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Castro: 'I Will Die Fighting' if U.S. Invades Cuba
Reuters ^
| January 30 2004
| Anthony Boadle
Posted on 01/30/2004 5:39:21 AM PST by fdsa2
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro vowed on Friday to die fighting "with a gun in my hand" if the United States invaded Cuba to overthrow his communist government.
"I don't care how I die, but for sure, if they invade us, I will die fighting," the 77-year-old leader said at a meeting of anti-free trade activists from across the hemisphere.
Castro, who was the target of countless CIA assassination plots in the 1960s, called on the Bush administration to clarify to the world what its policy was on assassinating foreign leaders.
Earlier this month, Bush Administration officials accused Cuba of joining forces with Venezuela's leftist government to destabilize democratic governments in Latin America.
President Bush last year named a commission to speed up a post-Castro transition to democratic rule in Cuba.
Havana is worried that Cuba could be the next on Bush's list for a regime change after Iraq.
"We don't want a conflict, but we will not give an inch on our principles," Castro said in a rambling five-and-a-half-hour speech.
Castro said Cuba was prepared to resist invasion, with "hundreds of thousands" of soldiers ready to defend the island with guerrilla tactics he had used in the Sierra Maestra mountains to defeat a dictator's army and seize power in 1959.
He said instructions have been given in the case he were to die in a surgical strike.
"This nation will never surrender ... We have taken all the measures. Everyone knows what to do," Castro said.
Western diplomats said Cuban authorities were preparing the population for a possible invasion with training drills.
Castro said Washington "should explain to the world what its position is on its powers to order assassinations."
A U.S. presidential directive from the 1970s banned the assassination of foreign leaders, but the Bush Administration appeared to waive the ban when it made clear that Iraq's Saddam Hussein was to be considered a target before last year's invasion.
Castro spoke to more than 1,000 activists, from Andean Indians and landless Brazilians to Canadian postal workers, who met in Havana to plan protests against the U.S.-backed Free Trade Area of the Americas.
TOPICS: Cuba
KEYWORDS: bush; castro; cuba; letshopeso; next
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To: fdsa2
I bet he has his spider hole picked out.
CG
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:01:37 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(This tagline is made from 100% virtual material. Do not remove under penalty of law.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
From your lips to God's ears.
To: fdsa2
Cuban President Fidel Castro vowed on Friday to die fighting "with a gun in my hand" Works for me.
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:06:57 AM PST
by
Aeronaut
(In my humble opinion, the new expression for backing down from a fight should be called 'frenching')
To: fdsa2
After years of being coddled and encouraged by Western "Liberals" and such misguided and corrupt organizations such as the United Nations, and years of laughing at them all, the world's tyrants and mass butchers are shaking in their boots because of the Bush Doctrine. It's a shame George Bush wasn't present when Pol Pot was murdering millions in Cambodia; Pol Pot might have cleaned up his merciless, vicious act a bit.
Those who have encouraged and enabled these brutal dictators and their henchmen are complicit in their evil acts.
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:08:01 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(Whom will the terrorists vote for? Not George Bush--that's for sure! ~Happy2BMe)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
That's right Fidel. But we won't do it that way. We're arranging to put things in your food, your drink, and even in your medicines. You'd be amazed at how poisons can be added to bedding and couches, Fidel. Better be careful... we may even have some bodyguards in on it... ;-)
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:08:50 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Boston: So much Liberty, you can buy a Politician already owned by someone else.)
To: Pharmboy
"Dan Rather will cry on the air,"
So will Jiminy Carter.
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:10:54 AM PST
by
Blzbba
To: Aeronaut
This sounds suspiciously similar to Vince Foster. Is Castro trying to tell us something?
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:11:14 AM PST
by
GigaDittos
(Bumper sticker: "Vote Democrat, it's easier than getting a job.")
To: fdsa2
if they invade us, I will die fighting," the 77-year-old leader saidNo $hit Sherlock.... that would be the plan. And I think Saddam said the same thing.
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:12:29 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(Hard work never killed anyone, but why chance it?)
To: Pharmboy
Oh..would that be grand..the people of CUBA would explode in celebration...Dan Rather and Robert Redford would weep...and the saved seat in hell next to Che would be filled.
To: theDentist
That's it... sleep deprevation, lack of nourishment, infuse him with a paranoia so all encompassing, that he has a stroke, within weeks! :)
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:12:51 AM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(He who has never hoped can never despair.)
To: Frank_Discussion
Swedish media just reported the following quotation from the speech (translated from Spanish to Swedish to English):
"We know Mr. Bush has made an agreement with the maffia in the Cuban-American National Foundation (unsure of official name) about murdering me. So say´s I, and I accuse him of it."
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:13:11 AM PST
by
fdsa2
(Stockholm)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
... Of course he could go the other way and run for President on the Dem ticket.
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:22:05 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Boston: So much Liberty, you can buy a Politician already owned by someone else.)
Hopefully your comrade will be with you, Fidel.
To: fdsa2
"I don't care how I die, but for sure, if they invade us, I will die fighting," Hey, Castro ... you senile old geezer ... we're not invading Cuba. We'll just wait until you croak, then we'll just acquire the property. ;o)
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:31:11 AM PST
by
al_c
To: fdsa2
"I don't care how I die, but for sure, if they invade us, I will die fighting," Castro declared, echoing the words of Saddam Hussein.
As I recall, the U.S. has been invaded by millions of Cubans in the past 40 years, while only a handful of mostly misfit Americans have gone to Cuba.
To: fdsa2
Rest assured Robert the REdford will be there making a hero of Fido Castro like he tried to do Che
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:41:02 AM PST
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: fdsa2
If the US ever invaded Cuba, they would find this stupid maggot in a deeper hole than Saddam cowering in fear.
Most bullies are cowards.
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posted on
01/30/2004 6:59:46 AM PST
by
ZULU
(GOD BLESS SENATOR JOE MCCARTHY!!!)
To: fdsa2
He'll hide just like a p*ssy just like his pal Saddam.
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:00:49 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Impeach the Boy
nd the saved seat in hell next to Che would be filled.Well Che is going to have a few choice words for Fidel, considering it was Fidel who fingered him to the Bolivian agents who help Che assume room temperature.
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:02:39 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: fdsa2
"...if they invade us, I will die fighting,"
Let's see,
Correcto Mundo!
Give that man a seegar!
No $hit $herlock!
Brilliant Observation!
Fidel is very astute figure out that he would, talk about forgone conclusions...
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posted on
01/30/2004 7:06:55 AM PST
by
Bad Dog2
(Bad Dog - No Biscuit)
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