"We are not in agreement with the U.S. view that Cuba sponsors terrorism,"
Energy Minister Brian Wilson, a regular envoy from London to Cuba in
recent years, said at a Havana news conference.

The U.S. State Department puts Cuba with six other alleged "rogue"
nations -- Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea and Syria -- on a list of
states sponsoring terrorism mainly because Basque ETA rebels and U.S.
fugitives have found refuge on the revolutionary island (the former with the
agreement of the Spanish government).

Fidel  has rejected that slur, pointing out that the United States has fomented 
terrorism against Cuba for 42 years.

Wilson said "Our government differs from the United States on a number of issues
when it comes to Cuba".  He also praised Cuba's condemnation of the Sept. 11 attacks on
US cities. "Cuba condemned terrorism and immediately offered the United States the
use of its airports and medical assistance,"
Of course Cuba received no public response to either offer.

Just as Cuba has condemned terrorism it has equally criticized the
U.S.-led bombing of Afghanistan and threats against other nations.

"All this war hysteria, all this invention of a state of war has the clear
aim of crushing and neutralizing the movement of the people" explained Fidel.
(source, Reuters)
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