The world is watching - Wash. can no longer brush aside. . . .

[donsu]

Venezuelan and Cuban demands to extradite a client terrorist


http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1505793,00.html

As the condor flies, Texas and Cuba are not all that far apart, and yesterday they were linked by two unfolding parallel dramas. The man common to both was Luis Posada Carriles, a Cuban-born citizen of Venezuela who has spent most of his adult life in the service of Washington but is now its biggest embarrassment.

At the Palacio de Convenciones in Havana, it was the start of another week of hearings into the evidence that surrounds the terrorist career of Posada. This is a kind of truth and justice commission without the participation of those deemed to be in need of redemption. Fidel Castro is a constant attender and interjects occasionally as witnesses give their testimonies about Posada's alleged misdeeds and the labyrinthine political and criminal connections linked to them.

Meanwhile, in El Paso, Texas, 77-year-old Posada was resisting efforts by the Venezuelan authorities to extradite him to stand trial for his alleged part in the blowing-up of a Cuban airliner in 1976 that killed 81 people. The Venezuelan interest does not end at the fact that the plot was allegedly hatched in their country. There were Venezuelans on board and Posada (albeit in somewhat different political times) had opted to become a Venezuelan citizen.

An attempt to enter the US illegally from Mexico, where he has been resident in recent years, led to Posada's detention by immigration officials in March. This sparked off mass demonstrations in Havana and demands from both Cuba and Venezuela for his extradition. Significantly, however, Cuba wanted him back for other alleged terrorist offences and Castro said it was Venezuela that should deal with the aircraft bombing.
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maybe we could launch murderous Posada in a small boat on the outgoing tide from Key West. the outgoing tide flows toward Cuba, 90 miles away. he can converse with the sharks while he floats toward his fate.

[hobbit709]

1. We only

go after "their" terrorists, not ours.

[Village Idiot]

2. I dunno - will the US willingly extradite a CIA asset for prosecution?

I think they will lower his bail because the immigration charges against him in the USA aren't too sever, then after he is released, he will not be seen again.

Either that, or the CIA will give him a little "retirement present," like "two behind the ear," and he will not be heard from again...