-Caveat Lector- <http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Cuba-US.html> January 27, 2001 Castro Says He'll Keep Eye on Bush By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 9:13 p.m. ET HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro said Saturday that his government will keep a close eye on the new Bush administration, insisting that he will not judge it beforehand but noting that millions of Cubans are trained to handle firearms. ``A new administration of a very irregular form has just been installed in the United States,'' Castro told more than 200,000 people gathered in San Jose de Las Lajas, about 30 miles southeast of the capital. ``We are not in a hurry to judge it beforehand ... We will not throw the first stone,'' Castro said during his half-hour speech, televised live on state television. But, he said, ``we will carefully watch every step it makes and every word it pronounces.'' ``Absolutely nothing will take us by surprise,'' Castro added. Castro noted that ``the Cuba of today is not the Cuba of 1959'' -- the year of the revolution triumphed. Then, he said, Cuban citizens were unarmed and practically illiterate. Now, ``there is not a single illiterate person'' on the island, the Cuban leader declared. ``Millions of men and women have learned how to handle weapons.'' He said his government would continue the ``battle of ideas'' launched 14 months ago against U.S. policies toward Cuba, referring to mass rallies held regularly on Saturdays in different parts of the island. Last weekend, Castro made his first public comments about Bush after the Jan. 20 inauguration, saying he hoped his new adversary in the White House -- the 10th American president to serve since Castro came to power -- is ``not as stupid as he seems.'' The White House declined to comment on most of the earlier remarks. Bush has expressed support for the four-decade American trade embargo on Cuba. He has said he envisions no change in U.S. policy toward the communist island unless free elections are held and political prisoners are freed. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
