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The Sick Mind of Noam Chomsky: Part II Method and Madness (David Horowitz)-[Excerpt] Take a current example like Cuba, which has not been bombed and has not suffered a war, but is poorer today than it was more than forty years ago when Castro took power. In 1959, Cuba was the second richest country in Latin America. Now it is the second poorest just before Haiti. Naturally, Chomskyites will claim that the U.S. economic boycott is responsible. (The devil made them do it.) But the whole rest of the world trades with Cuba. Cuba not only trades with all of Latin America and Europe, but receives aid from the latter. Moreover, in the 1970s and 1980s, the Soviet Union gave Cuba the equivalent of three Marshall Plans in economic subsidies and assistance -- tens of billions of dollars. Cuba is a fertile island with a tropical climate. It is poor because it has followed Chomsky's examples, and not America's. It is poor because it is socialist, Marxist and Communist. It is poor because it is run by a lunatic and sadist. It is poor because in Cuba, America lost the Cold War. The poverty of Cuba is what Chomsky's vision and political commitments would create for the entire world. [End Excerpt]

Castro: the bioterrorist in our backyard, Part II

U.S. Embargo-Busters Aim to Import Cuba Rat Poison

(Miami Herald 10-10-01) Terrorism war to force Cuba, Venezuela to sit tight awhile--In addition, the United States will avoid raising Cuba's open support for armed movements in the past, or its most recent role as a sort of Club Med for international terrorists, for fear of bringing up potentially divisive issues that could annoy some members of the U.S.-sponsored anti-terrorist coalition, others said.

But U.S. officials say the Bush administration will most likely keep Cuba on the U.S. list of ``terrorist states'' because it provides safe haven to Basque ETA terrorists, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and other insurgent groups and keeps close ties with radical Arab organizations.

(Sept 1, 2001) Washington Times-- Couple charged as spies [Excerpt] Taken into custody by FBI agents in Orlando, Fla., George Gari and his wife, Marisol, were charged as members of "La Red Avispa," or the Wasp Network, five members of whom were convicted in June of conspiring to spy on the United States for Fidel Castro's regime.

Mr. Gari, 40, and Mrs. Gari, 42, were named in a three-count indictment on charges of conspiracy to act as agents of a foreign government without proper identification or notice to the attorney general. Facing 15 years in prison if convicted, they are being held without bail. No court date has been set.

FBI Agent Hector M. Pesquera, who heads the bureau's Miami field office, announced the arrests. In July, in the wake of the convictions of the five Cuban spies, Mr. Pesquera pledged that additional arrests would be made in what he described as a continuing inquiry. He told reporters at the time that his office had "not finished the investigation." Federal authorities said that the espionage by the Garis occurred between 1991 and 1998, and that Mrs. Gari used her U.S. Postal Service job to gain access to mail sent by and intended for Cuban Americans. [End Excerpt]

Sunday Times of London-(09-20-01) Officials Told of 'Major Assault' Plans (Some Terrorists Arrived via Cuba)

Sunday Times of London-(08-25-01) IRA woman was 'envoy' to Cuba

Castro Seeks Iran’s Help Against U.S.

Reuters

May 09, 2001 02:07 PM ET

By Ali Raiss-Tousi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro urged Iran Wednesday to help defeat the United States "as you toppled the shah" in 1979.

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a staunch opponent of the United States, immediately welcomed the offer, saying the United States is "vulnerable and easy to break down."

Referring to the late Iranian monarch who was backed by the United States, Castro said earlier: "You overthrew the shah 22 years ago, but there is another shah one thousand times stronger and better armed.

"This (new) shah is imperialism, and its main stronghold is only miles away from our border," he said in a speech to students and faculty members at Tehran University.

The United States "has military bases and aircraft carriers everywhere and its nuclear warheads are aimed in every direction," Castro added. "But it can be toppled, just like your Shah was overthrown."

His long speech was interspersed with humorous remarks, which drew applause from more than 700 people packed into a lecture hall, and many more standing outside watching him on closed-circuit television.

Khamenei told Castro that Iran strongly backed Cuba's anti-U.S. stance, state television reported.

"Iran likes Cuba because it has withstood U.S. bullying. This is very precious from Islam's standpoint," the Iranian leader said. "America is very vulnerable and can be easily broken down. Iran and Cuba can work together to achieve this."

Moderate President Mohammad Khatami, whose powers are dwarfed by those of Khamenei, was present at the talks, but did not make any comments.

Castro arrived Monday for a three-day visit as part of a tour of three developing nations.

Despite major differences between the theocratic Islamic republic and communist Cuba, the two countries have one thing in common -- the enmity of the United States.

Both under U.S. economic sanctions and political pressure, Tehran and Havana advocate a campaign to thwart what they call U.S. "global domination."

Castro said Tuesday he wanted to build political ties with Iran, which he hailed as a pioneer for independence and security.

Sugar-exporting Cuba and oil-rich Iran have also expressed interest in broadening trade away from traditional exports into new products such as pharmaceuticals and industrial goods.

Castro received an honorary doctorate from an Iranian university Wednesday.