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Posted on 04/11/2009 10:35:06 AM PDT by pissant
As President Obama and members of Congress push to strengthen relations with Cuba, the State Department released a report on Friday that details Cuban efforts to weaken the morale of U.S. diplomats on the island by poisoning their family pets.
The 64-page report written in 2007 states that the life of U.S. diplomats serving in the U.S. Interest Section (USINT) – which issues visas and performs other diplomatic services in Havana – was laden with poor morale “in part because USINT life in Havana is life with a government that ‘let’s [sic] you know it’s hostile.’”
Cuban officials would often try to create dissention within the ranks of U.S. diplomats on the island according to the report, which was prepared and released by the State Department inspector general.
“Retaliations have ranged from the petty to the poisoning of family pets. The regime has recently gone to great lengths to harass some employees by holding up household goods and consumable shipments. The apparent goal has been to instigate dissension within USINT ranks.”
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Hell, they are lucky if its just pets being poisoned. Back during the Cold War, the Russkies almost finished off a friend of mine in the intel biz with a poisoned dart. BTW, Castro has an EXTENSIVE BIO AND CHEM WARFARE EFFORT.
People think that because he’s old he’s not dangerous. He’s more dangerous than ever.
Especially now that he has gushing admirers in congress and the White House.
He has alwys had gushing admirers in our media and the congress — that’s how he got into power in the first place. One of his biggest admirers is Patrick Leahey.
So true, but I had in mind the recent CBC field trip to Cuba, and the recent election of a foreign-born black muslim marxist law professor as POTUS.
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