Is Castro Dead?

[momodamonkey]

http://perezhilton.com/?p=4398

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, a blogger that normally deals with Lindsay Lohan and Brittney Spears has announced that according to his insider sources Cuba's longtime dictator Fidel Castro has died.

U.S. officials will be holding a press conference shortly to announce the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

South Florida police organizations are calling in reinforcements before the announcement is made, we’re told.

Hilton, who if correct would have been the first person to break the story, has often been correct. In fact, Hilton seems to have a clean record when it comes to gossip and news stories. So could this in fact mean that Fidel Castro is finally dead?

[goldmember]

He could have been dead for a while, plausibly.

We'll see.

[momodamonkey]

More updates.

Various sources inform that an announcement will come within the next few hours from the Cuban government on Cuban TV and media. Stay tuned and we'll see if we've been manipulated once again or if today is the birth date of Cuba's liberty.

Update: Here's the deal and what I know up to now, as of 1500 hours, August 24, 2007:

First, South Florida Law Enforcement is on alert. An EOC (Emergency Operations Center) has been set-up and manned somewhere in Homestead.

Im also told Local and State government agencies have food, bottled water, and other necessities - valued in the millions - stored and/or staged in Homestead at or near the EOC.

I am presently verifying whether Coast Guard and DHS and Border Patrol agencies are on high alert. (Verified 01445)

Local News stations are abuzz, mostly on reports very much like the above, with massive law enforcemnt mobilizations throughout Dade county.

Local emergency medical services notified to be on alert by law enforcement agencies.

Im told - and still awaiting confirmation - that buses in Havana have been recalled to terminals and that Cuban workers have been sent home. (still unconfirmed 1500)

[momodamonkey]

BUMP Big news! News agencies are now reporting on the rumors. Could this be the real thing?

Hopefully.....................

[NapalmRiot]

Bullshit, I say. Castro NEVER dies. It's written in his DNA, man.

[PirateThom]

Castro can never die, only the actors that play him.

[trunkswd]

Good news if its true. Hopefully Cuba will turn into a democracy.

[momodamonkey]

Well we should be worried if Castro dies because the flow of immigrants going to Florida will be too much to handle. Plus there will be a Coup to oust Raul Castro and make a Democracy. The U.S. will smile as Cuba falls.

[NapalmRiot]

CASTRO

NEVER

DIES!!!

Dammit!