• Submitted by: manso
• Personalities
• 08 / 06 / 2010

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HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has called a special session of its parliament for Saturday to discuss warnings by former President Fidel Castro that the world was on the brink of nuclear war.

Castro said last week he wanted the parliament to address his repeated warnings that nuclear war was imminent if the United States, in alliance with Israel, tries to enforce international sanctions against Iran for its nuclear activities.

Castro, who has also predicted a U.S. clash with North Korea, urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to avoid a nuclear confrontation, which he described as "now virtually inevitable" in a posting on the www.cubadebate.cu website.

Since July, the leader of Cuba's Revolution, who turns 84 this month, has emerged from four years of seclusion following a 2006 illness and made several public appearances.

The former president has met Cuban diplomats, economists and intellectuals in recent weeks, as well as visiting the national aquarium and launching a new book on the guerrilla war that brought him to power in 1959.

State media published an official note on Wednesday saying the August 7 national assembly session would "analyze diverse themes of interest concerning the international situation."

By Esteban Israel Esteban Israel  

Source: Yahoo