La Jornada,
Mexico
Will Bush Free His Favorite Terrorist on October 5th?
By Angel Guerra Cabrera
Translated by Emma Peitx Clúa
September 28, 2006
Mexico - La Jornada - Original Article (Spanish)
Unleashed
by Bush the Nazi five years ago and born out of an interminable chain of
proven lies, the "war against terror" itself has been the greatest of
all falsifications, which have been maintained by his government and those of his
docile European allies and others. It is in fact a war against the people to prop
up the declining world-wide hegemony of the United States and its control of
petroleum; first of all but not only in the Islamic world.
The textbook
double standard upon which this strange war on terror is based has been exposed
by the American protection received by that arch-terrorist of Cuban origin,
Luis Posada Carriles .
Santiago Alvarez: Helped
Posada enter the U.S.
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When Washington
permitted in March 2005 the illegal entry onto its territory of Posada - which according
to declassified CIA and FBI documents was the mastermind of numerous terrorist
acts against Cuba and the revolutionary movement in Latin America, it
demonstrated that it "gives shelter" to terrorists, an act that Bush
has insisted is sufficient for him to bomb another country. Months later, an
FBI document was published in Miami revealing that an FBI agent had infiltrated
the group that had organized the ocean voyage of Posada Carriles from Mexico to
the United States. This was accomplished with the help of Santiago Alvarez ,
the leader of an anti Cuban terrorist group who was later arrested by police in
South Florida with an arsenal of weapons.
The Bush Government has handled the Posada case as if it were a
matter of a foreigner entering the country illegally, after they were forced to
detain him after a scandal broke out. Posada decided to hold a press conference
in Miami, just as Washington perjured itself by swearing that the story of his
presence in the United States was an "invention of Fidel Castro."
The Bush Government
hasn't responded to Venezuela's May 2005 request for U.S. authorities to
detain Posada for the purposes of extradition. The request by Caracas asserts
that the terrorist escaped a prison in that country while awaiting a court's decision
on charges that in 1976, he blew up a Cuban aircraft
with 73 people aboard.
By failing
to respond to the Venezuelan request, Washington is in violation of the extradition
treaty that remains in force between the two countries, several American laws
and two international treaties linked to the fight against terrorism that the
two nations have signed. The recent summit of Non-Aligned States in Havana
supported the Venezuelan request, and days later the topic was brought up at
the opening of the U.N. General Assembly by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Watch
and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Watch .
President Hugo Chavez prays after calling President George W. Bush
'El Diablo,' in English, 'the Devil,' at the 61st session of the United
Nations General Assembly. He also spoke out on the case of Luis
Pasada Carriles, convicted for terrorism in Venezuela. (above).
—UNITED NATIONS VIDEO: Venezuela's President Hugo
Chavez
addresses the opening of
the 61st session of the
U.N.
General Assembly, Sept. 20,
00:23:50
—UNITED NATIONS VIDEO: Chilean President Michelle
Bachelet delivers her
speech to opening of the 61st
session
of the U.N. General
Assembly, Sept. 20,
00:08:50
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet of Chile, delivers her
speech to opening of the 61st
session of the U.N. General
Assembly, Sept. 20. Bachelet (below).
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The
immigration judge that the case was brought before ordered Posada's deportation
to a country other than Cuba or Venezuela, where he alleged that Posada
could be tortured. But since the decision, no nation has wanted to receive him,
and according to United States law, a foreigner cannot be imprisoned indefinitely
simply due to a lack of identity papers.
In fact, an
El Paso judge has already given the government an October 5th deadline to explain
why Posada must be kept behind bars. The judge's action was in response to the running
of a federal judge who determined that the American government had just two
alternatives: either to set Posada free or have Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales certify that Posada is a terrorist.
This places
Bush in tight spot, because if the government lists Posada as a terrorist, no
one would understand why he doesn't do the same with scores of his associates living
in the United States, many of whom regularly plan actions against Cuba. If
Posada Carriles is certified as a terrorist, it would open up the sewers and
reveal all of the anti-Cuban terrorists being sheltered by the United States.
Why was
his entry into the United States permitted? Why wasn't he classified as a terrorist
before? Why don't they indict him? These would be some of the questions that
would hound the Bush government. And it would inevitably lead to another case:
the unjust imprisonment of five Cuban counter-terrorists.
It would suffice
if a reporter from any of the more important newspapers probed into the rigged
judicial process against the celebrated Miami five, the activity of which consisted
of informing Havana that terrorists of Cuban origin in Florida were planning attacks,
and where the district attorney has been unable to prove any of the accusations
against them.
Bush is
in a serious bind: will he certify Posada as terrorist, or will he let him go
free? On the 5th of October we will know.
aguerra_123@yahoo.com.mx
Spanish Version Below
¿Qué guerra contra el terrorismo?
Angel
Guerra Cabrera
Basada en
una cadena interminable de comprobadas mentiras, la "guerra contra el
terrorismo", desatada por Bush El nazi hace cinco años, es ella misma la más grande de todas las falsedades sostenidas
por su gobierno y los de sus dóciles aliados europeos y de otras partes del
mundo. En realidad se trata de una guerra contra los pueblos
para asegurar la decadente hegemonía mundial de Estados Unidos y su control de
los hidrocarburos; en primera instancia, aunque no únicamente, en el mundo
islámico.
Un caso paradigmático sobre el doble rasero en que se basa la extraña guerra
contra el terrorismo es el de la protección que recibe en Estados Unidos el
architerrorista de origen cubano Luis Posada Carriles.
Al
permitir en marzo de 2005 el ingreso ilegal en su territorio de Posada -autor
intelectual de numerosas acciones terroristas contra Cuba y el movimiento
revolucionario latinoamericano, según documentos desclasificados de la CIA y la
FBI-, Washington evidenció que "da albergue" a terroristas, acción
que Bush ha afirmado es causa suficiente para bombardear otro país. Meses
después se publicó en Miami un documento de la FBI
revelando que un agente suyo estaba infiltrado en el grupo que organizó la
operación de traslado marítimo de Posada Carriles desde México a Estados
Unidos. Esto a raíz de que a Santiago Alvarez, jefe del grupo y connotado
terrorista anticubano, le fuera ocupado por la policía un arsenal de armas de
guerra en el sur de Florida.
El caso
de Posada ha sido tratado por el gobierno de Bush como el de un extranjero más
que ha entrado ilegalmente, luego de que se viera forzado a detenerlo ante el
escándalo provocado por una conferencia de prensa que convocó en Miami, justo
cuando Washington juraba y perjuraba que su presencia en Estados Unidos era un "invento
de Fidel Castro".
El
gobierno de Bush no ha respondido al pedido de detención de Posada con fines de
extradición formulado por Venezuela desde mayo de 2005. La solicitud de Caracas
obedece a que el terrorista se fugó de una cárcel de ese país cuando esperaba un nuevo juicio por la voladura de un avión cubano con 73
personas a bordo, en 1976.
Al dar la
callada por respuesta a la solicitud venezolana, Washington viola el tratado de
extradición vigente entre los dos países, varias leyes estadunidenses y dos
tratados internacionales de los que es signatario, vinculados a la lucha contra
el terrorismo. La reciente cumbre de los No Alineados en La Habana apoyó la
solicitud venezolana y días después el tema fue llevado a la Asamblea General
de la ONU por los presidentes Hugo Chávez y Michelle Bachelet, de Venezuela y
Chile.
Presentado
ante un juez de inmigración, éste ordenó la
deportación de Posada excepto a Cuba o Venezuela, donde alegó que podía ser
torturado. Pero desde entonces ningún país ha querido recibirlo, y según la ley
estadunidense un extranjero no puede ser recluido
indefinidamente por el solo hecho de estar indocumentado.
De hecho,
ya un juez federal de El Paso ha dado de plazo al
gobierno hasta el 5 de octubre para que explique por qué Posada debe continuar
detenido. La actuación del juez obedece al dictamen de
un magistrado federal, quien determinó que el gobierno estadunidense tenía dos
alternativas: o poner a Posada en libertad o que el procurador general Alberto
Gonzales certificara que es un terrorista.
Esto ha
colocado a Bush en el disparadero porque si el gobierno cataloga a Posada de
terrorista nadie se explicaría por qué no hace lo mismo con decenas de sus
cofrades en Estados Unidos, muchos de los cuales continúan planeando acciones
contra Cuba. Si Posada Carriles es certificado de terrorista
se destaparía la cloaca sobre el auspicio y protección que brinda Estados
Unidos al terrorismo anticubano. ¿Por qué permitió su ingreso en Estados
Unidos?, ¿por qué no lo catalogó de terrorista
anteriormente?, ¿por qué no lo enjuicia?, serían las preguntas que acosarían al
gobierno de Bush. Y ello conduciría inevitablemente a otro caso: el injusto encarcelamiento de los cinco jóvenes antiterroristas
cubanos.
Bastaría
que un reportero de algún diario importante hurgara en el amañado proceso
celebrado contra los cinco en Miami, donde declararon que su actividad
consistía en informar a La Habana sobre los planes de los terroristas de origen
cubano en Florida y donde la fiscalía no pudo probar ninguna de sus
acusaciones.
Bush está
en un serio aprieto: ¿certificará a Posada de
terrorista o lo dejará en libertad? El 5 de octubre lo
sabremos.
aguerra_123@yahoo.com.mx