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Raúl continues tour of nation’s military industry

Raul recorrido

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz visited three military industry facilities in Havana, as part of a tour that has included others in the provinces of Camagüey, Santiago de Cuba, and Mayabeque. The visits began with a stop at the Granma facility in the capital, where maritime equipment is fabricated, repaired, updated, and sold, along with the production of items destined for the national market including stoves, metal doors, and marble floor tiles.

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Tribute to those who fell in defense of freedom

opèracion tributo

The military ceremony held this Monday to mark the 119th anniversary of the death in combat of Major General Antonio Maceo and his assistant, Captain Panchito Gómez Toro, was also an occasion to commemorate the posthumous tribute which began 26 years ago, through Operación Tributo (Operation Tribute), with the transfer of the remains of those Cubans who lost their lives fighting in Angola and elsewhere in Africa.

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British brains, brawn and bombs bolster Libyan rebels

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Britain’s MI6 officers have been engaged in drilling Libyan rebels, helping them to establish a proper military plan for an assault on the capitol Tripoli. On Tuesday, British newspapers revealed that the UK not only detached spies and former SAS gurus to train militants, but was also providing them with ammunition for the operation, including night-vision goggles, advanced communication equipment and no less than 1,000 sets of body armor.