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Castro: We Saved Reagan's Life

Dictator claims Cuba foiled an assassination attempt

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 13, 2007 9:06 AM CDT

(Newser) – Fidel Castro says Cuba helped the US avert an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in 1984. An essay attributed to the ailing dictator says a Cuban posted to the UN tipped off an American official to the plot, which involved a presidential visit to North Carolina, the Telegraph reports. How Cuba got the information, which Castro called "complete," is unclear.

The essay, which ran yesterday in Granma and was read on state TV, also says Americans were "deliberately misinformed" about the September 11 attack on the Pentagon, which was made by a rocket, not a plane. Castro has not appeared in public in over a year, and rumors have circulated that he's dead.

In this photo released by Cuba's daily newspaper Juventud Rebelde, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro is shown in Havana on Jan. 29, 2007. Castro claims Cuba's government saved the life of President Reagan by giving American officials information about an assassination plot in 1984.  (AP Photo/Juventud Rebelde)
In this photo released by Cuba's daily newspaper Juventud Rebelde, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro is shown in Havana on Jan. 29, 2007. Castro claims Cuba's government saved the life of President Reagan by...   (Associated Press)
(FILE) Cuban President Fidel Castro applauds during the presentation...
(FILE) Cuban President Fidel Castro applauds during the presentation...   (Getty Images)
President Ronald Reagan, right, waves to photographers as he and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Michael Deaver walk toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington in this Aug. 30, 1984 file photo. Deaver, one Ronald Reagan's closest advisers during in the White House...
President Ronald Reagan, right, waves to photographers as he and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Michael Deaver walk toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington in this Aug....   (Associated Press)
In this April 15, 1985 file picture, President Ronald Reagan meets in the White House Oval Office with conservative leaders of Washington's national defense establishment, which he hopes will help him sell Congress on his request for $14 million, for guerrillas battling Nicaragua's leftist government. From left at rear are...
In this April 15, 1985 file picture, President Ronald Reagan meets in the White House Oval Office with conservative leaders of Washington's national defense establishment, which he hopes will help him...   (Associated Press)
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