[Peace-discussion] Hillary Clinton silent on US release of Terrorist -- ask her to speak out!
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Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:14:49 -0500
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Hillary Clinton's Washington DC office has not returned calls about this
critically relevant issue to people who care about the value of all human
life against terror and violence. [ We are also awaiting a call back from
the office of Senator Russ Feingold.]
To send an email to Hillary Clinton click here:
http://www.senate.gov/~clinton/contact/webform.cfm
To Call her office Phone: (202) 224-4451,
For liberty and justice for all!
Henry H. Duke
(714)235 6083
How can U.S. let this terrorist go?
http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/452310p-380645c.html
Albor Ruiz is a columnist for the Daily News.
E-mail: aruiz@edit.nydailynews.com
Forget the war on terror. According to a federal judge, a man with a lengthy
rap sheet that includes terrorist acts in several countries, Luis Posada
Carriles, should be set free on the streets of America.
As if to add insult to injury, Judge Norbert Garney recommended releasing
him on Monday, Sept. 11, the fifth anniversary of the attack on New York.
No matter that Posada Carriles - born in Cuba and a naturalized Venezuelan -
is accused of, among other crimes, planning the bombing in 1976 of a Cuban
passenger jetliner over Barbados that killed 73 civilians.
Posada Carriles has been in an immigration jail in Texas since he entered
the U.S. illegally last year. Also, last year, an immigration judge decided
that he should be deported - but not to Venezuela or Cuba, where, the judge
said, he could be tortured.
Yet Garney wants to free him.
"The court recommends that petitioner's request for habeas corpus be granted
and that petitioner be released subject to terms and conditions of
supervised release," he wrote.
If Garney's recommendation is approved by the Justice Department, Posada
Carriles could be free in about 30 days. It would be a slap on the faces of
the families of the Cuban airliner victims. And it would make a mockery of
President Bush's war on terror.
Even more so considering that on March 22, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) denied his release for very specific reasons: Posada
Carriles, ICE said then, was a "danger to the community" and "a risk to the
national security of the U.S."
It wasn't the first time. The former Immigration and Naturalization Service
also had deemed him a danger to the U.S., but President George H.W. Bush
granted him resident status anyway.
Posada Carriles is 78, but he is no kindly grandfather. Actually, blowing up
an airliner was only one of many terrorist acts in which the former CIA
operative is said to have participated. His denial is not surprising.
In Aug. 26, 2004, he was released from a Panama jail after Mireya Moscoso,
that country's outgoing president, pardoned him. He had been in prison,
accused of plotting to assassinate Cuban dictator Fidel Castro at a summit
of Latin American leaders in 2000.
He wanted to use 33 pounds of explosives - enough to destroy an armored car
and damage everything within 220 yards. He was sentenced to eight years for
endangering public safety.
>From Panama, he went into hiding in Central America. He's also still a
fugitive from Venezuela, where in 1985 he escaped from jail. He is wanted
there for his role in the bombing of the Cuban jetliner.
The South American country has an extradition treaty with the U.S., but with
the tense relations between Washington and Caracas, no one expects the
suspected terrorist to be sent back.
Posada Carriles also has boasted of having planned six Havana hotel bombings
in 1997 in which an Italian tourist died and 11 people were wounded.
Yet Garney is recommending his release. Hard as they try, federal
authorities cannot find any country willing to take in such an unsavory
character, including Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador.
President Bush has said, "If you harbor a terrorist, you are a terrorist."
And if the war on terror is real and not a political ploy, all terrorists,
even the ones who agree with U.S. foreign policy, must be prosecuted.
The case of Posada Carriles is one more argument for freeing the Cuban Five,
who are serving long sentences for trying to stop terror attacks to their
homeland.
"The outrage of five Cuban anti-terrorists being imprisoned while the
notorious terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is recommended for release makes an
absolute mockery of justice," said Gloria La Riva, national coordinator of
the Committee to Free the Cuban Five.
A recommendation issued, as if to add insult to injury, on the fifth
anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.
Originally published on September 14, 2006
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class=3Dbodytext>Forget the war on terror. According to a federal =
judge, a=20
man with a lengthy rap sheet that includes terrorist acts in =
several=20
countries, Luis Posada Carriles, should be set free on the streets =
of=20
America.=20
<P>As if to add insult to injury, Judge Norbert Garney recommended =
releasing him on Monday, Sept. 11, the fifth anniversary of the =
attack on=20
New York.=20
<P>No matter that Posada Carriles - born in Cuba and a naturalized =
Venezuelan - is accused of, among other crimes, planning the =
bombing in=20
1976 of a Cuban passenger jetliner over Barbados that killed 73 =
civilians.=20
<P>Posada Carriles has been in an immigration jail in Texas since =
he=20
entered the U.S. illegally last year. Also, last year, an =
immigration=20
judge decided that he should be deported - but not to Venezuela or =
Cuba,=20
where, the judge said, he could be tortured.=20
<P>Yet Garney wants to free him.=20
<P>"The court recommends that petitioner's request for habeas =
corpus be=20
granted and that petitioner be released subject to terms and =
conditions of=20
supervised release," he wrote.=20
<P>If Garney's recommendation is approved by the Justice =
Department,=20
Posada Carriles could be free in about 30 days. It would be a slap =
on the=20
faces of the families of the Cuban airliner victims. And it would =
make a=20
mockery of President Bush's war on terror.=20
<P>Even more so considering that on March 22, U.S. Immigration and =
Customs=20
Enforcement (ICE) denied his release for very specific reasons: =
Posada=20
Carriles, ICE said then, was a "danger to the community" and "a =
risk to=20
the national security of the U.S."=20
<P>It wasn't the first time. The former Immigration and =
Naturalization=20
Service also had deemed him a danger to the U.S., but President =
George=20
H.W. Bush granted him resident status anyway.=20
<P>Posada Carriles is 78, but he is no kindly grandfather. =
Actually,=20
blowing up an airliner was only one of many terrorist acts in =
which the=20
former CIA operative is said to have participated. His denial is =
not=20
surprising.=20
<P>In Aug. 26, 2004, he was released from a Panama jail after =
Mireya=20
Moscoso, that country's outgoing president, pardoned him. He had =
been in=20
prison, accused of plotting to assassinate Cuban dictator Fidel =
Castro at=20
a summit of Latin American leaders in 2000.=20
<P>He wanted to use 33 pounds of explosives - enough to destroy an =
armored=20
car and damage everything within 220 yards. He was sentenced to =
eight=20
years for endangering public safety.=20
<P>From Panama, he went into hiding in Central America. He's also =
still a=20
fugitive from Venezuela, where in 1985 he escaped from jail. He is =
wanted=20
there for his role in the bombing of the Cuban jetliner.=20
<P>The South American country has an extradition treaty with the =
U.S., but=20
with the tense relations between Washington and Caracas, no one =
expects=20
the suspected terrorist to be sent back.=20
<P>Posada Carriles also has boasted of having planned six Havana =
hotel=20
bombings in 1997 in which an Italian tourist died and 11 people =
were=20
wounded.=20
<P>Yet Garney is recommending his release. Hard as they try, =
federal=20
authorities cannot find any country willing to take in such an =
unsavory=20
character, including Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and El=20
Salvador.=20
<P>President Bush has said, "If you harbor a terrorist, you are a=20
terrorist." And if the war on terror is real and not a political =
ploy, all=20
terrorists, even the ones who agree with U.S. foreign policy, must =
be=20
prosecuted.=20
<P>The case of Posada Carriles is one more argument for freeing =
the Cuban=20
Five, who are serving long sentences for trying to stop terror =
attacks to=20
their homeland.=20
<P>"The outrage of five Cuban anti-terrorists being imprisoned =
while the=20
notorious terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is recommended for =
release makes=20
an absolute mockery of justice," said Gloria La Riva, national =
coordinator=20
of the Committee to Free the Cuban Five.=20
<P>A recommendation issued, as if to add insult to injury, on the =
fifth=20
anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.=20
<BR><BR><B>Originally published on September 14, 2006</B></SPAN>=20
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