Uno if By Land, Dos if by Sea

After one of Castro's 5 hour long speeches, where he iterated that he would "die with a gun in hand" Cuba seems to be on full alert.

The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution are preparing for war just in case the US imperialists decide to invade the island.

HAVANA, February 17 (Anna Rosa Veitia, UPECI / www.cubanet.org) - After Cuban leader Fidel Castro called a U. S. invasion of the island a "sure thing" in his last speech, the neighborhood watch Committees for the Defense of the Revolution together with Civil Defense authorities have been preparing a plan they are calling "update in time of war" which they expect to deliver to provincial authorities Saturday February 21.

"We have had to activate evacuation plans," said one Committee president in the Havana municipality of 10 de Octubre. He explained the plan consists of making a list of children and older people in the neighborhood, who would be evacuated to Villa Clara, in central Cuba.

A very old woman butted into the conversation at this point, saying that the bus taking these people toward the center of the island would not arrive at its destination among the bombs and the shooting. "Here, everything works backwards," she said.

The measures taken in preparation for an attack include a reserve of food: rice, beans, sugar, salt, milk, and baby food, which must be rotated every six months.

I wonder how many Cubans are "preparing" for war by getting those extra rooms ready to rent them out to the invasion force.

Posted by Val Prieto at February 19, 2004 07:37 AM

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Posted by: J.Scott Barnard at February 19, 2004 10:14 AM