With
all the coverage lately in the U.S. media about bacteriological warfare,
why have Americans been kept ignorant about Castro’s factories of
bacteriological and chemical weapons in Cuba? Undoubtedly, there is a
deliberate effort by the U.S. media not to report negative information
about Cuba.
Among
the U.S. media there are many Castro sympathizers. And others are
willing to cooperate in order to keep their access to Cuba, their
bureaus and star reporters getting personal interviews with Castro.
Morally this is dishonest because they are compromising the freedom of
information. This selfish and arrogant attitude of the U.S. media has
rendered a disservice to the American people by giving them a false
sense of harmlessness about Castro’s Cuba for decades.
It
is extremely frustrating to raise awareness of a problem when people are
so misinformed. Invariably the people’s reaction is rejection or scorn
when confronted with information that contradicts those acquired
beliefs, especially if they are maliciously fed. For example, Sue Anne
Pressley’s September 25, 2001, outrageous article in The Washington
Post equating Cuban Americans to terrorists like bin Laden. But you will
see below that the result of this misinformation has placed the American
people in danger.
There
are many academic studies, articles and books in public records exposing
Castro’s long term involvement with bacteriological and chemical
weapons. The information has been presented in public forums. The U.S.
media has been invited but they systematically choose to be absent.
Perhaps so that by being absent they can claim, "but I didn’t
know." Also revealing this information will clash with the heavily
orchestrated campaign to present Castro as non-threatening in order to
normalize relations with Cuba. This full collaboration of the U.S. media
with the Castro regime is reprehensible.
I
finally felt somewhat literate about Castro and bacteriological warfare
after attending a discussion on Capitol Hill on October 28, 1997. As
usual, the U.S. media did not show up. I was shocked by the October 1997
paper titled Castro: A Threat to the Security of the United States by
Dr. Manuel Cereijo, a professor at Florida International University who
has written over 500 articles published in national and international
journals.
The
paper details Cuba’s work in the fields of bacteriological and
chemical warfare "since the mid 80’s." And the "several
centers and institutes that do research and development," and that
"there are special groups, working on projects to develop chemical,
biological and bacteriological warfare."
It
listed the names of these centers and institutes: "the
Biotechnology Center, the Immunology Center, the Genetic Engineering
Center, the Tropical Medicine Institute, the Findlay Institute, the
Biocen, the Academy of Sciences, the Oceanographic Institute, the
Biological Preparations Center, the Center for the Breeding of
Laboratory Animals, the National Center for Animal and Plant Health, the
Neuroscience Center and La Fabriquita or Little Factory. These centers
are spread around Havana." Dr. Cereijo’s paper specifies their
addresses and says, "Many Cuban engineers and scientists have been
trained by former East Germany, the Soviet Union, North Korea, Iraq,
Iran, Vietnam and China."
Over
the years, Castro’s Cuba has developed very ingenious ways to deliver
their deadly materials to the U.S. As Dr. Cereijo says, "To conduct
a bacteriological attack, a country or a terrorist group does not need
to have any sophisticated means of delivery, such as a missile. A
container, the size of a 5 pound of sugar bag, can bring bacteriological
material capable of causing over 50,000 casualties in an urban area
depending on the flow of air and atmospheric conditions."
In
my previous article Castro and International Terrorism, I mentioned the
evidence pointing to Castro’s involvement with the introduction of
West Nile virus into the U.S. via migratory birds. In addition to people
affected and some deaths caused by the virus in the U.S., it is
affecting endangered species.
An
AP dispatch in The Washington Times dated September 18, 2001, on page
A7, says, "Many zoos across the country have agreed to begin
tracking the West Nile virus, which is blamed for the deaths of at least
three birds at the Philadelphia Zoo in the past month." Among the
dead birds was "a rare Humboldt penguin." The same virus
"is suspected in the death of a second Humboldt penguin."
According
the AP dispatch, "The only other zoo believed to have lost birds to
West Nile is the Bronx Zoo in New York, where more than 20 birds died
from the virus when it was first detected in 1999." NewsMax
reported on September 26, 2001 that "Wisconsin health officials
Wednesday said tests have confirmed the presence of the West Nile virus
in seven more dead crows found in Milwaukee County." Would it take
the death of Sesame Street’s Big Bird for the U.S. media to begin
showing an interest in Castro’s bacteriological program?
Scientifically
cooperating with Castro’s Cuba in the study of migratory birds - birds
apparently are being used as carriers of lethal virus against the U.S. -
were the Smithsonian Institution, the Department of Ornithology of the
American Museum of Natural History in New York and The Audubon Society,
among others enumerated in my previous article. So much for scientific
exchanges with the enemy.
Also
listed in Dr. Cereijo’s paper, are other ingenious ways researched in
Cuba to deliver deadly biological agents including the developing
"from marine technology, with the assistance of Japan, which never
knew what the final product was, a paralyzing toxin, which is now ready
to use.
"In
1992, the Institute of Oceanographic Studies, conducted an experiment
with the Academy of Sciences [both politically controlled by Castro as
all organizations in Cuba are], to find which places on the Cuban coast
were the best to let bottles and containers reach the United States
coast line fastest and most effectively."
The
regime’s official motivation (for public and international
consumption) was "a study of marine streams." The scheme was,
as Dr. Cereijo’s reveals, "to put notes inside the bottles,
asking for replies. They found where in Cuba was best to release
containers with bacteriological material.
The
north coast of Havana province was found to be the best, as well as the
region around the town of Sagua La Grande. This has been documented by
several finders of bottles as well as by engineers from Cuba who worked
on the project."
The
U.S. media has the duty and responsibility to inform the American people
of these matters. The people in the southern and southeastern coastal
areas of the U.S. should be on notice not to pick up or open any
floating objects.
Children
are very curious, so parents should instruct their children of the
danger of picking up and opening what they find at the beach.
Information and precaution is the only way to prevent a major
catastrophe caused by bacteriological material sent that way.
These
and more facts in Dr. Cereijo’s paper alarmed me and made me more
inquisitive about what was going on and I had the opportunity to read
more on the subject.
In
1997, a confidential report was smuggled from Cuba. A July 20, 1998,
Insight Magazine article appeared in The Washington Times titled Fidel
Castro's Deadly Secret - Five BioChem Warfare Labs by Martin Arostegui.
"The credibility of the smuggled documents is enhanced by a recent
classified Pentagon analysis", said Arostegui.
Among
other shocking information I learned from this confidential report was
that the bacteriological and chemical warfare capabilities of Castro are
now known by the U.S. government. And that there are about 12 centers
producing bacteriological agents strategically located around Havana.
The
newest and most notorious, "La Fabriquita", or Little Factory,
was built by the Military Enterprise of Strategic Works (EMPI). It has a
10,000-RPM centrifuge and other laboratory equipment bought through
COMICONDOR, an Italian company in Milan that also supplies technology to
Libya for Muammar Qaddafi's biological-weapons experiments. This factory
in Havana was "inaugurated in 1993 on Armed Forces Day on December
2, 1993," and has been in operation for eight years.
In
order to enter "La Fabriquita" you need "top-secret
credentials – you must pass through a station of the Cuban Armed
Forces (FAR), odd for a place supposedly producing cattle feed, which is
its disguise. It is called ‘Animal-Feed Plant.’ This does not
correspond to details known to U.S. authorities."
The
report gives a lot of specific information about "La Fabriquita,"
which is located just across the street from "Cuba’s premier
medical center – the Luis Diaz Soto General Hospital, formerly known
as the Naval Hospital. That is where Fidel and Raul Castro are believed
to have their regular health exams and emergency care." At that
hospital’s School of Medicine, the report says "are three pools
of cadavers that may be used for additional tests, using human
tissue."
Oddly,
that "Animal-Feed Plant" located in Havana "is well
protected by rapid action defense units. The hospital area is inside the
FAR’s north coastal fringe defense zone."
In
relation to its Italian 10,000-RPM centrifuge equipment, Dr. Cereijo
says, "These are of a high capacity and they are shielded against
lethal agents. Also Cuba is involved in the so-called ‘binary
weapons’ where two chemicals are used (harmless, otherwise) to form a
toxic agent when a weapon is exploded. They can be disguised as common
agricultural chemicals, which make them more difficult to detect. This
new weapon is part of the ultra-lethal Novichok class.
"They
have also the capability to develop A-232, made from agricultural and
industrial chemicals that are not lethal until mixed. These new agents
are as toxic as VX, a persistent nerve agent, and as resistant to
treatment as Soman. Also, more difficult to detect and easier to
manufacture than VX. In fact, A-232, or A-234, can be made using common
industrial solvent and an organic phosphate compound, disguised as a
common pesticide."
Pastors
for Peace is a supposedly "religious" and
"humanitarian" New York-based organization. But records and
sources say that they are apparently a fanatical and prone-to-violence
pro-Castro front organization advancing Castro’s agenda and
misinformation. They are an important part of his support network inside
the U.S. conducting fundraising to advance their radical agenda.
Now
we find that last July, 13, 2001, the Los Angeles Times reported that
the pastors, after returning from Cuba, were trying to cross the border
with Mexico smuggling 30 pounds of "rat poison" (Biorat) made
in Cuba.
The
head of Pastors for Peace is Rev. Lucius Walker, a close friend of Fidel
Castro who is constantly traveling to Cuba. His group specializes in
creating border-crossing incidents with the U.S. border authorities. On
October 23, 1996, he delivered a pro-Castro speech for the celebration
of the 75th anniversary of the Communist Party USA.
According
to the Los Angeles Times’ report, "he [Rev. Walker] openly
challenged U.S. officials to block the shipment of Biorat, asserting
that the move would ‘show the true colors’ of President Bush's Cuba
policy."
According
to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta,
"Biorat is not admissible into the United States," because
"it poses a public health risk worldwide." The report cites
"A 1996 article in the British medical journal Lancet asserting
that the product could easily cause food-borne disease in people."
Through
his agents like Pastors for Peace and other subterfuges, Castro
continues to export toxins into the U.S. that can cause harm to the
American people while proclaiming friendship for them.
Dr.
Cereijo says, "The Cubans also have carried out studies on the
propagation of microorganisms by means of fumigation aircraft or
micro-jets." On September 24 and 25, 2001, it was reported on U.S.
television news that members of the suspected ring of terrorists that
executed the September 11 attack against the American people, were
inquiring about crop-dusting airplanes in Florida.
"The
same system could become the basis for the application of
bacteriological weapons," pointed out Dr. Cereijo’s 1999-updated
version of his paper. "’La Fabriquita’ could be engaged in
producing an anthrax toxin like the one reported being developed by the
Russians, according to the defense publication Jane’s. Russia’s new
variant of the anthrax toxin is totally resistant to antibiotics and
could cause a catastrophe."
"The
United States, as recognized by government officials, is not prepared
for a biochemical attack, or germ warfare. Intelligence sources in the
United States do not question if there will be an attack, but when will
it be. Saddam Hussein and Castro are friendly allies. Castro has sent
medical teams and scientists to Iraq. These activities are very
suspicious."
The
1998 Washington Times’ Insight Magazine article by Martin Arostegui,
questioned the inaction by the U.S. government, "Why does the
President ignore this? Clinton just wants to avoid another
confrontation; said Ernesto Betancourt, former director of Radio Marti,
a U.S. government broadcasting service. Betancourt believes that the
administration is terrified of provoking a confrontation, which could
lead to another wave of Cuban refugees. While maintaining the economic
embargo to placate Cuban-American voters, Clinton desperately avoids
making waves with Castro, Betancourt added." Apparently, that way
of thinking is continuing to this day.
The
blunder of John F. Kennedy by betraying the April 1961 invasion of Bay
of Pigs to get rid of Castro, brought on the October 1962 Missile Crisis
that put the world at the brink of nuclear war. And this situation led
to the Kennedy-Khrushchev deal for which the U.S. became Castro’s
protector by agreeing to prevent any foreign invasion of Cuba.
However,
Castro and the former Soviet Union violated their part of the
Kennedy-Khrushchev deal by exporting revolutions to Latin America and
Africa. And Castro not only destroyed the once prosperous and advanced
Cuba, bringing misery to his people, but also extended his hands
supporting terrorism throughout the American continent and abroad.
To
date Castro continues training, arming and offering sanctuary to
international terrorists and placing his agents and spies in the U.S.
– note the September 21, 2001, detention of the spy Ana Belen Montes
in the Defense Intelligence Agency.
The
July 28, 1997 Forbes Magazine reported that Castro has "$1.4
billions." In a 1997 report titled The Comandante’s Reserves
compiled from information given by high-ranking government defectors,
especially Jesus M. Fernandez, some of his money has been traced to
1959. A large part of it was stolen from the Cuban people and more from
his profits from drug trafficking. Most of the money resides in Swiss
bank accounts from which it is used to pay for international subversion,
the purchasing of arms, his terrorist activities, agents and spies.
History one day will reveal how nefarious Castro has been in our
hemisphere.
Castro
– obviously threatening the U.S. - said on January 28, 1997,
"This lamb cannot ever be devoured, not with planes, nor with smart
bombs, because this lamb has more intelligence than you and in its blood
there is and always will be poison for you!" Don’t miss the key
word "poison."
According
to Declan McCullagh’s February 9, 2001 article Feds Say Fidel Is
Hacker Threat, "These must be jittery times for anyone in the
military who uses the Internet. Not only do they have to guard against
Love Bug worms and security holes in Microsoft Outlook - now they've got
to worry about Fidel Castro hacking into their computers.
"Admiral
Tom Wilson, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, says the
74-year-old communist dictator may be preparing a cyberattack against
the United States. Wilson told the Senate Intelligence Committee during
a public hearing Wednesday that Castro's armed forces could initiate an
‘information warfare or computer network attack’ that could
‘disrupt our military.’ The panel later went into closed session to
discuss classified material."
This
article further supports Dr. Cereijo’s 1997 paper in relation to
Castro’s regime being actively involved in terrorism directed at U.S.
computer systems. Castro’s unpublicized-by-the-media war against the
U.S. is on all fronts. Ignorance will make us more vulnerable.
Last
May 9, 2001, Castro proclaimed in Iran, "Today, there is a king in
the world a thousand times stronger than the shah you overthrew, and
that is the imperialist king living next to my homeland. However, this
imperialist king will finally fall, just as your king was
overthrown."
According
to Agence France Presse, Castro affirmed in Iran on May 10, that
"Iran and Cuba, in cooperation with each other, can bring America
to its knees. The U.S. regime is very weak, and we are witnessing this
weakness from close up."
An
in his May 16 visit with Moammar Qaddafi, Castro said, "Cuban and
Libyan revolutions have similar objectives."
On
September 22, 2001, Castro in Havana accused the U.S. of being "a
world military dictatorship" attacking President Bush’s resolve
of defending the U.S. against terrorism in spite of the overwhelming
support of the American people and the international community.
Apparently,
foreseeing the possibility of his ties to terrorism, his
"secret" bacteriological and cybernetic war against the U.S.
being finally exposed, he sent a warning to the U.S. in case the U.S.
attacks Cuba in pursuit of terrorists. Castro proclaimed that "the
Cuban people will fight until the last drop of blood if they are
attacked by the U.S."
New
Cuban Press dispatch by Havana Press’ independent journalist Jorge
Olivera, reported on September 19 of the "tension in Havana"
and the Cuban "military have been placed in a state of alert."
Now,
after years of appeasement, the nonsense about engagement,
people-to-people cultural, scientific and sport exchanges, the pervasive
campaign to lift the U.S. embargo and tourist visits to Cuba, we clearly
see that Castro has used this time to develop weapons of mass
destruction in our back yard to be used against us. All while the U.S.
media keeps misinforming us.
The
blackmail potential that this represents renders the U.S. and its people
in grave danger and in an almost impotent situation. The U.S. must not
lower its guard in relation to Cuba. We must not put all of our eggs in
one basket. It could be fatal.
©
2001 ABIP