Israel won't be the first to attack Iran: Fidel Castro

HAVANA, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Israel is planning an attack on Iran but will not be the first to start the war for fear of severe consequences, former Cuban President Fidel Castro said Wednesday.

Former U.S. intelligence agents "are right when they warn (U.S. President Barack) Obama that Israeli prime minister is planning a surprise attack on Iran with the idea of forcing the United States to go to war," Castro wrote in an article published on Wednesday by local press.

Castro said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "would not dare to be the first to attack, because such an action would make him face all the nuclear powers and he is not stupid."

Castro added "Obama would have no other alternatives than ordering the deaths of hundreds of millions of innocent people, and the crew of the U.S warships near Iran would be the first victims (...) ."

Castro has been warning for over a month of the danger of a nuclear war as a consequence of Washington and Tel Aviv's confrontations with Tehran.