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?