HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- The Cuban government said Wednesday that the
                 United States risks reducing the world to "the law of the jungle" through its
                 battle against terrorism.

                 The statement said that allowing the United States "to kill at its own discretion
                 without any legal norms, without any trial, at times without proof" is a "barbarous
                 and uncivilized development."

                 The United States "cannot utilize the horrible thing that has happened to them" to
                 impose a neo-fascist system on the world, the statement said.

                 The Cuban government said it had been the victim of the U.S. government's
                 attitudes, citing "countless assassination attempts" against Cuban officials.

                 The statement said unless the United States changes course it risks "ending up
                 becoming a terrorist power like the one it is it trying to condemn."

                 The statement calls on the United States to provide proof against the terrorists it
                 believes are responsible for last week's attack and to give the people in Afghanistan
                 time to respond.

                 The statement concludes that "the U.S. people want justice, not vengeance."

                 The statement is signed simply, "The government of Cuba."

                 -- From CNN Havana Bureau Chief Lucia Newman