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dipsydoodle

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Reply to flamingdem (Reply #14)

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 07:52 PM

Nov 2012

The pair of Dutch girls with whom I'm friends were shipped off to Varadero from Guadalavaca when Sandy hit. It took the roof off the Brisas hotel and the restaurant down the beach disappeared totally. All guests in the villas had been put under strict instruction to stay in the bathrooms which have no windows pending evacuation. They said it eerie when they were within the eye with the air perfectly still. Main thing is they're safe and sound back in Holland now.

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American Imprisoned in Cuba Sues Ex-Employer, US [View all] flamingdem Nov 2012 OP

USAID = CIA ret5hd Nov 2012 #1

We are not allowed to know how they use their funding flamingdem Nov 2012 #2

They were known CIA in Vietnam and add the Ford Foundation to that.................................. johnq45 Nov 2012 #6

I don't see a connection flamingdem Nov 2012 #9

No, USAID was never the Peace Corps Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2012 #12

Yes I know that but my memory of that time period is that idealistic flamingdem Nov 2012 #16

and Coca Cola...and Pepsi ret5hd Nov 2012 #21

CIA said that USAID is what CIA used to do covertly, openly. joshcryer Nov 2012 #18

of course. USAID has always been CIA, as far as I heard back in the 70s and 80s. robinlynne Nov 2012 #23

I'm sure the the US gov't would allow declared enemies to set up com networks here. Mika Nov 2012 #3

Gross finally got some good legal advice flamingdem Nov 2012 #5

He took satellite communications equipment into Cuba dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #4

He took specialized equipment not readily available meant flamingdem Nov 2012 #7

The UK euphemism for what he is dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #10

It must be because you're in England? flamingdem Nov 2012 #14

Off topic dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #17

It's good they followed instructions flamingdem Nov 2012 #20

Basically he did what the Cuban 5 did. joshcryer Nov 2012 #19

Without my DU star I'm getting ads for legal travel to Cuba! flamingdem Nov 2012 #8

I logged out to see what I got. dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #11

I'm imagining you live on a farm flamingdem Nov 2012 #25

Need a switch to turn the star on and off. Downwinder Nov 2012 #13

It can be entertaining such as a dating ad when reading about Petraeus! flamingdem Nov 2012 #15

why on earth would Cuba let USAID in the country? What is the US govt doing in Cuba? robinlynne Nov 2012 #22

Alan Gross was paid by a USAID contractor to sneak equipment flamingdem Nov 2012 #24

Its not a matter of the being "let in" dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #26