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Article: Raul Castro goes public, says he has mobilized Cuba to repel U.S.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- August 19, 2006
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Byline: Gary Marx
Aug. 19--HAVANA -- In his first public declaration as acting president, Raul Castro said he has mobilized tens of thousands reservists and militia to defend Cuba against a potential U.S. threat.
"We could not rule out the risk of somebody going crazy, or even crazier, within the U.S. government," he said in an interview Friday in the Communist Party newspaper Granma.
Under the headline "No enemy can defeat us," the 75-year-old Cuban defense minister lambasted what was described as President Bush's efforts to derail a peaceful succession of power in Cuba and boasted that "absolute tranquility is reigning in the country."
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