Castro makes rare television appearance

Fidel Castro returned to the limelight after years spent largely out of public view yesterday, discussing world events in his most prominent television interview since falling seriously ill four years ago.

The 83-year-old former Cuban president talked about how tension between the US and both North Korea and Iran could ultimately trigger a global nuclear war, in an interview on Mesa Redonda – or Round Table – a daily talk show on current events.

Mr Castro did not discuss events in Cuba, however, where the government released and sent into exile the first of some 52 political prisoners they promised to free in coming months.

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Castro warned that an attack on Iran would be catastrophic for America.

'The worst (for America) is the resistance they will face there, which they didn't face in Iraq,' he said.

The former Cuban leader has shunned the spotlight since undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in July 2006. The illness forced him to step down first temporarily and later permanently.

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