HAVANA, September 18 (José Antonio Fornaris, Cuba-Verdad / CubaNet) -
After last week's terrorist attacks against targets in the United States, no
active duty military personnel have been seen on the streets of Havana.
Apparently they have been called to report to their units.
The government-controlled news media has emphasized that "the winds of
war are blowing in Washington" and that "the United States wants to
drag humanity into a confrontation."
Independent journalist Juan Carlos Linares said a military source told him
that the system of national defense was activated immediately after the attacks
on New York and Washington.
Also, Linares said, someone in a leadership position in the Committees for
the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) said that the evacuation plans for minors,
the handicapped and the elderly had been activated. The CDRs are in charge of,
among other things, civil defense.
It wasn't immediately clear whether armed forces personnel in other Cuban
provinces had been placed on alert.
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