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Decision time on Cuban's detention

The U.S. government has until Feb. 1 to prosecute Luis Posada Carriles, wanted abroad in a jet bombing case.

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MIAMI — He has admitted to bombing Havana hotels, served time for plotting to assassinate Fidel Castro and for more than 20 years was a fugitive from charges of blowing up a Cuban airliner.

But 17 months after Luis Posada Carriles was arrested and sent to a Texas immigration lockup, U.S. officials have declined to label him a terrorist or charge him with a crime. On Friday, a federal judge in El Paso gave the U.S. government until Feb. 1 to bring a case against Posada or the reputed bomber will be freed. (..)

Soso das ist also kein Terrorist? Nunja er ist ja auch ein Kämpfer gegen die bösen Kommies, da kann er ja kaum Terrorist sein oder? Wieder einmal ein typischer Fall von Doppelmoral.