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Old 01-07-2010, 11:45
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Ten years on, not-so-baby Elian



Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban castaway boy who became the object of an international custody battle a decade ago in Miami, said on Wednesday he was happy he ended up back in Cuba.In his first
public comments in several years, he also said he has no hard feelings toward the Miami relatives who fought to keep him there, on grounds that he would have a better life in the United States.

"This is the place I belong. Here I feel good," Gonzalez told reporters after a Havana church service commemorating the 10th anniversary of his return. "Thanks to the help of a big part of the
American people and of our people, today I'm with my father, and that is everything'"
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Old 01-07-2010, 11:55
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He's turned out to be a nice little propaganda tool for the regime, hasn't he? Good in a way that he's been nice/allowed to be nice to the Miami relatives, maybe we'll one day see some rapproachment between those two groups (I often get the feeling that many Americans don't hate Cuba with half the intensity of the Miami Cubans, which has to be a good sign for the future).

Interesting, thanks Finn.
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Old 01-07-2010, 11:57
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Is it wrong that I think the guy with the gun looks like JDB with a dodgy 'tache?
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Old 01-07-2010, 12:00
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Is it wrong that I think the guy with the gun looks like JDB with a dodgy 'tache?
I've seen that picture loads of time and never noticed?
Perhaps the headline should be " 'Sleepflower' shouter search targets wrong man"?
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Old 01-07-2010, 12:01
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Is it wrong that I think the guy with the gun looks like JDB with a dodgy 'tache?
it is and all!!
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Old 01-07-2010, 12:04
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You'll never be able to unsee it now...
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Old 01-07-2010, 12:06
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That and his universal Cuban/foreign accent voice he used to do on the radio all the time will fill my head
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Old 01-07-2010, 12:10
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I've seen that pic few months ago. gosh it feels like 3 years ago, not 10
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Old 01-07-2010, 12:23
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I've seen that picture loads of time and never noticed?
Perhaps the headline should be " 'Sleepflower' shouter search targets wrong man"?
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Old 01-07-2010, 12:28
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Is it wrong that I think the guy with the gun looks like JDB with a dodgy 'tache?
I was going to say current age Elian looks a bit like a young cuban JDB.
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Old 01-07-2010, 12:42
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Is there something in the water? People are seeing JDB everywhere.
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Old 01-07-2010, 13:29
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Sorry James!

(PS, whilst you are holding me a gunpoint could you do Sleepflower??)
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Old 01-07-2010, 13:36
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That was the first thing I thought this morning when I saw the thread.
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Old 01-07-2010, 13:37
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Somone Blackstar the pic please!!!??
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