2007 Report on Terrorism

The Department of State’s annual Country Report on Terrorism has been released. Cuba retains its designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
An overview:

CUBA
The Government of Cuba remained opposed to U.S. counterterrorism policy, and actively and publicly condemned many associated U.S. policies and actions. To U.S. knowledge, the Cuban government did not attempt to track, block, or seize terrorist assets, although the authority to do so is contained in Cuba’s Law 93 Against Acts of Terrorism, as well as Instruction 19 of the Superintendent of the Cuban Central Bank. No new counterterrorism laws were enacted, nor were any executive orders or regulations issued in this regard. The Government of Cuba provided safe haven to members of ETA, the FARC, and the ELN. It maintained close relationships with other state sponsors of terrorism such as Iran and Syria.
The Cuban government continued to permit more than 70 U.S. fugitives to live legally in Cuba and refused almost all U.S. requests for their return. These U.S. fugitives include convicted murderers (two of them killed police officers) as well as numerous hijackers, most of whom entered Cuba in the 1970s. The government returned one American citizen fugitive when that person sailed his boat into Cuban waters and it was determined that he was wanted on fraud charges in the state of Utah. The Cuban government stated in 2006 that it would no longer provide safe haven to new U.S. fugitives entering Cuba.
The Cuban government did not extradite suspected terrorists during the year.

1 thought on “2007 Report on Terrorism”

  1. Ziva –
    Forgetting about “Assata Shakur,” does the name ROBERT VESCO ring a bell? If you are a wealthy enough fugitive, the regime is more than happy to
    give you asylum. The guy from Utah must have been a real sad sack. -S-

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