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12/20/2004:

"Cuba wraps up military defence exercises"

Cubans awoke to air raid sirens yesterday, and practised shooting, putting on gas masks and doing duck-and-cover drills as the communist nation wrapped up a weeklong series of defence exercises to prepare for a potential attack by the United States.

The activities, called the Strategic Bastion 2004 Exercise, were aimed at evaluating how prepared Cuban society is to face possible military action against Cuba during a second term by US President George W Bush.

Full Article : jamaicaobserver.com