So is AP saying that anti-Communist Cubans could be behind this threat? Are they really that much in similarity in the nature of their plots?
This is an under the radar type reference so common on television shows like Law and Order.
You slip into the story that people who try to liberate their home country from a murdering dictator thug are the moral equivalent of people who would blow up an entire building full of innocent people.
In other words, "don't go getting all smug about this you right wing nutjobs".
They are very subtle about this type of thing, which hurts them because their audience is so dense, it doesn't take anyway:)