Castro hands power to brother during surgery

CNN ^ | 7/31/06 | CNN

[tdewey10]

Cuban President Fidel Castro is transferring power provisionally to brother Raul while he undergoes an operation, Cuban TV announces.

[ScholarWarrior]

And if he should die before I wake,
I pray that Satan his soul doth take.

[4yearlurker]

Lets let all the Islam wackos at Gitmo loose for the funeral.

[4yearlurker]

I don't see that line of puffy sleeve/shark skin uniform hitting the racks at Kmart anytime soon.

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

I would like to ask those pukes why their hero Micheal Moore is not dead or in jail. When they think the way America is like, is really the way Cuba is like. Yeah, I know, it would be a waste of time.

[VA40]

The sad part is that they were taught this cr@p at our universities and public schools.

[M. Espinola]

Very soon....

[The Cuban]

Damian?

[shrinkermd]

I wonder where the surgery will be done and by whom? It will not be an easy procedure if they lack the modern accouterments necessary for major surgery and a favorable outcome.

Caring for an elderly man with major abdominal surgery requires diagnostic equipment and blood components not routinely found in Cuban hospitals. He should not be optimistic about his chances.

[rdl6989]

Indiana Green is one of the more "interesting" posters on DU.

[Texas Songwriter]

Is tht Chris Dodd just to the left of Chevez?

[TaxRelief]

Funeral guest list already includes:

Jimmah Carter
Dan Rather
John Kerry
Steven Spielberg
Chevy Chase
Oliver Stone
Danny Glover
Harry Belafonte
Ted Turner
Susan Sarandon
Robert Redford
Cindy Sheehan
Michael Moore

You missed the last two!

[gov_bean_ counter]

Yes Chris Dodd it to the left of Chavez.

Oh, I'm sorry. You meant in the picture. My bad.

[muryan]

interestingly naive and ignorant

[jeltz25]

from a cuban blog:

UPDATE: Police presence sharply up in Centro Habana, friend I called tells me "son de la brigada de respuesta rapida"... says he has seen about 15 running down Calle Lealtad

During Bush's term Arafat gone, Saddam gone, Castro gone. Can Mugabe be next?

[A CA Guy]

I don't care if this operation makes him feel more like the woman he always should have been now, he should leave Cuba.

[Rte66]

*Purdenales?* Dang nab it - they're at Willie's place?

[Texas Songwriter]

Very good. Very good indeed.

[FDNYRHEROES]

After all these years of hearing from the MSM of the number of US Presidents that Fidel Castro has "outlasted"...It would be fitting that he doesn't outlast President George W. Bush...

[Rte66]

Israel did it!

[Sergio]

Geeze, the folks over at DU are stark raving bonkers. They are actually extolling the virtues of Cuban free medicine and touting how Castro has been freely elected to his post as opposed to our Prez having been selected.

It is truly amazing to see.

May freedom soon spread throughout Cuba. The Cubans really deserve it.