STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM: CUBA
MANUEL CEREIJO
Preface
Despite significant pressure by the US on all countries sponsoring
terrorism, none of them took the necessary actions to disassociate
themselves from their ties to terrorism in 2002. The states have been
reduced now to six, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, and Sudan.
All of them have continued the very actions that led them to be declared
state sponsors.
Cuba
Although Cuba signed and ratified all 12 international counter terrorism
conventions in 2001, it has remained opposed to the US-led Coalition
prosecuting the war in global terrorism and has been actively critical
of many associated US policies and actions.
On repeated occasions, for example, Cuba sent agents to US missions
around the world who provided false leads designed to subvert the post
September 11 investigation.
In 2002, Cuba continued to host several terrorists and US fugitives.
Cuba permitted up to 20 Basque Fatherland and Liberty members to reside
in Cuba and provided safe heaven and support to members of the Colombian
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-FARC- and National Liberation
Army-ELN groups.
An accused Irish Republican Army-IRA- weapons expert and longtime
resident of Cuba went on trial in Colombia in 2002. He had been caught a
year earlier in Colombia with two other IRA members and detained for
training the FARC in advanced use of explosives. Some US fugitives
continued to live on the island.
Castro allowed the Soviet Union in 1962 to install atomic warhead
missiles in Cuba. Once discovered, he tried to force the Soviet Union to
launch a surprising missile attack against the United States.
Castro has been 44 years in power in Cuba. A tyrant, an oppressor, who
has imprisoned over 150,000 persons and executed above 16,000.
Castro has conducted suspicious bio and cyber terrorist developments
since 1986. Following is a summary of these developments.
CUBA’S BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
Main Centers
Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
· The most important institution in Cuba's biotechnology industry is the
Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CIGB. It was
established in La Habana, in 1986. Located west of La Habana. 31 Ave,
between158 and 190 Streets, Cubanacan.Cost: $150 million dollars.
· It has a total area of 60,000 square meters. The Center has
state-of-the-art equipment, second only to the United States in the
Americas. At the center work outstanding scientists and engineers
dedicated to genetic research, virology, cloning, vaccines development.
· The main CIGB buildings cover an area of 43,200 square meters and
contain specialized labs for both general purposes and dedicated
research. The CIGB has a biotherium, barrier zones or white rooms, which
allow research with sensitive and lethal agents.
· The CIGB's modern andefficient technological equipment includes mass
spectrometers, infraredand ultraviolet, electron and scanning
microscopes, gamma counters, DNA synthesizers. Also, and very important,
downstream fermenters, drying and milling machines, centrifuges, which
can, therefore guarantee research and development of bioweapons, such as
bacteria and virus agents.
· In the CIGB work more than 700 highly skilled researchers, scientists,
and engineers. Russians scientists cooperated with the CIGB several
times, including, according to certain intelligence sources, assisting
in the development of altered strains of bacteria. Capacity to produce
bioweapons
Biocen
· The National Bio-preparations center, Biocen, located in Bejucal,
south of Habana province, at Carretera de Beltran km 1 1/2 is engaged in
industrial scale production of human vaccines. It was built in 1992 at a
cost of $15 million dollars
· Biocen's culture media plant has an annual 40 tons. capacity. It is
equipped to carry out homogenization, hydrolisis, dehydration, milling,
sifting, filtration, and several other processess required not only for
the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, but for bacteria and virus
weaponization.
· A new department that manufactures recombinant products went into
operation in 1993. New cost: $7 million dollars. The complex also
includes a plant producing immunological reagents and two vivaria labs.
· Innovative techniques have been developed at Biocen for obtaining
culture media, substituting the traditional expensive nutritive bases,
like meat, casein. They have developed 14 alternative protein sources.
There is the capacity here to produce bioweapons
The Finlay Institute
· The Carlos J. Finlay Medical Research Institute is located in Ave. 27,
No. 19805, La Lisa, Habana. Modernized in 1994 at a cost of $10 million
dollars
· The Institute occupies an area of 23,000 square meters, divided into
three areas: fermentation, purification, and "clean rooms". Over 950
persons work at the Institute. Of these, 70% are engineers and
scientists.
· The Institute has done extensive work in the research and development
of new vaccines. Among them, vaccines against Leptospirosis, Hepatitis,
Cholera, and Meningitis. The Plant III area is well prepared for the
production of the most sophisticated biomaterials. It is highly secured.
· The main areas of research and production of the Institute are related
to bacteria and viruses. Commercially, it has worked on research and
production of vaccines.
Capacity to produce bioweapons
The Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Khoury
· The Institute was founded in 1937 by Dr. Flori, a very well known
Cuban scientist. The center's research area is in microbiology. The
Institute has the necessary state-of the-art equipment for research and
development related to tropical bacteria and viruses. Modernized and
relocated in 1992 at a cost of $12 million dollars
· The Institute has also conducted extensive research on yellow fever.
Yellow fever is a viral disease that has caused large epidemics in the
world. Infection causes a wide spectrum of disease, from mild symptoms
to severe illness and death..
· There are other tropicaldisease that could be used as bioweapons, such
as: malaria,dracunculiasis, filariasis, leishmaniasis, dengue, dengue
hemorrhagic fever.
Capacity to produce bioweapons.
CIM
· The Center for Molecular Immunology is a 15,000 square meter, two
floor facility. Over 250 employees work at the Center, of which, 200 are
scientists and engineers. It was built in 1994 at a cost of $10 million
dollars. The ground floor includes development, pharmacology, and
toxicology. The auxiliary technical services, and, secret research and
development are on the second floor.
· Their main research activities are on antibodies-hybridoma, molecular
biology, celular immunology. CIM has laboratories equipped for cell
culture, immunochemistry, and radiochemistry. Their work on the immune
system is related to the development of stronger strains of virus an
bacteria. The Center has the capacity to produce bio-weapons
CONCLUSIONS
· Cuba's biotechnological capacity places it in group four of the World
Health Organization's five categories. To reach group five, which is
formed only by the eight top industrial economies, Cuba must produce at
least 20% of the 260 basic materials. It regularly produces 18% of these
and certainly has the scientific ability to produce the others with
biotech methods.
· Cuba also has 160 distinct research and development units and over
10,000 researchers through out the country
· According to Cuba’s own figures, as well as those provided by
scientists and engineers, both from Cuba and other countries, the Cuban
government has spent approximately $3,500 million dollars in this
industry since 1986. The return of such investment has been
approximately the sales of $200 million dollars in vaccines and
medicines. The production for domestic use has been almost nothing,
since the Cuban people lack the most basic medicines.
SUMMARY OF THE SIGINT AND CYBER FACILITIES OF CUBA
I. BEJUCAL BASE
Located in Bejucal, La Habana, Cuba. 20 square mile area. Cost: $ 750
millions. Built by the Russians from 1994 to 1997. Workforce: 1,100
engineers, computer scientists, technicians, staff. Three groups of
antennas/satellites. First group to listen to general USA
telecommunications. Second group to listen to pre designated phones and
computers. Third group with the voice recognition capacity. It has 2
HPCs given by PRC. Operated now with the cooperation of PRC’s military
personnel. Utilizes PRC’s satellites. It can interfere USA computer
networks
II. PASEO BETWEEN 11 and 13, La Habana.
Dedicated to transmission and reception of radio wavesCost: $60
millions. Radio and TV Marti interference headquarters are located here.
Capacity to interfere radio telecommunications in USA, mainly in
airports and strategic places.
III. COJIMAR ELECTRONIC COMPLEX
Located in La Habana del Este. Cost: $20 millions. Work on electronic
experiments, such as HERF.
IV. WAJAY ELECTRONIC BASE
Located in Wajay, La Habana. Cost: $15 millions. Weather change
research. Radio interference. More than 100 very high antennas.
V. SANTIAGO DE CUBA ELECTRONIC FARM
Very similar to the Wajay farm. Located in Santiago de Cuba, extreme
east of Cuba. Cost: $10 millions. 80 very high antennas
CONCLUSIONS
Cuba has high technology capacity and facilities to conduct SIGINT
operations on the United States, as well as to interfere with
telecommunications and computer networks in the United States
CUBA, IRAN
Since 1990, Cuba and Iran have cooperated in the development of weapons
of massive destruction. Dr. Miyar Barruecos, physician, very close to
Castro, has been the force behind the throne in this alliance. Dr. Luis
Herrera, from the CIGB, and one of the main scientists in the
development of the CIGB and the biological weapon programs in Cuba, has
been the operator, the facilitator, in the massive and huge cooperation
between Cuba and Iran.
Cuba just finished, May 2001, the construction of a Biotechnology Center
in Teheran. Cuba served as the source of technology, selling of
equipment, and project management for the Center.
Iran has bought the best fruits of the CIGB, recombinant protein
production technologies in yeast and Escherichia coli, as well as the
large scale purification protocols for both soluble and insoluble
proteins synthesized in or excreted by them.
Iran can use these technologies to create bioweapons of massive
destruction. Iran, with Cuba’s assistance is capable of producing a
bacteria known as Pseudomonas. The pathogen is not usually lethal to
humans, but it is an excellent battlefield weapon.
Sprayed from a single airplane flying over enemy lines, it can
immobilized an entire division or incapacitate special forces hiding in
rugged terrain otherwise inaccessible to regular army troops-precisely
the kind of terrain in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and similar terrorist
regions.
Besides Cuban scientists, at least there are about ten scientists from
the Biopreparat Russian Center working in Iran. The New York Times
reported in December 1998 that the Iranian government dispatched a few
scientific advisors attached to the office of the presidency in Moscow
to recruit former scientists from the Russian program.
In May, 1997, more than one hundred scientists from Russian
laboratories, including Vector and Obolensk, attended a Biotechnology
Trade Fair in Teheran. Iranians visited Vector, In Russia, a number of
times, and had been actively promoting exchanges. A vial of freeze-dried
powder takes up less space than a pack of cigarettes and is easy to
smuggle past an inattentive security guard.
The Soviet Union spent decades building institutes and training centers
in Iran and Cuba. For many years, the Soviet Union organized courses in
genetic engineering and molecular biology for scientists from Cuba and
Iran. Some forty scientists from both countries were trained annually.
In 1997 Russia was reported to be negotiating a lucrative deal with Iran
and Cuba for the sale of cultivation equipment including fermenters,
reactors, and air purifying machinery.
CUBA’S ELITE MILITARY GROUP: SPECIAL TROOPS
What are Cuba’s elite forces? Who commands them? Who trains them? Where
is their training camp? What are the main missions they are prepared
for? Since mid 1980s, Cuba established in Los Palacios, Pinar del Río,
in a region known as El Cacho, a special troop military training school.
Named Baraguá School, it is situated in a big valley, near the mountains
of Pinar del Río. It is a very large training camp, with artificial
lakes, and the most modern training technology. The School is exactly
located where the first missiles were seen during the 1962 missile
crisis. The De la Guardia brothers founded the School. It was under
General José Luis Mesa, very close to Raúl Castro. General Mesa, 50,
speaks fluent English, and is well mannered. He was a veteran of
Vietnam, as a young officer, and also of the African wars. He retired
due to health problems. The daily operations are under Colonel Ramírez,
Veteran of Angola, Vietnam, and other war places. Colonel Ramírez is an
expert on this kind of special troop training. Presently they have
assistant from special personnel from China and Vietnam. The special
troop school has about a constant flow of 2500 to 3000 men in training.
Ranging from 18 to 35 years old, they are a breed apart -a cut above the
rest. Unquestionable, they are one of the world’s finest unconventional
warfare experts. Certainly, second only to the United States Special
Troops in this Hemisphere. They are kept on an uncommon physical and
mental caliber. Mature, highly skilled, and superbly trained. They are
always ready to serve anywhere, at any time: Infiltrations, commando
operations, biowarfare, cyber warfare, and espionage. Special troops are
trained to deliver people, equipment, and weapons with surgical
precision. They locate high-value, strategic, movable targets and they
deliver firepower more accurately. They are trained to operate in small
independent units.
They have advanced personal camouflage with enhanced protection against
harsh environments and climatic conditions. Clothing will offer them
individual body armor and safeguards against biological and chemical
agents. They have helmets fitted with enhanced sensory head-up displays
including thermal, image-intensified, and acoustic sensors. External and
imbedded optics enable them to see long distances clearly without using
handheld optical systems. They have external skeletal systems that will
improve individual skills, enabling special operators to move faster,
jump farther, and lift more weight. Such enhanced physical attributes
allow them to deliver more deadly force with greater accuracy and
penetrating power. They also have miniaturized command, control, and
communication functions, as well as embedded artificial intelligence for
situational decision-making. In Baraguá School, Special troops are
trained to perform the following missions: · Unconventional Warfare, UW:
A broad spectrum of military operations conducted in politically
sensitive territory or “enemy” held territory. Including interrelated
fields of guerrilla warfare, evasion and escape, subversion, sabotage. ·
Direct Action, DA: Either overt or cover action against an “enemy”
force. Seize, damage, and destroy a target. Short duration, small scale
offensive actions. Ambushes, direct assault tactics, emplace mines. ·
Special Reconnaissance, SR: Infiltration behind “enemy” lines. Collect
meteorological, hydrographic, geographic, and demographic data. ·
Psychological Operations, PSYOP: Induce or reinforce foreign attitudes
and behavior favorable to Cuba objectives. Influence emotions, motives,
and behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and
individuals. They also receive additional training and skills in
freefall parachuting, underwater operations, target interdiction
strategic reconnaissance, and operations and intelligence. Obviously,
this group is strictly an offensive military group. Cuba is an island,
and therefore has not borders to defend from neighboring countries. The
most serious threats from the Special troops are: biowarfare operations,
cyber warfare operations, infiltrations, commando attacks, kidnapping,
espionage.
Executive summary:
Shouldn’t the Cuban government be next in line to be abolished?
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