guerrilla movements

Rules of resistance

August 27, 2011

Don’t trust your neighbors, keep the kids inside and discuss weapons only in code Hakim Bousayn, a Libyan businessman in opposition to Gaddaffi’s 42-year-old dictatorship, is featured in this Wall Street Journal article, proffering rules of resistance: Spent late nights covertly training neighborhood youth in shooting skills before their guerrilla commanders sent them out to [...]

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State Sponsor of Terrorism: Cuba

August 18, 2011

The U.S. State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism released today its annual Country Reports on Terrorism for 2010. Cuba is listed in Chapter 3 — State Sponsors of Terrorism with the following entry: Overview: Designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1982, the Government of Cuba maintained a public stance against terrorism [...]

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Central Army troops in urban and mountain maneuvers

November 28, 2010

Troops from Cuba’s Central Army conducted maneuvers in the urban areas of Santa Clara. CA troops were comprised of small infantry units, tanks, anti-aircraft defenses, territorial militia troops and production and defense brigades, reported Juventud Rebelde. Also, tactical exercises were staged in the mountainous zone of el Escambray with small mountain infantry units and Territorial Militia Troops [...]

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Criminal activity funding operations

June 25, 2010

Stratfor analytical article on insurgent/terrorist groups using criminal activity to fund its operations.  A reference is made within the piece to the Cuban Intelligence Service (CuIS): For the militant group, the addition of a state sponsor can provide an array of modern weaponry and a great deal of useful training. For example, the FIM-92 Stinger missiles [...]

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ETA protected by Cuban regime

June 13, 2010

Alberto Pérez Giménez comments in today’s ABC (one of Spain’s national newspapers) about Jorge Masetti’s history with Latin American terrorist groups trained in Havana. And also, how Vilma Espín (Raúl Castro’s deceased wife) served as hostess at dinner parties with “Basque fighters” in attendance. ETA, per Pérez Giménez, remains under the protection of the Cuban regime. [...]

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