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Fidel Castro Doesn't Think Much of NATO Intervention

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Eli Rosenberg 307 Views Mar 29, 2011

"He will sink NATO and its criminal plans into the mire of ignominy"

--Fidel Castro on what will happen if Col. Muammar Qaddafi stands his ground in Libya. As part of a larger piece, titled "NATO's Fascist War," published at Cuba Debate, Castro compares NATO's intervention in Libya to German and Italian involvement in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930's, while acknowledging that he doesn't necessarily share "political concepts or those of a religious nature," with the leader of Libya either.

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