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To: NickSE who wrote (97141)	5/1/2003 8:39:19 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Rumors of unrest in NK yesterday, today Cuba. What's going on? A few Iraqis taste freedom and now the whole world wants some...gg Castro attacks US 'war' aims news.bbc.co.uk ...The increase in repression and executions happened as the Iraq war unfolded, with Mr Castro repeatedly speaking of the need to defend the country against US plots. Condemnation of the harshest crackdown in years Western diplomats largely discount this justification, saying Cubans' discontent with their government's policies is increasing. "Castro appears to be using the US threat as a cover to clamp down because the economy is not doing well, though he does have some reason to worry about the Bush administration," a European diplomat told Reuters...