Thread: On this Day- CIA Trained Rebels Land on Cuba - Castro Easily Beats them back into the sea.
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Old April 17th 11, 09:27 AM posted to alt.politics.obama,or.politics,rec.radio.shortwave
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Default On this Day- CIA Trained Rebels Land on Cuba - Castro Easily Beats them back into the sea.
1961 * Armed Cuban exiles backed by the CIA invaded Cuba, landing in
the Bay of Pigs, with the aim of overthrowing the Cuban government
under Fidel Castro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion

President Kennedy's decision not to provide naval and air support to
the rebels is seen by most analysts as the reason why the invasion
failed.
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