AP: Judge Sets Trial for Castro Foe With U.S. Ties (Posada)

[Eugene]

Judge Sets Trial for Castro Foe With U.S. Ties

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 16, 2007

EL PASO, Feb. 15 (AP) — An anti-Castro Cuban militant accused of lying to United States
immigration officials in an effort to become a citizen should stand trial in May, a federal
judge ruled Thursday.

The judge, Kathleen Cardone of Federal District Court here, set May 11 for jury selection
in the case against Luis Posada Carriles, who is also wanted in Venezuela on charges that
he planned a deadly jet bombing.

Mr. Posada, a former Central Intelligence Agency operative and Army soldier, is accused of
lying about how he illegally entered the United States from Mexico in 2005.

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Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/16/us/16cuban.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. This should be interesting. We should have a pool guessing whether he'll get

any time, no time, a week or two, etc., or a presidential medal from _Bush.

You may remember this wry event in January:

Posted on Sat, Jan. 20, 2007email thisprint this
LITTLE HAVANA
Scuffle ensues at Posada rallyAbout 100 people at a rally in Little Havana to support Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles clashed with a group of counterdemonstrators.
BY ERIKA BERAS
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Demonstrators clashed briefly at a rally Friday in support of Luis Posada Carriles, the Cuban exile militant facing federal prosecution in Texas and possible deportation if the United States can find a country willing to take him.

About 100 people gathered just before noon at the Bay of Pigs memorial at Southwest Eighth Street and 13th Avenue. They held signs and encouraged motorists to honk their horns in support of Posada, 78, who is being detained in El Paso, Texas.

Around 12:30 p.m., a handful of college-aged counter-demonstrators appeared across the street, denouncing Posada as a terrorist.

Miguel Saavedra, president of Vigilia Mambisa, an anti-Castro group and one of the organizers of the rally, yelled, ''Communists!'' The two sides briefly clashed, and a Posada critic was hit in the head.
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16503977.htm

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That's great, isn't it? If you don't support this bomber/mass murderer/terrorist, you must be a "communist!" Someone just might rush across the street and clobber you! May their god bless the reactionary right.

[PLF]

2. Notice how they refuse to use the word "terrorist" in this instance