Why has Tariq Aziz, Iraqs former deputy prime minister, been hospitalized?
Tariq Aziz, Iraq’s former deputy prime minister, has been hospitalised after suffering a severe stroke. Ziad, Tariq Aziz’s son, said on Sunday that his father had lost the ability to speak after falling ill on Friday. He was rushed to a hospital in Balad, north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad on Thursday. “He fell to the floor in his jail cell and we were told afterwards that he lost his speech completely,” his son told the Associated Press news agency. ‘Condition serious’ Badie Aref, Aziz’s lawyer, confirmed the report. “His condition is serious and they will decide today whether he stays in hospital or should be returned to Camp Cropper,” Aref told the AFP news agency, referring to a US-run prison where Aziz has been detained. Lieutenant Colonel Pat Johnson, a spokesman for the US army in Iraq, said Aziz’s condition was “improving but he is still being closely monitored”. Iraq’s highest court sentenced Aziz and Ali Hassan al-Majid, a power-broker in Saddam Hussein’s former government,
suffering a severe stroke. Ziad, Tariq Aziz’s son, said on Sunday that his father had lost the ability to speak after falling ill on Friday. He was rushed to a hospital in Balad, north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad on Thursday. “He fell to the floor in his jail cell and we were told afterwards that he lost his speech completely,” his son told the Associated Press news agency. ‘Condition serious’ Badie Aref, Aziz’s lawyer, confirmed the report. “His condition is serious and they will decide today whether he stays in hospital or should be returned to Camp Cropper,” Aref told the AFP news agency, referring to a US-run prison where Aziz has been detained. In depth Profile: Tariq Aziz Video: Ex-Saddam aide gets 15 years Lieutenant Colonel Pat Johnson, a spokesman for the US army in Iraq, said Aziz’s condition was “improving but he is still being closely monitored”. Iraq’s highest court sentenced Aziz and Ali Hassan al-Majid, a power-broker in Saddam Hussein’s former government, to 15 years
Tariq Aziz, Iraq’s former deputy prime minister, has been hospitalised after suffering a severe stroke. Ziad, Tariq Aziz’s son, said on Sunday that his father had lost the ability to speak after falling ill on Friday. He was rushed to a hospital in Balad, north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad on Thursday. “He fell to the floor in his jail cell and we were told afterwards that he lost his speech completely,” his son told the Associated Press news agency. ‘Condition serious’ Sources: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/01/201011714322816288.
