Wednesday, July 27, 2005

The Definition of Terrorist

He bombed an airplane, killing 73 people, including an entire Olympic fencing team. He attempted to assassinate the leader of a country, but failed and killed an innocent bystander.
He is a fugitive who escaped from jail while awaiting trial for the bombing charges.
He fled to a neighboring country where he participated with rebels who terrorized civilians and attempted to overthrow a democratically-elected government.
He entered the United States this year without any problems using a fake passport. He was arrested after giving a press conference.
He is awaiting word from an immigration judge on his request for political asylum.
He is a terrorist.

At least, he is a terrorist according to the State Department's definition of terrorism, because his activities

(a) involve a violent act or an act dangerous to human life that is a violation of the criminal laws of the U.S.
(b) appear to be intended to (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping.
U.S. Code Congressional & Admin. News, 98th Congress, Second Session, 1984, Oct. 19, v. 2, par 3077, STAT. 2707 (1984).

Contrary to what you might think, however, the Department of Homeland Security has not charged this evil man with anything related to terrorism. The sole crime with which DHS has charged him is entering the U.S. without inspection.

Why? Because HE is Luis Posada Carilles and the many heinous crimes he committed were largely done during his years as a CIA operative. Mr. Carilles is a Cuban-born, Venezuelan national who has spent his life fanatically trying to kill Fidel Castro and to inflict as much harm as he can on Cuba, no matter who dies along the way. He bombed a Cuban airliner and killed the entire Cuban Olympic fencing team. In a failed attempt to murder Fidel Castro, he took the life of an Italian tourist in Havana. He was arrested in Venezuela, but managed to escape from jail and make his way to El Salvador and Honduras where he and John Negroponte spearheaded the death squads who massacred thousands of civilians. He followed several comrades-in-arms to the U.S. this year.

If the Department of Homeland Security's failure to charge Carilles with any real crime is any indication, it appears that the definition of terrorist is not steadfast. It appears to depend on the political ideology of the target. I suppose this isn't news though. Osama Bin Laden was a CIA favorite when his target was the Soviets.

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