Entered the united states were considered displaced persons. fast forward to 1956, the hun fwarian revolution announced another directive. america was largely receptive of these refugees partly because of the positive image the government and the media painted of them, well-educated people who wished to integrate into american culture. in 1959 a wave of cuban refugees fled to the united states after fidel castro s guerilla fighters toppled the government. america saw them as welcome new commerce who brought economic revitalization to south florida, but everything changed on september 11, 2001. the 9/11 terrorist attacks put a hold on immigration reforms, refugee intake plummeted and it created rampant anti-muslim sentiment among some americans and politicians. between the years 2000 and 2002 president george bush reduced
Cuban people. of course cuba has been under communist rule since the cuban revolution in 1959. that s when fidel castro and a group of guerilla fighters revolted to form a soviet state a socialist state. the next year in 1960 the castro regime took control of all foreign assets in the country, took it all and hiked taxes on american inports. at the time president eisenhower decided to retaliate. in doing so he cut off all ties in cuba and slapped a ban on almost all trade. a year later failed bay of pigs invasion. president kennedy said exiles to overthrow castro. it did not work. but the tension peaked during the quo ban missile crisis in 1962. u.s. spy satellites spotted soviet missiles on the island of cuba. president kennedy then ordered the navy to block kid cuba s coast setting off a two week
Nato after helicopter gunship killed three pakistani soldiers. pakistan filed a formal complaint today and, meantime, growing controversy over cell phone video that appears to show pakistani troops executing blindfolded civilians. the pakistani military suggests that the video was staged to discredit them. one u.s. official said there are things that you can fake and things you can t fake, you can t fake this. meantime, a theme park that features barbed wires and life-size statues of guerilla fighters and mortar rounds is turning out to be a success. hezbollah opened that park dedicated to military victories against israel and more than half a million tourists have gone to this $4 million complex since its grand opening in may. children get their pictures taken on tanks. they can turn on a machine gun, they can buy hats and t-shirts, which promote hezbollah which,
Ms-13. 6,000 members, active in almost every state, and is growing rapidly. just yesterday they were suspected in a horrific quadruple murder on long island, new york. tim clemente specialized in international counter narcotics and counter terrorism operation and he joins us on the set. thanks a lot. thanks for having me. this is a threat that has received weirdly little publicity but a lot of people have died as a result of ms-13 activity. give us a sense of the scope of this organization. it began primarily first as a stoner gang and wasn t involved in drug distribution, then it became very violent because their founders came from the rebellion in el salvador. they were part of the peasant guerilla fighters. they brought that warfare to los angeles and it s since spread