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Cuban Exile Group Demands More Scrutiny Of Castro-Terrorism Link--[Excerpt] CANF Executive Vice President Dennis Hays said, "While our national attention is focused on Afghanistan, representatives from a who's-who of anti-American, anti-democratic groups have been meeting and forging links in Cuba."

"We have seen time and again that when terrorist groups work together, their ability to undermine democracy and human rights is greatly magnified. It is not surprising that such a group would come together on the initiative of Fidel Castro, who for forty years has advocated violence and terror to achieve his ends," Hays said. Hays concluded, "As the president and his administration continue to prosecute the war on terrorism, we urge them not to overlook Castro's extensive ties to America's enemies abroad." [End Excerpt]

Sinn Fein head in Cuba to thank Castro for support--[Excerpt] Three suspected IRA members, including one, Niall Connolly, who was the left-leaning Sinn Fein's representative in Cuba, are currently jailed in Colombia suspected of training Marxist FARC rebels there whom the United States labels "terrorists."

The U.S. government cautioned in September that an Adams trip to Cuba would raise "troubling questions" if it turned out the IRA had links to the FARC guerrillas. [End Excerpt]

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Insight Magazine details Castro's intelligence work in the U.S. and terrorist support around the globe: Alive and Kicking --[Excerpt] Argentina's economy has collapsed, potentially spreading anti-U.S. populism like a cloud of billowing debris. Colombia, twice the size of France and straddling the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, risks becoming a narcostate like Afghanistan as drug-trafficking guerrillas fight to seize power. Mexico, beset with its own internal guerrilla problems, is on the verge of an historic anticorruption effort that actually could make a dent in the institutionalized kleptocracy. Venezuela, the largest supplier of U.S. oil, now shows resistance to the Qaddafi-style dictatorship of left-wing strongman Hugo Chavez. [End Excerpt]

Another excerpt from "Alive and Kicking" --[Excerpt] Any U.S. policy affecting Castro's interests likely will face intense opposition from a few groups, based mainly in Washington and New York City, supportive of the regime. It already has begun with the arrival of al-Qaeda terrorists to the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. One of the most vocal denouncers of U.S. treatment of the detainees is Michael Ratner, vice president of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York. In a debate with this writer on the New York City affiliate of National Public Radio, Ratner stood up for the rights of the terrorists to be treated as prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention. That's hardly surprising; in a CNN standoff during the Cold War, Ratner affirmed that he was a supporter of Castro and his regime. [End Excerpt]

(This is another Ellen Ratner brother. The other one is the RATner associated with the discredited doctored N.Y. fireman raising flag statue.)

Cuba withholding facts on 4 suspects, Chile says-- SANTIAGO, Chile - (AP) -- President Ricardo Lagos complained Monday that Cuba has not been forthcoming with information on four wanted Chilean terrorism suspects believed to have escaped to the communist island.