[lbo-talk] Our terrorist

[Michael Pugliese]

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18739
>...They carried off  among the first airplane hijackings in history.
In the last months of 1958  members of Castro's movement hijacked
three different Cubana airliners at gunpoint. The last one was a
flight from Miami to Varadero that was diverted at gunpoint to
rebel-held territory in Cuba's eastern Oriente province. Despite the
pilot's frantic pleas the plane was forced to attempt a landing on a
tiny airstrip near Raul Castro's rebel camp, where it crashed in a
huge fireball. 17 of the 20 passengers died in the explosion...

In November 17th 1962, the FBI uncovered a terrorist plot that
targeted Manhattans's Grand Central Terminal and Statue of Liberty ,
along with department stores Macy's, Gimbels and Bloomindales. The
plotters had 12 detonators and 500 kilos of TNT. The explosions were
planned for November 27th 1962, the day after Thanksgiving, the
busiest shopping day of the year. The chief  plotter was Roberto
Santiesteban, chief aide to Cuba's U.N. ambassador, Carlos Lechuga.
Under him were Elsa and Jose Gomez, also employed by Cuba's diplomatic
mission at the U.N. The rest of the plotters belonged to The Fair Play
for Cuba Committee. Had those detonators gone off,  9-11's death toll
would have almost certainly taken seconds.  In 2003 alone, the U.S.
was forced to expel 14 Cuban "diplomats." All worked at the United
Nations.