Released by Caribbean Network for Solidarity with Cuba (CNSC)
On 13 May, the US state department announced that it was listing Cuba as a country that does not fully co-operate with the USA in fighting terrorism. This step follows the decision in January this year to list Cuba as a country which supports terrorism. In justifying its most recent move, the US claimed that there are at least 11 US citizens who have fled that country and who Cuba refuses to hand over to them. These individuals are mostly political refugees who have fled US state terrorism, particularly during the violent suppression of the black liberation movement in the 1960s and 70s. The idea that refusing to hand over political refugees to their tormentors means not fighting against terrorism is a ridiculous one. In reality, this is a flimsy pretext, behind which the US seeks to intensify its policy to suffocate Cuba and her people with the sole aim of overthrowing the Cuban government and replacing it with a puppet regime.
First of all, as a major source of terrorism across the world, the US regime is in no position to be passing judgment on others with regard to this matter. Apart from its countless wars of aggression, coups, practice of gruesome torture at places like Abu Ghraib and CIA sites around the world and its active participation in the ongoing genocide against the Palestinians, the US has a long history and carrying out and promoting terrorist activities in many countries. Its Operation Gladio in post war Europe carried out numerous terrorist attacks on those deemed to be its political opponents. It directed the contras’ terrorist campaign in Nicaragua, terrorism by al Qaida and Islamic state across the middle East and terrorist attacks inside Iran.
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