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| Iran, Cuba, Venezuela reject US terrorist label |
| 2009-05-02 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] ran, Cuba and Venezuela late on Thursday assailed the U.S. administration for a new report that lists Havana and Tehran as state sponsors of terrorism and raises concerns about Caracas. The U.S. State Department report, which singled out Iran as "the most active state sponsor of terrorism" in the world, was released in Washington Thursday as ministers from some of the countries named in the report were here for a meeting of non-aligned countries. "With its support for the Zionist regime, racism, occupation" and "all it has done in the prison at Guantanamo, the United States is not competent" to accuse other countries of terrorism, said Iranian Foreign Minister Monouchehr Mottaki. He said President Barack Obama's administration speaks of change but some within it want past policies to continue. "We do not recognize any political nor moral authority on the part of the United States ... to certify good or bad behavior," said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez. International Delinquent Rodriguez called the United States an "international delinquent" with "a long record of state terrorist actions, and not only against Cuba." The release of the 2008 edition of the State Department's terrorist sponsor list followed overtures toward Cuba by Obama, who has sought to improve U.S. relations with Latin America. But yesterday former Cuban leader Fidel Castro derided U.S. steps toward improving relations with his country, saying the United States wants Cuba to act like a slave willing to "accept again the whip and the yoke." The 82-year-old Castro, writing in a column published on the Internet, said "the adversary should never be under the illusion that Cuba will surrender." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Iran, Cuba, Venezuela reject US terrorist label In other news "Water is wet, clouds are evaporated water, and the moon just hangs there". |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-05-02 15:23 |
| #2 We are not under any illusion that Castro will ever do the right thing either. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-05-02 14:41 |
| #1 Castro gnashes his teeth most when we don't include him on such lists, because he is not important enough. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-05-02 09:42 |