Saturday, April 12, 2003

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Where is the left when it comes to Cuba? I've asked this question on many occasions and still haven't gotten an answer:

Three men convicted of hijacking a passenger ferry last week were executed by firing squad Friday, a swift response by Fidel Castro's government to a recent string of hijackings to the United States.

The executions coincided with a crackdown and stiff prison sentences for scores of the government's most vocal critics -- reflecting a new determination by Cuba to squash perceived threats to its socialist system.

A court sentenced the men Tuesday after finding them guilty of "very grave acts of terrorism," said a statement read on state television.

The cases were appealed to both Cuba's Supreme Tribunal and the governing Council of State, and all the sentences were upheld. "At dawn today the sanctions were applied," the statement said.


Convicted on Tuesday, executed on Friday. What does former President Carter have to say? Susan Sarandon? Barbara Walters? Nothing, nothing, and nothing.



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