Posted on 02/25/2004 10:18:00 PM PST by Astrife
Eight years ago today, Castro shhots down Brothers to the rescue planes.
Actually I was wrong it was Feb 24 1996.
Brothers to the rescue, a private organization formed in 1991 and based out of Miami routinely fly's small planes across the Florida straits in search of Cuban refugees Fleeing from Castros Island prison. In addition to this they drop leaflets echoing the voice of liberty 13 miles (respecting international boundaries) off the coast of Havana in hopes that the winds will carry them to the city. They remain an active political organization seeking change in Cuba through non violent means.
On February 24, 1996, three planes from Brothers to the Rescue were patrolling the international waters of the Florida Straits when Castro ordered his MIG fighters to shoot them. They did just that. Downing two of the unarmed small planes (the third got away) Castro simply murdered four Brothers to the rescue pilots who were only trying to help people fleeing the "socialist utopia" of Castros communist gulag
Of course murdering innocent people is nothing new to the man who recently hosted Robert Redford, Oliver Stone, Kevin Costner, Steven Spielberg and God knows how many other Hollywood liberals, he's been doing it for about fifty years.
Hear the actual audio tape of the shootdown from the command tower on my website
Then sent Elian back.
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