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Castro Says Bush Presence in Italy Hypocritical By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro eulogized Pope John Paul as a fierce critic of savage capitalism during a speech on Thursday night and said it was hypocritical of President Bush to attend his funeral. Castro said it was true Pope John Paul II opposed communism, but that in his later years he became a fierce critic of capitalism's abuses and in particular U.S. imperialism. The Pope visited Cuba in 1998. "Now they have gone to cry before the cadaver of John Paul II, who so opposed the war, who so opposed the Imperialist order, who so often condemned consumerism and this brutal war in Iraq," Castro said during his televised address. "How far will this hypocrisy go. In my judgment (Bush's presence) is an outrage to the memory of John Paul II," he said. Castro's government surprised many by declaring three days of mourning and granting ample state-run media coverage to the Roman Catholic Church's activities after the Pope's death. National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon is heading the Cuban delegation to his funeral. Castro and the Catholic Church have often been at odds since the famous Latin American rebel came to power in 1959 and repressed the church hierarchy for opposing him. Castro attended a funeral mass for the Pontiff in Havana Cathedral on Monday. It was only the second time Castro had attended a service in the cathedral since his 1959 revolution. Castro talked for more than four hours about the pope and his visit to Cuba. He quoted extensively from Pope John Paul's criticisms of Third World poverty, foreign debt, excessive consumerism, exploitation and war. The Cuban leader, dressed in his traditional military garb and appearing in good health, said the Pope had been falsely portrayed as "an angel of death for Communism and socialism" when the truth was he had become U.S. imperialism's "biggest headache." 04/07/05 22:37 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
