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HAVANA Dec 22, 2005 — Fidel Castro on Thursday called the top American diplomat to Havana a "gangster," stepping up his communist nation's attack on the new U.S. mission chief and dissidents.

Castro referred to new U.S. Interests Section chief Michael Parmly as "that little gangster," and his predecessor James Cason as the "former gangster," in one of several addresses at a regular session of Cuba's National Assembly.

"I don't know which one is worse," Castro told lawmakers during a session that dealt primarily with year-end economic reports.

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