Castro says Bush guilty of 'authorising and ordering' his death

Fidel Castro today accused US President George Bush of both “authorising and ordering” an attempt on his life, but said he believed neither former President Jimmy Carter nor Bill Clinton ever tried to kill him.

Cuba’s 80-year-old “Maximum Leader” wrote in a long essay that ex-US President Gerald Ford signed an order banning official assassination and that Carter never wanted to kill him. He said he “couldn’t attribute” an attempt on his life to Clinton, but that the current White House resident has other ideas.