You can't make this stuff up.

(Kyodo) _ North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has send a get-well message to communist ally Cuba's ailing leader Fidel Castro, state-run media reported Thursday.

Kim, in a message sent to Castro on Wednesday, said he was "shocked to learn that you underwent an operation for unexpected sudden illness," according to the Korean Central News Agency.

"I express profound sympathy and consolation to you. I wholeheartedly hope that you will recover your health as early as possible so that you may continue successfully fulfilling the heavy responsibility entrusted to you by the Cuban revolution and people."

No confirmation on rumors that the North Korean dictator sent a gift to the Cuban dictator, but rumor has it that Jong Il is considering hookin' Castro up with a gift certificate to the Sunglass Hut.

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