CONSERVATIVE CLIQUE'S DIRTY TRICKS:
Conservatives Attack Two GOP Senators With Electronically Doctored Images
With the help of a little digital wizardry, the conservative Club for Growth is airing ads showing Republican Sens. Olympia J. Snowe (Maine) and George V. Voinovich (Ohio) in proximity to French flags in order to disparage their resistance to President Bush's tax-cut plans.
(Washington Post)

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NEW CUBAN RIGHTS ABUSE NO EXCUSE TO SLOW US OUTREACH
While I don't agree with many of the author's characterizations and assumpitons, his final assessment of the latest crisis leads to the conclusion that we should continue to engage the Cubans.

AMEN
I agree with the comment by J.L. Leon found in today's Cuba News newsletter that "There is no justification for the sort of sham proceedings described in connection with the execution of the men tried with hijackings. These are a fundamental violation of basic human rights and human norms of behavior-whether they happen in Cuba, the USA or elsewhere-and must be condemned."

CUBAN COUNTERAGENTS TELL STORY
This is an interesting story from the perspective of two Cuban Intelligence Service agents working with the American Interest Section in Havana.
(Miami's New Times, unearthed by Walter Lippmann at walterlx@earthlink.net)
SEE ALSO:
Cuban Ministry's Response
US Position
Cuba Tours Page

"DIALOGUEROS" CAUGHT BETWEEN IRAQ AND HARDLINE PLACE
By Kirk Nielsen
In his latest big move in the 44-year-long chess match that is U.S.-Cuban relations, the comandante en jefe ordered the arrests of about 80 dissidents for, among other things, meeting with the top enemy's chief diplomat: the head of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, James Cason.
(Miami's New Times, unearthed by Walter Lippmann at walterlx@earthlink.net)