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CUBA: RASH OF HIJACKINGS CREATES NEW TENSIONS WITH U.S.
Following the Cuban trials of 75 journalists and human rights workers (see NotiCen, 2002-05-08), an immigration crisis unlike any other is unfolding. What makes this crisis unique is that it occurs against the backdrop of President George W. Bush's war against Iraq and his threats of unlimited war against states, such as Cuba, that it considers sponsors of terrorism.
While no mass exodus from Cuba has occurred, there has been a rash of hijackings culminating in the execution in Cuba of three men involved in the failed attempt to hijack a ...See the full content of this document
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