Cuba's Castro says ex-Spanish PM Aznar urged bombing of Serbian media

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Miami Herald

Cuba's Castro says ex-Spanish PM Aznar urged bombing of Serbian media
Posted on Sun, Sep. 30, 2007Digg del.icio.us AIM print email
By WILL WEISSERT
Associated Press Writer

HAVANA -- Fidel Castro on Sunday accused former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar of urging Washington to bomb Serbian radio and television stations during NATO's participation in the war in Kosovo.

In a column published by official newspapers, Castro quoted extensive excerpts from what he implied was a transcript of a 1999 conversation between Aznar and U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Aznar was quoted as telling Clinton, "If we're at war, let's make it an all-out war ... I don't understand why we have not yet bombed Serbian radio and television."

Castro did not say how he obtained the transcript. The version he published contained only Aznar's comments, none by the person he was speaking to. But he said he had "other materials, both public and confidential," which he would use in future essays.



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