Oh boy, I'll bet you can hardly wait to see Cuba's communist dictator, Fidel Castro, finally reappear on television after four years of fighting off his own burial. Well, sometime today (you better get on it,Fidel, time's awasting), the decrepid mass murderer will once again be seen on the air waves as he simply feels he has to wade into the Iranian/American/Israeli nuclear crisis in the Middle East.
From the report at CNN:
Fidel Castro: To all the world, I have come back from near death to bring the truth to all of you common folk about the current crisis in the Middle East. Let me assure all of you that I have kept in close contact with the Iranian leadership, namely President Ahmadinejad, and I can attest to the fact that the Iranians' nuclear program is designed only to provide electricity to the 1,000 homes in Iran that currently have refrigerators and air conditioning units. The imperialists of America and the rogue Zionists of Israel are provoking Iran into a crisis situation and I am here to vow Cuba's total support of the Iranian people along with 2 vintage World War 2 era fighter planes that Cuba will use to help protect the Iranian homeland. I urge President Obama to heed my warning.
Okay, there ya go, Fidel. There's your statement - you can now cancel your tv appearance and spare the world from looking into a coffin for a few minutes.
From the report at CNN:
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro will make his first major public appearance in years Monday when he discusses "dangerous developments" in the Middle East on a government TV program, the state-run newspaper Granma reported.So, what will old Fidel have to say about the Iranian crisis? Let me offer up my best guess:
The former Cuban leader warned in a column published Monday of a possible nuclear war involving the United States and Iran, sparked by conflict over that country's nuclear activities.
Castro has been largely out of sight since undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in July 2006. He ceded power to younger brother Raul Castro in February 2008.
Fidel Castro: To all the world, I have come back from near death to bring the truth to all of you common folk about the current crisis in the Middle East. Let me assure all of you that I have kept in close contact with the Iranian leadership, namely President Ahmadinejad, and I can attest to the fact that the Iranians' nuclear program is designed only to provide electricity to the 1,000 homes in Iran that currently have refrigerators and air conditioning units. The imperialists of America and the rogue Zionists of Israel are provoking Iran into a crisis situation and I am here to vow Cuba's total support of the Iranian people along with 2 vintage World War 2 era fighter planes that Cuba will use to help protect the Iranian homeland. I urge President Obama to heed my warning.
Okay, there ya go, Fidel. There's your statement - you can now cancel your tv appearance and spare the world from looking into a coffin for a few minutes.
Castro to appear on TV Monday, government says
Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro will make his first major public appearance in years Monday when he discusses "dangerous developments" in the Middle East on a government TV program, the state-run newspaper Granma reported.
The former Cuban leader warned in a column published Monday of a possible nuclear war involving the United States and Iran, sparked by conflict over that country's nuclear activities.
News of Castro's live appearance appeared to resonate with some residents in the Cuban capital.
"[It's] extraordinary because we want to feel him, hear him, see him, because we haven't seen him in a long time," said Havana resident Ruben Morrejon Fernandez.
Monday's appearance would be the second Castro sighting in the past few days. Three photographs of Castro surfaced Saturday on a pro-government blog, which claimed the photos were taken Wednesday.
The set of three photos apparently show the 83-year-old ailing Castro meeting with people during "a surprise visit" at the National Center of Scientific Investigations in Havana, according to a blog published by columnist Rosa C. Baez.
An additional five photos -- appearing to be from the same event -- were published Saturday by the state-run media site Cubadebate.
Castro has been largely out of sight since undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in July 2006. He ceded power to younger brother Raul Castro in February 2008.
The elder Castro's appearance follows last week's announcement of the largest release of Cuban political prisoners in more than a decade.
Cuba's Roman Catholic Church also announced Monday the names of the three more political prisoners set to be freed. They were identified as: Jesus Mustafa Felipe, Omar Rodriguez Saludes and Antonio R. Diaz Sanchez.
The first prisoners to be released are expected to arrive in Madrid on Tuesday, a Spanish Foreign Ministry spokesman told CNN on Monday.
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos met with Cuban President Raul Castro and Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega last week, after which the prisoner release was announced.
The 52 political prisoners Cuba plans to free are the remainder of 75 dissidents jailed during a government crackdown on political opposition in March 2003.
They represent roughly one-third of all known political prisoners left on the island, according to Cuba's unofficial Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation.
It is unclear whether Fidel Castro will address the political prisoner release during Monday evening's news broadcast.
2 comments:
A little known fact:
During the 1973 Yom Kippur War Cuba sent 2 divisions to Egypt. The Israelis wiped them out in 8 hours. Castro sent their families to prison for their failure.
So is Cuba going to send another division or two again?
Findalis,
I had never heard of this before - wow! Thanks so much for sharing that.
:Holger Danske
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