Dean and Castro agree

...terrorists should be presumed innocent until proven guilty by a jury trial. Fidel Castro, Cuba's President-for-life, says that the 'killing' of Zarqawi was 'barbaric'. Evidently the resistance leader didn't get a fair trial.

HAVANA - President Fidel Castro called the U.S. airstrike that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a "barbarity," saying he should have been put on trial.

The United States acted as "judge and jury" against the leader of the al-Qaida in Iraq, Castro said late Friday. ~news.yahoo.com

Howard Dean's office has yet to clarify the DNC's present position on whether Zarqawi should have had a jury trial instead of allowing the Occupation forces to murder the political leader. But in December of 2003, then Democratic Presidential candidate Howard Dean, now DNC chairman, said concerning Osama Bin Laden:

"I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found," Dean said in the interview. "I will have this old-fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who is very likely to be found guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to prejudge jury trials."

Dean added he is certain most Americans agree with that sentiment.

..."When we capture Osama bin Laden, he will be brought to justice and treated in the same manner that President Bush is recommending for Saddam Hussein."

The interview covered a number of foreign affairs topics. Dean held fast to his belief that the capture of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein made America no safer. ~cnn.com

So Fidel and Howard are on the same general page in the war on terror I surmise. Dictator Fidel went on to berate the United States for dropping bombs on 'the accused' instead of bringing him to trial.

"They bragged, they were practically drunk with happiness."

"The accused cannot just be eliminated," he told a literacy conference. "This barbarity cannot be done."

The U.S. military has said al-Zarqawi initially survived the dropping of two 500-pound bombs on his hide-out Wednesday, but died a short time later.

Castro said if Cuba used the same logic, it could bomb the United States to kill its No. 1 enemy, Luis Posada Carriles, who is being held in El Paso, Texas on immigration charges.

The communist government accuses the Cuban-born Posada of masterminding numerous violent attacks against the island, including the bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people in 1976. Posada denies involvement in the bombing of the plane. ~news.yahoo.com

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