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JDPriestly

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7. Long ago, Cuban mobs confiscated a lot of ordinary people's private property.

Reply to KansDem (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 04:00 PM

Apr 2015

And also a long time ago I think some Cubans hijacked planes.

Aircraft hijacking incidents between the United States and Cuba were at their height between 1968 and 1972. These incidents have variously been attributed to terrorism, extortion, flight for political asylum, mental illness and transportation between the two countries as a result of the ongoing antagonistic Cuba-United States relations.[1] Subsequent measures by both governments contributed to a gradual reduction of reported incidents towards the mid-1970s. Governmental measures included an amendment to Cuban law which made hijacking a crime in 1970, the introduction of metal detectors in U.S. airports in 1973, and a joint agreement between the U.S. and Cuba signed in Sweden to return or prosecute hijackers.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_aircraft_hijackings

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Obama Endorses Removing Cuba From Terrorism List [View all] YoungDemCA Apr 2015 OP

It's long past due. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #1

What a farce that designation was in the first place nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #2

It's about time. KansDem Apr 2015 #3

Long ago, Cuban mobs confiscated a lot of ordinary people's private property. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #7

None of that had anything to do with Cuba being added to the list. Daniel537 Apr 2015 #20

Thanks for correcting me. I learned that on KPFK after posting. I was not in the US at that time JDPriestly Apr 2015 #21

How about plotting to kidnap a bunch of American Medical Students in Grenada? nt okaawhatever Apr 2015 #8

Hope that's sarcasm. Daniel537 Apr 2015 #9

No, I'm serious and i've done quite a bit of research on it. Castro was trying to hide the okaawhatever Apr 2015 #11

I scoff at this assertion. Ya got anything other than telling me to go to the national archives? Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #12

You have to be prepared to do a lot of reading. This contains a good portion of the information: okaawhatever Apr 2015 #17

Read Back Channel to Cuba by William LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh Daniel537 Apr 2015 #14

Sorry, don't need to read the book. I've read the actual cables, letters, and other source okaawhatever Apr 2015 #18

Well the guy who actually runs the NSA's Cuba Documentation Project says otherwise Daniel537 Apr 2015 #19

Absolutely excellent...another faux boogeyman dissolved. Thank you.+1 n/t Jefferson23 Apr 2015 #4

Long overdue..should never have happened. n/t Paper Roses Apr 2015 #5

It's about time! JDPriestly Apr 2015 #6

Thank you, Mr. President, for bringing common sense and justice to our Cuba policy. Daniel537 Apr 2015 #10

has Marco Rubio's head exploded yet...? mike_c Apr 2015 #13

Maybe not. I doubt there's that much in it. calimary Apr 2015 #15

Or Ted Cruz and his father's head. BumRushDaShow Apr 2015 #16