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6. Oktober 1976 wurde ein kubanisches Passagierflugzeug mit 73 Passagieren in
die Luft gesprengt. Deklassiffizierte US Dokumente zeigen nun, dass einer der
hauptverdächtigen für die CIA arbeitete. Luis Posada Carriles, ein in Kuba
geborener Venezolaner und Anti- Castro Aktivist war Informant und Agent für die
Geheimdienstbehörde.
Das Massaker wurde in Caracas von Luis Posada Carriles und Orlando Bosch Avila
organisiert, zwei venezolanische Söldner, Hernán Ricardo Losano und Freddy
Lugo, brachten den Sprengstoff in dem Flugzeug an. Es handelte sich um das
Flugzeug CUT-1201, das seine Reise in Georgetown, der Hauptstadt Guayanas,
begonnen hatte und von Barbados aus nach Jamaica und dann nach Havanna
weiterfliegen sollte. Der Anschlag kostete 73 Menschen das Leben. Zu den
Passagieren gehörten die 24 Mitglieder der kubanischen Jugend-Fechtnationalmannschaft,
die gerade in Caracas die Goldmedaille bei den Spielen Mittelamerikas und der
Karibik gewonnen hatte. Unter den Passagieren befanden sich auch 15 Mitglieder
einer anderen Flugzeugbesatzung von Cubana, die aus Barbados kamen.
Luis Posada, der jede Mittäterschaft bestreitet, beantragt nun Asyl in Amerika.
Seine Anwälte sagen, ihm müsse die US Protektion zugestanden werden, da ihr
Klient viele Jahre im Dienste des Landes gestanden habe. Pasoda versteckt sich
möglicherweise in Miami. US Vertreter hingegen meinen, sie hätten keine Beweise
dafür, dass sich Pasoda in Amerika aufhalte und sie würden ein Asylgesuch von
ihm nicht anders behandeln als das eines anderen.
Die Dokumente, veröffentlicht vom George Washington University National
Security Archive, beweisen indes, dass der 70 Jährige Posada über die Jahre
1960 – 1976 auf der Gehaltsliste der CIA stand. Jener Dienst, der in diesen
Jahren alles daran setzte Fidel Castro zu eliminieren.
Eines der FBI Dokumente zitiert eine nicht genannte Quelle, die behauptet
Pasada sei einer derjenigen gewesen, der sich mindestens zweimal in einem Hotel
in Caracas traf, um den Bombenanschlag auf die Passagiermaschine zu besprechen.
Die amerikanische Bundespolizei habe aber nichts unternommen, um ihre Quelle zu
schützen.
Der CIA Mann Posada wurde nach dem Bombenanschlag in Venezuela verhaftet,
konnte aber noch vor der Gerichtverhandlung fliehen. Die CIA rettete ihn mit
Unterstützung der Kubanisch-Amerikanischen Nationalstiftung aus dem angeblichen
Hochsicherheitsgefängnis. Die Dokumente zeigen, dass er sich nach Südamerika
absetzte, wo er sich den Verdeckten Operationen der Amerikaner anschloss. Die
dortigen Operationen standen unter Oliver
North, dem Oberst beim Nationalen Sicherheitsrat Ronald Reagans, dem die
wieder Bewaffnung der Antikommunistischen Contra Guerilla unterstellt
war.
Posada, kaum zu glauben, brüstete sich gar, verantwortlich für eine Serie von
Bombenanschlägen auf touristische Ziele in Castros Hauptstadt Havana in den
90er Jahren zu sein. Vor fünf Jahren wurde er in Panama unter dem Verdacht
verhaftet sich an einem Mordkomplott gegen Fidel Castro beteiligt zu haben.
Nach kurzer Zeit wurde er erstaunlicherweise vom abtretenden Präsidenten
Panamas begnadigt. Die kubanische Regierung wirft nun der amerikanischen
Regierung mit Recht vor, einem Terroristen Unterschlupf zu bieten. Dies könnte
für die Bush Regierung zu einer heiklen Entscheidungsfrage werden.
Dokumente
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THE CIA CONNECTION
Luis Posada Carriles had a long relationship with the CIA. In February 1961, he
joined the CIA's Brigade 2506 to invade Cuba, although the ship to which he was
assigned never landed at the Bay of Pigs. While in the U.S. military between
1963 and 1965 the CIA recruited him and trained him in demolitions; he
subsequently became a trainer of other paramilitary exile forces in the mid
1960s. CIA documents posted below reveal that he was terminated as an asset in
July 1967, but then reinstated four months later and apparently remained an
asset until 1974. The documents also show that he remained in contact with the
Agency until June 1976, only three months before the plane bombing.
Document 1: CIA,
In the aftermath of the bombing of Cubana flight 455, the CIA ran a file check
on all names associated with the terror attack. In a report to the FBI the
Agency stated that it had no association with the two Venezuelans who were
arrested. A section on Luis Posada Carriles was heavily redacted when the
document was declassified. But the FBI retransmitted the report three days
later and that version was released uncensored revealing Posada's relations
with the CIA.
Document 2: FBI, October 16, 1976, Retransmission of CIA Trace Report
In this uncensored version of the CIA trace report, the Agency admits that it
"had a relationship with one person whose name has been mentioned in
connection with the reported bombing," Luis Posada Carriles. The CIA file
check shows that Posada was "a former agent of CIA." Although it
doesn't say when his employment began, it indicates he was terminated briefly
in the summer of 1967 but then reinstated in the fall and continued as an asset
while a high level official in the Venezuelan intelligence service, DISIP,
until 1974. Even then, "occasional contact with him" continued until
June 1976.
Document 3: CIA, June 1966, File search on Luis "Pozada"
In this file search the CIA states that Posada has "been of operational
interest to this Agency since April 1965," the likely date when he first
became a paid CIA agent.
Document 4: FBI,
An informant reports to the FBI that Posada is a CIA agent and is
"receiving approximately $300.00 per month from CIA."
Document 5: CIA,
This "PRQ" was compiled in 1972 at a time Posada was a high level
official at the Venezuelan intelligence service, DISIP, in charge of
demolitions. The CIA was beginning to have some concerns about him, based on
reports that he had taken CIA explosives equipment to
EARLY TERRORIST PLOTTING
During the time that Posada was on the CIA payroll in the mid-1960s, he
participated in a number of plots that involved sabotage and explosives. FBI
reporting recorded some of Posada's earliest activities, including his
financial ties to Jorge Mas Canosa, who would later become head of the powerful
anti-Castro lobby, the Cuban American National Foundation.
Document 6: FBI,
The FBI transmits information obtained from the CIA's
Document 7: FBI,
A FBI cable reports on intelligence obtained from "MM T-1" (a code
reference to the CIA) on a number of RECE terrorist operations, including the
bombing of the Soviet library in
Document 8: FBI,
The FBI links Posada to a major plot to overthrow the government of
BOMBING OF CUBANA FLIGHT 455
Document 9: FBI, October 7, 1976, Secret Intelligence Report, "Suspected
Bombing of Cubana Airlines DC-8 Near Barbados"
In one of the very first reports on the October 6, 1976, downing of Cubana
Flight 455, the FBI Venezuelan bureau cables that a confidential source has
identified Luis Posada and Orlando Bosch as responsible for the bombing.
"The source all but admitted that Posada and Bosch had engineered the
bombing of the airline," according to the report. The report appears to
indicate that the Venezuelan secret police, DISIP, were arranging for Bosch and
Posada to leave
In the report, the FBI identifies two Venezuelan suspects arrested in
Document 10: FBI,
The FBI receives information from a source who has spoken with Ricardo Morales
Navarrete, a Cuban exile informant working for DISIP in
Document 11: FBI,
The FBI reports on arrest warrants issued by a Venezuelan judge for Posada,
Bosch, Freddy Lugo and Ricardo Lozano.
ORLANDO BOSCH AND ANTI-CASTRO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
Document 12: FBI, January 24, 1977, Secret Report, "Coordination of United
Revolutionary Organizations (CORU) Neutrality Matters - Cuba -
(Anti-Castro)"
The FBI reports on a plot to carry out terrorist attacks that will divert
attention from the prosecution of Orlando Bosch and Luis Posada in Caracas.
Orders for the attacks are attributed to Orlando Garcia Vazquez, a Cuban exile
who was then head of the Venezuelan intelligence service, DISIP. (Garcia
Vazquez currently lives in
Document 13: FBI,
This FBI report provides a comprehensive overview of CORU which the FBI
describes as "an anti-Castro terrorist umbrella organization" headed
by Orlando Bosch. The report records how CORU was created at a secret meeting
in
IRAN-CONTRA AND POSADA (A.K.A. RAMON MEDINA)
Document 14: September 2, 1986, Contra re-supply document, [Distribution of
Warehoused Contra Weapons and Equipment - in Spanish with English translation]
After bribing his way out of prison in Venezuela in September 1985, Posada went
directly to El Salvador to work on the illicit contra resupply operations being
run by Lt. Col. Oliver North. Posada assumed the name "Ramon Medina,"
and worked as a deputy to another anti-Castro Cuban exile, Felix Rodriguez, who
was in charge of a small airlift of arms and supplies to the contras in
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