Possible to initiate HTTP requests via FCGI app?

Hi All,

Dumb question--is it possible to initiate an HTTP request (GET/POST) 
from within a FastCGI application?

All of the FCGI development that I've done in the past is based on a 
more traditional browser-initiated request, passing through a webserver 
to a FCGI application server.  In a perfect world, I'd like to add a 
threadto my existing application to do server-to-server GETs.  Is this 
possible?

Cheers,

Dean