WORLD / America
Castro says Bush 'authorized' his death
(AP)
Updated: 2007-06-26 09:25
HAVANA - Fidel Castro on Monday accused President Bush of "authorizing
and ordering" an attempt on his life, although his essay on the subject
provided no details.
A man walks past a graffiti that reads in Spanish 'Long live Fidel' in a
street of Havana, Thursday, June 21, 2007. [AP]
American law now prohibits the US government from ordering the
assassination of foreign leaders, but declassified US documents have
shown that the CIA made numerous attempts to kill Castro in the early
years after the 1959 Cuban revolution.
Castro's essay noted that President Gerald Ford signed an order banning
official assassinations, and said he didn't believe that Presidents Jimmy
Carter and Bill Clinton ever tried to have him killed.
But Castro alleged that Bush has other ideas.
Now 80, Castro hasn't been seen in public in the 11 months since he
underwent emergency intestinal surgery. Cuba's provisional government is
being led by his younger brother Raul while he recovers. Meanwhile, he's
become a prolific essay writer. In one, on May 29, Castro accused Bush of
renewing US attempts to assassinate him.
"I'm not the first, nor will I be the last, whom Bush has ordered to be
deprived of life," Castro wrote then.
His latest essay, signed Sunday afternoon and published Monday in state
media, referred to that May 29 allegation.
"Why did I say one day in a reflection that Bush authorized or ordered my
death? This phrase can seem ambiguous and imprecise," Castro wrote.
"Perhaps it would be more exact, although even more confusing, to say
that he authorized it and ordered it."
Castro promised to explain himself, but never did, writing only that
"really it is a mystery to name those responsible for the hundreds of
attempts on my life, all the direct and indirect forms to cause my death
were used."
The White House had no reaction to Castro's statement.
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