Cuba condemns attack
I agree with what you say about about terrorism and this clearly is a terrorist attack and saddly many innocent working class people died. However, to let this incident pass without commenting on past American governments involvenment in terrorism, either directly of inderictly is wrong. I would qualify any condolence with a mention of gross hypocracy (which is implied in the official line from Cuba, let us not forget, Cuba has no option but to comply with Americas new policy or face the wrath of the "Woken Giant" ). One issue here is the fact that it is American citzens who died and we are expected to feel 'solidarity' with their loss, but when peoples of the 3rd World are slaughtered at the hands of western democracy we are told that this is justified. The propaganda machine is in full flight and the left need to everything possible to counter what is already turning into a rightwing backlash. We have been told that this is an attack on 'civilisation' and here in Britain, in America too, mobs of thugs are attacking innocent moslems and moques. The entire capitalist system is based on the destruction of civilisations which do not if the mould. Bin Laden and many Muslem fundamentalist movements owe much of their success to the backing of the US during the late Cold War years. It is well known that the CIA handed out weaponary to the Islamists during the civil war in Afghanistan. The death of innocents is always regretable but let us not forget the conditions that created this terrible tradgedy.
