Cuba: Preparing for war

Cuba's preparing for a U.S. invasion.

"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.

It sounds as though Castro might have plans to attack the U.S. or might actually be haboring terrorists who might use planes to do just that. That's about the only way his war plans will actually be realized.