http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/051805_world_stories.shtml

Lest we forget...

Not many years ago the US was heavily involved in terrorist acts against civilians.

On October 6, 1976, CIA-backed anti-Castro agents put a bomb on a commercial Cubana airline flight which blew up and killed the 73 on board shortly after it left Barbados. Apart from the crew, the aircraft was carrying the Cuban fencing team, some North Koreans and some Guyanese students.

America has spared no effort over the years to protect the perpetrators. The alleged mastermind, Luis Posada Carriles, a former CIA agent, is wanted by Venezuela in connection with this incident. But a US judge has recently ruled he can't be extradited from America because he might be tortured in Venezuela.

This must be a joke considering the US treatment of prisoners at Abu Graib and Guantanamo. And hasn't the US reportedly sent prisoners to be interrogated in countries which do practice torture?   

Most countries have probably done things in the past of which they aren't proud today. But when you have a chance to make amends and let the guilty face trial, and you don't, you can't expect the world to believe you're really against all forms of terrorism.