursday.