HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- This MSNBC article mentions that the Guantanamo Bay base
has been leased
from Cuba since 1903. What they conveniently left out was
that the original terms
of this so called "lease" were dictated by the U.S who
militarily occupied Cuba, to
a puppet Cuban government that was
entirely under U.S control.
Since 1959, the Cubans have demanded an end to this so called lease and closure
of the base and have refused to
cash the token lease payments from the U.S. The
U.S is illegally occupying Cuban territory, against the
will of the Cuban people and
only does so because it has the military might and
force of arms to do so. Shame!
mart
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From: billy_burnett
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 1:08 AM
Subject: [CubaNews] Al-Qaida prisoners headed to
Guantanamo Guantanamo Navy base http://www.msnbc.com/news/678171.asp — Preparations are under way at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to establish a maximum-security facility where U.S. authorities can hold captured al-Qaida and Taliban fighters, NBC News has learned. U.S. DEFENSE OFFICIALS say the preparations will not be complete until about mid-January, and officials expect those detainees in which the United States is most interested to be brought to the Navy base. Now, the detainees are being held on board the USS Pelelieu in the Arabian Sea and at the U.S. Marine base at Kandahar International Airport in Afghanistan. The Guantanamo base is not accessible without permission from the U.S. military, so it makes a good location outside the United States to hold prisoners, officials said. In the past, both Haitian and Cuban refugees have been held in camps there. Because it is so inaccessible and because it is a secure facility outside the United States, any military tribunals could also be held there. So far, though, there have been no announcements about trying specific individuals by tribunal. The base at Guantanamo Bay, on Cuba's southeast coast, dates to the Spanish-American War of 1898. U.S. forces occupied the area during the war and, in 1903, entered into a lease agreement with Cuba for the site. U.S. officials on Wednesday were awaiting the imminent transfer of about 100 suspected bin Laden loyalists from Pakistan to the makeshift prison at the Kandahar airport. In advance of their arrival, U.S. officials indicated they were hopeful that the al-Qaida cadre would provide an "intelligence bonanza" that, among other things, could provide them with new leads as to the whereabouts of bin Laden. ======================================================================== To subscribe to CubaNews, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://TOPICA.COM/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================ |
