right before UN investigators were to interview him. Babalublog is....skeptical. Original Cuban News item is here | Submit your comments on this article |
| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Cuban General in Nork Arms Smuggling Case Killed in Auto Accident |
| 2013-09-02 |
| right before UN investigators were to interview him. Babalublog is....skeptical. Original Cuban News item is here |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #6 "Dammit, picked a fine time to quit smoking" (Channeling Airplane, the movie) |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2013-09-02 16:45 |
| #5 The only thing I know about Cuba is that my parents went there for their honeymoon..........in 1939. Something made them change their plan to go to Bermuda, not sure what. Their little discussion made it sound like a pretty wild place. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-09-02 15:50 |
| #4 George Patton has no comment. |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-09-02 14:59 |
| #3 Pedro Mendiondo Gómez. Born August 13, 1945. Graduated from the Enseñanza Superior Militar Military Academy. At the triumph of the Revolution he joins the Youth Patrols and the Association of Young Rebels. In 1961, he begins studies on artillery and during the Missile Crisis he becomes part of a Popular Defense Battalion as the leader of the unit. Joins the Revolutionary Armed Forces in 1963 at the San Julián Military School, and upon graduating he holds different positions in a number of units in the Revolutionary Air Defense and Air Force (DAAFAR), where he is eventually named its Chief of Staff. Mendiondo Gómez served in Angola where he rose to the rank of Colonel. He has been awarded the Order for Service to the Homeland and the medals “Ignacio Agramonte” and “Internationalist Combatant.” |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-02 10:45 |
#2 Sad part of this is, they probably took out one of those classic mid-50's Detroit sleds in the process.
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| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2013-09-02 10:44 |
| #1 Tom Clancy to the courtesy phone. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-09-02 10:32 |