Posted on 08/06/2005 8:35:38 PM PDT by doug from upland
FREEPERS: this is Joe Connor. His dad, God rest his soul, was one of the victims of the FALN. Not only were none of the murderous bombers executed, they got pardons from the previous impeached president. More of the legacy. The next time you have a FReep in New York, make sure Joe is invited.
Big bump for a deeply moving, heartfelt post.
I don't have cable but I hope all the FReepers who can watch it will do so and report. Maybe there can be a discussion thread on Thursday.
Recently a hardened fugitive terrorist was killed during his attempted arrest by the FBI.
Normally, this kind of news would make headlines. Or, if not headlines, you would expect that given this is the age of the war on terror, it would at least be reported positively, that the United States was keeping to its word on hunting down terrorists wherever they may be.
Maybe I should not have been too surprised that this event was either not reported in most of the news media or if it was, the terrorist was reported favorably and the brave FBI agents, protecting our people were called “assassins.” Maybe not so incredibly Amnesty International is calling for an investigation of this murderer’s death. The few articles on the subject I have seen (in Newsday, the Hartford Courant and The Bergen Record) portrayed Filiberto Ojeda Rios as a hero and a martyr to his “cause.”
These pieces, including one in the September 28 edition of the Bergen Record absurdly quote supporters who claim that Ojeda had not been involved in any terrorist violence for two decades (even assuming that is true) and therefore he should not have been targeted for arrest. Amazingly, they fail to mention Ojeda’s infamous terror “career.” (I have since spoken with the reporter for the Record who is now planning a more informative follow-up piece.)
This slanted reporting belies the violent truth of his terror.
My family is all too familiar with who Filiberto Ojeda really was. He was a terrorist who at least one FBI expert on Puerto Rican terrorism, Rick Hahn (retired) believes masterminded the January 24, 1975 lunchtime bombing of Fraunces Tavern in downtown New York City that killed my father, Frank Thomas Connor along with 3 other innocents.
Let me outline his infamous resume:
· 1966, founder of Puerto Rican terror Group, Mira, who bombed sites in NY and San Juan including a car bomb in San Juan at the hotel in which a US cabinet member was staying
· 1969, arrested but fled on his bond
· Fled to Cuba and was trained by Castro's agents
· 1974, one of the founders of the FALN
· 1975, believed by at least one FBI agent expert in Puerto Rican terror issues to be the main planner of the Fraunces Bombing that killed 4 and injured over 50
· 1978, Founder of Los Macheteros
o Killed police in Puerto Rico
· 1979, National Guard attack in Puerto Rico which killed 2 US servicemen
· 1983, Armored Car robbery in Ct.
o Of the $8 million stolen half was sent to Cuba.
· 1985, in Puerto Rico, arrested after open firing on FBI agents wounding one
o FBI returned fire hitting his gun but only knocking the wind out of him
o Given an ankle bracelet which he mailed back to the judge with a note saying he is a revolutionary
· 2005, as agents approach Ojeda let loose a pit-bull on one of the agents
o Shot another agent in the liver
o Shot two other agents in their bulletproof vests
It is sickening and insulting to read in these pieces of a New Jersey Rev. Rafael Rivera’s comparing him to Jesus Christ. The Jesus I know would never condone killing innocent people and leaving children without a father.
He has also been compared to George Washington: George Washington was a principled, honorable man, appointed by representatives of the people. He was the founding father of the greatest nation the world has ever seen. Ojeda was a thug and a stooge of Castro appointed by no one. To compare the two is nonsense. George Washington never killed innocent civilians in the pursuit of his “cause.”
Ojeda was a cold blooded terrorist, a coward and an enemy of the United States. His death will not bring back my father, Frank Connor, but President Bush’s United States did bring him permanent justice unlike the Clintons who pardoned his murderous comrades in 1999. In keeping with the spirit of what President Bush said after the 9/11 attacks, we brought justice to the terrorist (while bringing him to justice). We should all be grateful for that.
Joe, the FReepers will not let your father and this story be forgotten. We are going to be in Hillary's face for the pardons. This story and exposure of the murdering swine should have been all over the mainstream media. They have failed miserably.
Obama FALN pardon...
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