According to the US's Director of National Intelligence, Mr John Negroponte, Fidel Castro has "months, not years" left to live.

Ross Feinstein, spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said "The bottom line: He is terminally ill."

Castro has not been seen in public for five months, and few medical updates have been made public since his reported intestinal surgery in July.

Castro also sat out the National Assembly's last session of the year, marking only the second time in 30 years that the Cuban leader has missed an assembly meeting.

This opinion is contrary to the report of a Spanish medical specialist who recently flew out to Cuba to assess Castro's health. Dr Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido examined Castro in December and declared him "cancer free" and on the path to recovery. He said that Castro would make a full recovery and could return to power.

So it boils down to a question of who's word you are willing to believe, the Director of National Intelligence of the US or a Spanish doctor?

A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past.

---Fidel Castro

It seems that Castro will live and Saddam will die.

Fidel Castro has been declared cancer free by the specialist flown out to him last week. Fidel may even return to power according to the Spanish doctor who examined him.

Saddam Hussein is to die following a court ruling in Iraq upholding the death penalty he received earlier in the year. He could be dead in 30 days.

A US Congresswoman from Florida has admitted calling for Fidel Castro, the Cuban dictator, to be assassinated.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said "I welcome the opportunity of having anyone assassinate Fidel Castro and any leader who is oppressing the people." while taking part in the documentary "638 ways to kill Castro".




Wow, if someone called for her or for G W Bush to be assassinated they would have law enforcement knocking on their door straight away.

Castro might be a dictator but does he deserve to be put to death? How can a democratically elected member of the US Parliament call for an individual to be killed? Even Saddam got a trial!