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US Squad to Tighten Cuba
Blockade
The creation of a special group
to toughen the blockade against
Cuba, announced by the US
government Wednesday, has been
Washington's reaction to the
imminent UN condemnation of the
siege against the island.
The announcement, made by the
federal attorney of southern
Florida, added new measures are
being taken involving numerous
governmental agencies and other
instances "to punish
lawbreakers."
The group is formed by the
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, the Department of the
Treasury, the FBI, the US
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, the Department of
Commerce, the Coastguard, and
border protection units.
That huge mobilization of
resources, to stiffen the
anti-Cuba blockade and include
threats of substantial fines and
up to ten-year imprisonment
sentences, is taking place less
than a month before the UN
General Assembly will once again
pronounce on the issue.
The new US move demonstrates
that for the Bush
administration, the rejection of
the anti-Cuba blockade expressed
by the international community
at the UN clearly has little
value.
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