Cuba describes U.S. anti-terrorism campaign as cynical

By Javier Rodríguez —Granma daily staff writer—

GENEVA, March 14.—Cuba has described as false and cynical the supposed U.S. commitment to combating terrorism, in its reply to that country’s representative in the Human Rights Council session, PL reports.

The Cuban delegate, Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez, referred to the allegations of U.S. Velia de Pirro, who tried to respond to the speech made the day before by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque, in the High-Level Segment of the meeting.

Reyes reiterated the impunity enjoyed by terrorist groups operating from Florida against the Cuban people, highlighting the protection given to Luis Posada Carriles, responsible for the sabotage of a Cubana Aviation passenger plane in full flight and the death of its 73 passengers.

Many of those terrorist were trained and funded by successive U.S. administrations and the CIA directly participated in the plotting of hundreds of assassination attempts against the Cuban head of state, he added.

In his reply, the Cuban representative recalled that the CIA itself at one point backed some of the capos of the terrorist network now known as Al Qaeda that U.S. agencies are currently hunting down. (PL)