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Jan 13, 2008 7:47 am US/Eastern

Protestors Clash With Activists Over Militant

LITTLE HAVANA (CBS4) ―

A political protest in the streets of Miami boiled over on Saturday when several hundred people from Miami's Cuban-American community clashed with a group of out of town activists.

Members of the San Francisco-based group CodePink antiwar group had planned to protest peacefully at Versailles restaurant in Little Havana. Little did they know they would be greeted by some 500 angry Cuban-American protesters.  

"The U.S government is harboring a terrorist and George Bush has said any country that harbors a terrorist is guilty of terrorism,' said Medea Benjamin, one of CodePink's.  Benjamin is referring to Luis Posada Carriles, an anti-Castro Cuban militant charged with entering the U.S illegally last year. He was released on bond in April 2007 and is under house arrest awaiting trial in Miami.

CodePink wants the FBI to add Posada Carilles to their list of most wanted. He is also accused by Venezuela and Cuba of allegedly downing a Cuban jet liner in 1976, killing 73 passengers.

"He's been declared by the U.S government as an alien terrorist," Bejamin said. "Why an alien terrorist would be walking freely down the streets of United States."  

Many in Miami's Cuban-American community revere Posada Carrilles for his anti-Castro stance and actions.

Miami police reported no arrests during the short demonstration.

A second demonstration by CodePink scheduled for Sunday was cancelled.

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