UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Tuesday, February 27, 1996 7A Air strike cripples Cuban ties The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Clinton moved to punish Fidel Castro yesterday by stepping up economic sanctions on Cuba as the price for outrageous behavior — the destruction by Cuban MIGs of two unarmed U.S. aircraft. Founder of Cuban exile rescue group, Brothers to the Rescue; on third plane, which returned; says planes were on "routine mission," never entered Cuban airspace Says Basutto's plane was 3 miles inside Cuban airspace when the other two - which did not enter 1.2-mile limit - were shot down The broad series of economic, diplomatic and political steps outlined yesterday were intended to isolate Castro's government further and inoculate Clinton against soft-on-Castro broadsides from his Republican rivals. The president approved measures targeting Cuban aviation, including restrictions on U.S. air travel to the island nation, said a senior administration official. Contends all three planes entered Cuban airspace Saturday morning; says the two that were shot down reentered in the afternoon The president also planned to demand reparations from Cuba for survivors of the victims. The two Cessnas carried four Cuban-Americans who worked with a Miami-based anti-Castro exile organization, and all remain unaccounted for. The official called Clinton was expected to withdraw, with some qualifications, his objections to a bill in Congress that would punish companies doing business with Cuba. Press secretary Mike McCurry, briefing reporters before the president's announcement, said Clinton approved a series of steps that the United States will pursue with the international community. Clinton's decision followed a 75-minute meeting with his top foreign policy advisers. His political team invited Cuban-Americans to the White House for high-level meetings, hoping to avoid political backlash just two weeks before the Florida primary. SOURCE: Miami Herald Echoing comments from his fellow GOP presidential hopefuls, Steve Forbes accused Clinton of accepting the illusion that he could make a deal with Castro. "I hope that Bill Clinton has finally recovered from it," Forbes said. The White House bristled, knowing Florida could be vital to Clinton's re-election chances. Jorge Mas Canosa, president of Knight-Ridder Tribune the Cuban American National Foundation, welcomed Clinton's decision. "We think that he has taken steps in the right direction, and we hope that he will continue in that direction," he told reporters on Capitol Hill. Republicans seized on the downings as fresh reason to pass the Cuban Democracy Act, which would punish countries that do business with Cuba under certain circumstances and seeks to internationalize the U.S. embargo against Cuba. MiG-29 fighter jets blew the Cessnas from the sky Saturday. One plane returned safely to the United States. U. 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