Farrakhan recovering from surgery (12-hour operation, nature of surgery not disclosed)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/6/07 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

CHICAGO - Minister Louis Farrakhan, who recently ceded leadership of the Nation of Islam to an executive board because of ill health, has undergone a 12-hour operation, the organization said Saturday.

Physicians have told Farrakhan's family they were pleased with the operation's outcome but will monitor him closely for the next 24 to 48 hours, the Chicago-based group said in a statement.

No other details were released, and a man who answered the telephone at the office of Farrakhan's chief of staff declined to reveal the nature of the surgery or where it was performed.

Farrakhan, 73, wrote in a Sept. 11 letter to followers that he was anemic and 20 pounds lighter because of complications from an ulcer in the anal area. He had surgery in 2000 for prostate cancer.

He turned leadership of the Nation of Islam over to an executive board while he recovered, saying the movement must prove that it "is more than the charisma, eloquence and personality" of one person.

The Nation of Islam and the movement's newspaper, the Final Call, posted Saturday's statement on their Web sites, but did not give additional details.

A spokesman for the Final Call did not immediately return a telephone call Saturday from The Associated Press.

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On the Net:

Nation of Islam: http://www.noi.org/

Final Call: http://www.finalcall.com/

[NormsRevenge]

Be nice.

[NormsRevenge]

Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks at the National Press Club Monday in this May 3, 2004 file photo, in Washington. Farrakhan, who recently ceded leadership of the Nation of Islam to an executive board because of ill health, has undergone a 12-hour operation, the organization said Saturday Jan. 6, 2007. Physicians have told Farrakhan's family they were pleased with the operation's outcome but will monitor him closely for the next 24 to 48 hours, the Chicago-based group said in a statement. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

[Delta 21]

Yeah, right.

[james500]

He spent decades creating his cult of personality and now seems disappointed there's no one to keep NOI going after he dies.

[mtbopfuyn]

A brain transplant?

[paul51]

Don't really care what happens with this hate spewing person. Someone further up is dealing with him now.

[NormsRevenge]

I felt it my duty to at least try. :-)

[bannie]

It's probably a "removal" operation.

[martin_fierro]

He had Calyptosuction.

[DumpsterDiver]

Be nice.

Noooooooooooo, you be nice. :^)

Here's wishing Louis a speedy recovery from whatever caused his "ulcer in the anal area."

Ouch!

[verum ago]

A brain transplant?

the prelude to one--- they had to extricate his current one from his nether regions first

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Doctor to Farrakhan: "The mother ship has been found in uranus".

[linn37]

Anal ulcer? is that what they call it when your head is up your a**?

[SnarlinCubBear]

There is sooo much that could be said.

[verum ago]

well, I certainly don't like the man, but it is kinda hard to wish ill on him

[D-fendr]

Cranialrectallectomy.

[rusureitflies?]

Who done the operatin - space docs? Any UFO's in the area?

[bannie]

Just a gang full of thugs who wear expensive silk suits instead of baggy pants or yellow zoot suits..

[Palladin]

12 hours? Sounds like he's full of cancer and a lot of resetioning was being done. He won't have much time left after this.

Who is being groomed as his successor?

[Delta 21]

Cranialrectumitis. Its probably fatal.

[Palladin]

"resectioning"

There must be a better medical terminology for it.

[wildcatf4f3]

perhaps they removed the broom handle

[Random Access]

Given the choice I wonder if he would have selected a doctor who got into med school through an affirmative action diversity slot or a Jewish doctor who was first in class at Harvard.

[nascarnation]

reformatting the hard drive........

[NormsRevenge]

Who is being groomed as his successor?

--

My pick would be Al Sharpton.

[OldFriend]

All that time searching for his brain and/or heart. No luck!

[Cobra64]

Did Barak Hussein Obama pay a visit? Or am I thinking of MN's Keith Ellison? ... I get these U.S. Islamic lawmaker guys mixed up.

[rawcatslyentist]

I hope they didn't use any "white devil" technology or inventions to do this life saving surgery, otherwise he will get that wet dog smell.

[cricket]

Be nice.

lol. . .leaves me at a loss for words. . .

[cricket]

Thought of something. . .wondering if Keith Ellison has called him yet; to wish him well.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Hmmmmm...tis a puzzlement.

[Perdogg]

Probably to remove his prostate.

[sgtbono2002]

It would be great to get a Twofer. Him and Castro the same day.

[HardStarboard]

>>>A brain transplant?<<<

A brain "plant" perhaps. "Transplant" implies replacement of something.

[Al Simmons]

Farrakhan/Castro='Dead Men Walking'

[Al Simmons]

"Did Barak Hussein Obama pay a visit?"

Does anyone else think that Obama physically resembles a 'kindler, friendlier' Malcolm Little (aka 'Malcolm X')?

[Delta 21]

12 hour prostate operation ??!!?? Yikes !!!

[lapsus calami]

 

 

 

Yeah, as performed by a Dr. Frank N. Stein

 

 

 

[Dick Vomer]

cranio-rectal disassociation

[maizey]

12 hours seems a long time to fix an ass hole.

[Calpernia]

ping

[Bratch]

[Jabba the Nutt]

Yes, they found the mothership and removed it.

[Ole Okie]

There must be a better medical terminology for it.

Yeah. It's known as "Cuttin' out a lot of your guts".

A 12 hour operation is a long, long procedure.

[ThirstyMan]

12 hours!!!

It seems like an organ transplant operation,,, or the like.
12 hours is no simple procedure.
I mean, separating Siamese twins doesn't take that long.

And it has to be a team of surgeons to work 12 hours.

[HarleyLady27]

....he became a woman??????.....

....he became Cindy She-hag?????......

....he became Bela Pelosi's nightmare?????......

[steamroller]

if this POS rolls a seven i'll peel an onion so i can cry for him-SARCASM ALERT-:))

[HarleyLady27]

Is that where Hillary parked it??????

[ccmay]

12 hours is a mighty long operation. It might have been a transplant, a very long vascular procedure, a particularly challenging brain or open-heart operation, or a complicated procedure for pancreatic or colon cancer.

I don't like Farrakhan's political opinions one bit, but I can't wish ill upon him. Maybe a Jewish or Christian doctor will save his life, and he will come to lose some of the hatred he so obviously harbors in his heart for white people and non-Muslims.

-ccm