Castro lashes out at Bush as terror representative
Cuban leader Fidel Castro termed U.S. President George W. Bush as "terror's real representative" after a Cuban exile wanted for a Cuban airliner bombing was ruled to be freed on bail by a U.S. judge, Cuban press reported on Wednesday.

"Bush says he is the enemy of terrorism, but he protects terrorists when they serve U.S. interests," Castro said in an article titled La Respuesta Brutal (The Brutal Reply).

Castro's condemnation came in response to U.S. Judge Kathleen Cardone's ruling on Friday in El Paso, Texas, that Luis Posada Carriles, wanted both in Cuba and Venezuela for a 1976 attack on a Cuban airliner which killed 73 people, be freed on bail until his immigration fraud trial on May 11.

The 79-year-old Posada Carriles, a Cuban-born former CIA operative and naturalized citizen of Venezuela, is also wanted fora series of attacks on Havana hotels that killed one Italian tourist in 1997.

"Accusing Posada would be like accusing himself," Castro said of Bush, adding that "He (Bush) is terror's real representative."

"The U.S. government has decided to free this monster beforehand," said Castro. "Those who trained him and ordered him to commit these crimes cannot act otherwise," he added.

Posada Carriles has been in U.S. custody since May 2005 after he entered the country illegally seeking asylum. He denied the charges related to the airliner bombing.

Castro, 80, has not been seen in public in Cuba since last Julywhen he handed over power to his brother, Raul Castro, 75, before undergoing a stomach operation.