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<span style="font-weight: bold"># Jamaican Gov ' t set to releas...ase ( RJR )...</span>
The Government is to issue a response on wednesday to serious allegations contained in a secret US diplomatic cable.The controversial website, Wikileaks, which specialises in putting out classified documents, has published the contents of the cable which makes damning claims against Jamaica.In the document, Cuban anti-drug officials accused local authorities of giving drug smugglers free rein in Caribbean waters and skies.The Guardian newspaper in London has also picked up the story.On Tuesday night National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson told RJR News he was in discussion with officials of his Ministry on the matter and will release a press statement on Wednesday. Free rein The cable dated August 2009, which Wikileaks has published, was reportedly sent from Havana to Washington.In it Cuban officials complained that they are frustrated with the lack of cooperation from Jamaica in the fight against drug trafficking.The Cubans complained last year that Jamaican officials stood idly by as drug traffickers zipped between the islands en route to the United States.Cuban interior ministry officials complained that drug smugglers from Jamaica are utilizing both Cuba's air space and its waters to transport narcotics to the United States but that repeated attempts to engage the Jamaican government about the issue have been ignored.The Cubans were reportedly incensed by Jamaica's "complete lack of co-operation" in failing to share information, return calls or respond to tip-offs.Growing frustration The Guardian newspaper in London, which first reported the story on Tuesday afternoon, also claims that a British Defence Attache organised a meeting between Jamaican and Cuban officials in Havana "to quash growing frustration" between the two sides, but that the Cubans later complained that the visiting Jamaican officers "just sat there and didn't say anything".It is not yet clear who those officials are. 'Dudus' affairThe Guardian newspaper, in reporting on the Wikileaks cable, made reference to Christopher 'Dudus' Coke affair and his alleged links to the ruling labour party.Wikileaks is a controversial website which is now in the news for reporting on classified information out of the United States.And Opposition Spokesman on National Security Peter Bunting has expressed grave concern about the contents of the US diplomatic cable. He also pointed to the period in which the document was prepared."August 2009 we recall when the extradition request came for an alleged drug kingpin and to see now a pattern emerging that around that time in that same year, going back to the previous year, narcotics officials in another country claiming non-cooperation by local authorities with their efforts to reduce the trafficking of marijuana through Cuban waters and airspace is really showing a pattern," Mr. Bunting said.The US diplomatic cable can be accessed at rjrnewsonline.com.
<span style="font-weight: bold"># Jamaican Gov ' t set to releas...ase ( RJR )...</span>
The Government is to issue a response on wednesday to serious allegations contained in a secret US diplomatic cable.The controversial website, Wikileaks, which specialises in putting out classified documents, has published the contents of the cable which makes damning claims against Jamaica.In the document, Cuban anti-drug officials accused local authorities of giving drug smugglers free rein in Caribbean waters and skies.The Guardian newspaper in London has also picked up the story.On Tuesday night National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson told RJR News he was in discussion with officials of his Ministry on the matter and will release a press statement on Wednesday. Free rein The cable dated August 2009, which Wikileaks has published, was reportedly sent from Havana to Washington.In it Cuban officials complained that they are frustrated with the lack of cooperation from Jamaica in the fight against drug trafficking.The Cubans complained last year that Jamaican officials stood idly by as drug traffickers zipped between the islands en route to the United States.Cuban interior ministry officials complained that drug smugglers from Jamaica are utilizing both Cuba's air space and its waters to transport narcotics to the United States but that repeated attempts to engage the Jamaican government about the issue have been ignored.The Cubans were reportedly incensed by Jamaica's "complete lack of co-operation" in failing to share information, return calls or respond to tip-offs.Growing frustration The Guardian newspaper in London, which first reported the story on Tuesday afternoon, also claims that a British Defence Attache organised a meeting between Jamaican and Cuban officials in Havana "to quash growing frustration" between the two sides, but that the Cubans later complained that the visiting Jamaican officers "just sat there and didn't say anything".It is not yet clear who those officials are. 'Dudus' affairThe Guardian newspaper, in reporting on the Wikileaks cable, made reference to Christopher 'Dudus' Coke affair and his alleged links to the ruling labour party.Wikileaks is a controversial website which is now in the news for reporting on classified information out of the United States.And Opposition Spokesman on National Security Peter Bunting has expressed grave concern about the contents of the US diplomatic cable. He also pointed to the period in which the document was prepared."August 2009 we recall when the extradition request came for an alleged drug kingpin and to see now a pattern emerging that around that time in that same year, going back to the previous year, narcotics officials in another country claiming non-cooperation by local authorities with their efforts to reduce the trafficking of marijuana through Cuban waters and airspace is really showing a pattern," Mr. Bunting said.The US diplomatic cable can be accessed at rjrnewsonline.com.