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CB: Fidel and I reached the same conclusion independently ^^^^^^^
AFP (with additional material by AP). 8 June 2002. Washington imposing "Nazi" concepts on world: Castro.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA -- Cuban President Fidel Castro on Saturday called on the US public to halt "fanatics of war" in the US government, stating that since the September 11 terror attacks Washington has imposed "Nazi methods and concepts" upon the world.
The US people "are the only ones who can brake and put in a straitjacket the fanatics of power ... and war," Castro said in a speech to some half a million Cubans gathered in Santiago de Cuba, the country's second largest city, located some 770 kilometers (480 miles) south-east of Havana.
Castro said that Washington is beginning to run the world with "Nazi methods and concepts," as many world governments cower in silence.
"The power and prerogatives of that country's president are too extensive, and the economic, technological and military power network in that nation is too pervasive," Castro said of the United States.
Bush has ignored the United Nations in his declared war against terrorism, "assuming the role of world master and policeman," Castro told hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the early morning rally in this eastern provincial capital.
It is no coincidence that at the same time "right-wing fascism is increasing its power" in several European countries, he added.
As for Bush's May 20 statements on U.S. policy toward Cuba, "he went too far," Castro said.
"He was rude. He insulted, he lied, and he threatened."