terrorism

Extradition of ETA suspect from Cuba

October 18, 2011

Via AFP: Spain will request the extradition from Cuba of an alleged member of the Basque terrorist group ETA who allegedly sought explosives training from Colombian rebel group FARC. Venezuelan authorities detained Jose Ignacio Echarte and two other suspected ETA members in August after the boat they were in ran aground on the Venezuelan island of Los [...]

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Cuba and Al-Qaeda

September 30, 2011

Anna Mahjar-Barduccihe, a columnist writing for the Hudson Institute, on Cuba’s possible link with Al-Qaeda: The Cuban origin of the suspected Al-Qaeda operative again provoked questions about links between the Cuban regime and the terrorist movement. The book For Whom the Bell Tolls by Gautam Maitra states that according to a Country Reports on Terrorism [...]

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Hezbollah establishes base in Cuba

September 1, 2011

Corriere della Sera, an Italian daily, reports Hezbollah (Lebanon‘s Iran-sponsored Shi‘i Muslim terrorist organization) has established a base of operations in Cuba in an effort to mount terrorist activities aimed at hitting Israeli targets in South America. An attack is being prepared to avenge the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyah in 2008 when a car [...]

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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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Latin America: Terrorism Issues

March 20, 2011

The U.S. Congressional Research Service released a report last month on terrorism issues in Latin America, which includes a section on Cuba discussing the island’s inclusion on the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism and lack of cooperating fully with U.S. antiterrorism efforts.

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Cuban intelligence freely operates in Venezuela

November 30, 2010

The deployment of the Cuban Intelligence Services (CuIS) in Venezuela is so deep that they enjoy “direct access” to President Hugo Chávez and often provide information not shared with the local intelligence services, as indicated by cables sent from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas to the State Department, reports El País, in its review of Sunday’s Wikileaks [...]

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