Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday warned US President George W. Bush not to make a war on the island country.

"You would not win that war... You will not find glory in military action against Cuba," because "your march on Cuba would not be easy," Castro warned Bush while addressing a crowd of 200,000 in Havana. The rally was held to condemn the new anti-Cuban measures adopted by the Bush administration.

Wearing his olive-green military uniform, 77-year-old Castro spoke before a 12-meter likeness of Bush, also in a military uniform and daubed with a Hitler-style mustache.

Below the photo, hung near the US Interests Section in Havana, was the text: "Bush, Fascist: There Is No Aggression Cuba Cannot Resist."

An aggression would cause an overall war between the US and the Cuban people, "something that would be very sad," Castro said in what he called an open letter to Bush.

"An incursion into Cuba, my physical absence or other reasons would not cause any damage to our capacity to fight and resist," Castro said in his 35-minute speech.

He said that a "surgical operation" on the island will destroy bilateral migration accord and lead to massive and uncontrollable serious outcomes.

The two countries hold no diplomatic relations, although they signed an agreement in 1994 to specify Cuban emigration to the United States.

Castro noted that the Cuban army has more than 200,000 well-trained soldiers who know how to use weapons and a large number of combatants "who know very well the strong and week points of those who threaten us."

It will be impossible for the United States to take power in Cuba after his death, he said.

"They will not have one day, one hour, one minute, even one second to prevent the military and political leadership of the country from being immediately taken by my successors," he stated.

"The orders of what is to be done have already been given. I will be the first in line to die for my country."

Castro stressed that with or without him, Cuba's socialist revolution will go on.

He said that the invaders will not find divided people, opposite ethnic groups, deep religious differences or army traitors in the country.

Bush recently announced plans to tighten US residents' remittances to relatives in Cuba, as well as to crack down on US citizens who visit Cuba, with a purpose to accelerate the fall of the Cuban regime.

Castro said Bush should not count on Cuban emigrants' support in the Nov. 2 presidential election. "Your dependence on those groups will lose you many votes, not only in Florida but in the entire country," he said.

During his speech, Castro also announced that Cuba would offer free health care to 3,000 Americans, the same number of Americans who died in Sept. 11 attacks.