>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >A project of the International Action Center > Ramsey Clark, Founder > 9 West 14th St. # 206 New York, New York 10011 > >212.633.6646, Fax: 212.633.2889 > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Web: www.iacenter.org > > ><bigger>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA ADVISORY > >Press Contact: Sarah Sloan or Teresa Gutierrez 212.633.6646 > >November 27, 2000 > > >IAC JOINS THE CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE >EXTRADITION OF LUIS POSADA CARRILES TO CUBA > >Delegates from the IAC to World Meeting in Solidarity with Cuba >held in Havana Nov. 10-14 demand an end to U.S. aggression >against Cuba > > >The International Action Center condemns yet another terrorist act >against the Cuban Revolution and its leaders. We call on the >Panamanian government and its president, Mireya Moscoso, to >immediately extradite Luis Posada Carriles to Cuba for his foiled >attempt to assassinate President Fidel Castro > > >In addition, the U.S. government must not be allowed to obstruct >justice. The White House must make sure that Cuba be allowed to >freely seek full remedy in this case. > > >In November, over 600 North Americans, including 90 people >organized by the IAC, traveled to Cuba to participate in the Second > World Meeting in Solidarity and Friendship with the People of >Cuba. The conference was held in Havana, Cuba from November >10-14. Over 4,000 people from 117 countries participated in the >meeting. > > >These delegates represent a more accurate picture of how Cuba is >seen by the world than the desperate acts of a tiny minority, such as > that of Posada Carriles and others like him. The 4,000 spirited >people who traveled to Cuba represent millions of people around >the world who want to see normal relations between the U.S. and >Cuba. > > >It is the U.S. government and the right wing in Miami who are >isolated on the issue of U.S. Cuba relations. On November 9 at the > United Nations, for example, 167 countries voted against the U.S. >blockade of Cuba. This overwhelming vote shows that it is the U.S. > government, not the Cuban government, that is isolated on this >issue. > > >On November 17, Posada Carriles was captured along with three >accomplices in Panama in an attempt to assassinate President Fidel >Castro while he was traveling in Panama. Posada Carriles is a >notorious anti-Cuba right-winger who is responsible for the bombing > deaths of dozens of people. > > >The assassination attempt was revealed at a press conference held >by President Castro in Panama on November 17. Castro was in >that country attending the 10th Ibero-American Summit on >Adolescents and Children. At the press conference, Castro stated >that Posada had slipped into Panama on Nov. 5 with false papers >and a wide array of weapons and explosives with the explicit >purpose of "physically eliminating" him. > > >The Cuban government made the charge of the assassination >attempt in Panama after a careful and meticulous investigation. It >came as a result of a high level of organization by Cuban security >forces as well as information provided by friends of Cuba. Were it >not for this thorough effort, Panamanian authorities might not have >been able to capture the gang in time. > > >Fidel's life was not the only one placed in danger. Preliminary >reports indicate that the assassination might have been carried out >Saturday night, November 18, when President Castro was >scheduled to speak at the University of Panama with thousands of >students in attendance. A sketch of the university and 20 kilograms >of plastic explosives were part of the booty seized by the >authorities. > > >Cuban officials are requesting that the convicted terrorist Luis >Posada Carriles and his accomplices be tried in Cuba. They are >asking that the Panamanian government keep these criminals in jail >in the meantime. > > >In 1976, Posada Carriles was instrumental in organizing the >bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 passengers, including a >Cuban youth fencing team. He was also behind the 1997 bombing >of a Havana hotel that killed an Italian tourist. > > >The recent assassination attempt is a direct result of the hostile >policies fostered and encouraged by the U.S. government towards >the Cuban Revolution. The Cuban government has painstakingly >proved that Posada Carriles and his accomplices have all the >backing of the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF). >U.S., Cuban and other historians have well documented that the >CIA works with Posada, who has directed many terrorist acts >against Cuban missions. He was on the payroll of the U.S. State >Department and played a prominent role in the Iran-Contra >scandal. > > >While in prison in Venezuela for his deadly acts, Posada escaped >jail with the aid of the CANF and the CIA. > > >As long as the U.S. government continues its covert and overt >hostility against Cuba, the likes of Luis Posada Carriles are free to >carry out their bloody acts against the Cuban people and its leaders. > CANF has received millions of dollars from Congress to carry out >its war against Cuba. No other immigrant group has reaped the >support and backing by the U.S. as has Cubans in this country. >From Radio Marti to allowing Cuban paramilitary groups to openly >operate to the support of Brothers to the Rescue, the U.S. >government is complicit in many acts of terrorism and sabotage >against Cuba. > > >The IAC calls on those who support justice and fairness to support >Cuba’s right to try Luis Posada Carrilles. Cuba must be allowed to >seek justice for the heinous crimes carried out against the Cuban >people. The U.S. government must allow this search for justice to >be played out. > > > >-30- > > >International Action Center >39 West 14th Street, Room 206 >New York, NY 10011 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >web: http://www.iacenter.org >CHECK OUT SITE > http://www.mumia2000.org >phone: 212 633-6646 >fax: 212 633-2889 >*To make a tax-deductible donation, >go to > http://www.peoplesrightsfund.org > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
