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To: Neocon who wrote (13315)	5/23/2002 2:41:42 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Why don't you just start citing La Prensa while you are at it? Give me a friggin' break. these lies are so transparent, it's laughable. On June 23, 1979, the United States voted for a resolution by the Organization of American States (OAS) that called for "the immediate and definitive replacement of the Somoza regime" and - the holding of free elections as soon as possible". The U.S. was supporting Somoza until the bloody end. By 1984, when elections were finally held in Nicaragua, the situation had come full circle. Potential opponents had the same chance as they had during the 1974 election of Somoza as President, i.e., none, Press censorship was extensive. Organized gangs - the so-called Turbas Divinas ("divine mobs") - regularly broke up rallies of non-Sandinista parties and harassed individual candidates. Thanks for highlighting this. This paragraph alone is a complete indictment of this source, since, as I cited, foreign unbiased observers called the elections fair. Tom