War On Terror (South Florida Sun-Sentinel re: Luis Posada Carriles)

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<snip> The longer the U.S. government stands on the sidelines hand-wringing, the more embarrassing and potentially debilitating becomes the dilemma of Luis Posada Carriles. Washington needs to show leadership by resolutely addressing the quandary posed by this suspected anti-Castro terrorist.

Depending on who is making the accusation, or offering up a defense, Posada is a terrorist mastermind or a freedom fighter who even tried to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Now Posada is seeking asylum in the United States after presumably sneaking in from Mexico.

The top U.S. diplomat for Western Hemisphere affairs, Roger Noriega, said last week the administration "has no interest in giving quarter to someone who has committed criminal acts." The Bush administration should demonstrate its opposition to all forms of terrorism by finding and detaining Posada, who at the very least may have broken immigration laws in his clandestine entrance.

The Justice Department must also conduct a probe to see if Posada broke U.S. neutrality laws in carrying out any of the terrorist acts he is linked to. For that matter, too, Washington needs to come clean on how much it knows about Posada's activities, including any dirty work he might have carried out on U.S. orders. <snip>

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/editorial/sfl-editafcubaterroristmay11,0,1993113.story?coll=sfla-news-editorial