Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: NY Transfer News To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 8:09 AM Subject: [CubaNews] US Asks Cuba for Any Info on Terrorists Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit [Only one obvious comment: We hope the US Government is also asking the Miami Mafia for "any information on terrorists," especially those fun-loving fly-boys in Basulto's Brothers to the Rescue and the rest of the gusanos who have pals at the various CIA proprietaries in the Florida aviation industry. CUBA has been sending to US law enforcement "any information on terrorists" that they pick up right along -- as they have often explained. ] South Florida Sun-Sentinel - September 19, 2001 U.S. Asks Cuba for Any Information on Terrorists By Rafael Lorente Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- The State Department asked Cuban officials last week what, if anything, they knew about the deadly terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Having been asked the question puts the island in the company of Iran, Sudan and Syria, three other countries the United States normally considers pariahs, but now is hoping will help in its investigation of the attacks. The four nations are on the State Department's list of countries that sponsor terrorism. All but Iran have been asked for information or other assistance. The other three countries on the terrorism list are Libya, Iraq and North Korea. A State Department official downplayed the contact with Cuba saying it was a question asked during regular meetings between the two countries. He could not say if the Cubans had offered any information. "We do maintain contacts with the Interests Section here and this is the question of the day,'' said the official, who wished to remain anonymous. The State Department's 2000 Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism accuses Cuba of harboring terrorists and American fugitives, and having ties to insurgents in Latin America. "Colombia's two largest terrorist organizations, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the National Liberation Army, both maintained a permanent presence on the island," the report said. Cuba has expressed condolences about last week's attack and an official with Cuba's Foreign Ministry in Havana said his country would welcome cooperation. "The United States cannot abstain from asking any country for information, even a fragment of information could be useful at this moment," said a Cuban Foreign Ministry official, who did not want his name used. "I would be very pleased if this cooperation took place. It would prove common sense prevails.'' But an anti-Fidel Castro group in the United States said Tuesday that cooperating with Cuba would be tantamount to cooperating with criminals and worried that some sort of deal might be cut between the two countries. "I'm sure there's some misguided people who believe in fact that we should be dealing with criminals like this," said Dennis Hays, who runs the Cuban American National Foundation's Washington office. Like the United States and Cuba, the United States and Iran have been bitter enemies for decades. Americans still have vivid memories of the 52 hostages held for 444 days at the U.S. Embassy there in 1979. But relations have warmed since Mohammad Khatami was elected Iran'spresident in 1996. Also, Iran is no friend of the Taliban and could benefit from American pressure to prevent Iraq, its neighbor and foe, from rearming. Like other countries, Iran has expressed condolences. * [Rafael Lorente can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 202-824-8225 in Washington. Staff Writer Vanessa Bauza contributed to this report, which was supplemented with Sun-Sentinel wire services.] Copyright (c) 2001, South Florida Sun-Sentinel ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To subscribe from this CubaNews group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==================================================================== ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://TOPICA.COM/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
