Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday repeated his attack on U.S. President George W. Bush for increasing the spending for military operations in Iraq, saying that the money will only increase the sorrows of Iraqi and American families. In an article published on Monday, Castro, who is still recovering from an intestinal surgery, said the fund should instead be used to train doctors so that more people could receive medical services.The article said that Bush now has 100 billion U.S. dollars at hand, which can be used to train nearly 1 million doctors to provide medical services to 2 billion people. Even in the United States, there are nearly 50 million people who do not have medical insurance, Castro wrote. In less developed countries, diseases are rampant, but doctors are scarce, he said, adding that if once such infectious disease like AIDS hit them, millions of people would die in less than 20 years.
Castro said 600,000 people have died and another 2 million-plus have been displaced since the beginning of Iraq war in 2003.
Bush on Friday signed a bill that will fund the war in Iraq through September, and does not set any date for a troop withdrawal from the country.
Castro underwent an intestinal operation in July 2006 and later handed over power to Cuban Defense Minister Raul Castro. He has not made any public appearances since then, and from March this year someone