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Gunning for Cuba; Bush targets Florida through Fidel - The Guardian

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Cuba Calls U.S. Expulsions 'Aggressive' - Spy Recruitment, Association With Criminals, Monitoring..***The expulsion order is by far the largest ever involving Cuban diplomats. In Washington, a senior Bush administration official said those ordered home from the Cuban mission in Washington engaged in three kinds of improper activities: monitoring and surveillance, association with known criminals and the attempted recruitment of spies.

State Department spokesman Philip Reeker said the seven Washington-based diplomats were declared "persona non grata," while the seven in New York were expelled for "activities deemed to be harmful to the United States outside of their official capacity," he said. The 14 Cubans were given 10 days to leave the United States, Reeker said.

"Cuba will take the time necessary to respond to this new provocation by the government of the United States," the Foreign Ministry statement said. It also said the expulsions were part of a larger plan by Cuban exiles in Miami to spark a confrontation that will break migration agreements between the two nations and shut Interests Sections operated in each other's country.***