From: "Bill Mattox" 

That would be a state matter, but this raid was conducted by the Feds on
the direct order of Bill Clinton. Thier request to make this a custody
issue was declined and they used the excuse that Elian was an "illegal
alian" as justification, which is not only a stretch but in clear
contridiction to the spirit of the 11th District Court's ruling granting
Elian the right to have his asylum farily judged prior to flinging him back
to Cuba.

I must say, until you understand the reality that there were two puppet
masters behind this curtain (Clinton-Fidel), you defenders of this armed
raid are going to continue these bizarre leaps for justification while
missing the larger forces in play that brought it all about.

You, I can understand. Rich is a little surprising though... he usually
tends to be far less inclined to be set up in this way.

"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
news:MPG.136fd626a2c98efc9897d3{at}news.barkto.com...
3905f874$1{at}w3.nls.net>, billy-m{at}pacbell.net says...
> > This may be YOUR interpretation, but Elian was
"arrested" for being an
> > "illegal alien"... NOT for custody.
>
> It's the interpretation of the District Court of Southern Florida also.
That
> matter was decided months ago, when Elian was brought to our shores. INS
only
> granted the family a "temporary parole" status. They never
achieved legal
> custody.
>
> Under the "wet foot/dry foot" law, Elian was *not* and is
not an illegal
alien.
>
> > You also failed to address the issue of the Clinton administration
violating
> > Elian's right to an attorney according the 11th Circuit of Appeal's
ruling.
>
> There wasn't anything in the 11th Circuit's ruling to that effect.
>

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