[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Tareq Aziz 'has weeks to live'

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Tareq Aziz 'has weeks to live'


Thursday 12 January 2006, 17:40 Makka Time, 14:40 GMT    

           
            Aziz turned himself over to US forces in April 2003
           
     




           
     



Iraq's former deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz, may have less than a month to 
live after suffering a cerebral embolism, his lawyer has said.




Badie Arif Ezzat told the Al-Hayat Arab newspaper on Thursday that Tareq Aziz, 
one of the most recognisable figures from Saddam Hussein's deposed regime, is 
"in agony and I do not expect him to live more than a month" following the 
cerebral embolism and heart problems.
 
A cerebral embolism occurs when a blood clot creates a blockage in an artery in 
the brain and is a common cause of a stroke. 

Ezzat did not say when Aziz, 69, had been struck by the illnesses but noted 
that the deterioration was apparent when he visited several of his clients to 
mark the Muslim Eid Al-Adha festival which started on Tuesday. 

Decision maker

Aziz, the top Christian in Saddam Hussein's regime and a fluent English 
speaker, became one of its best-known figures for his frequent tirades against 
the West as foreign minister. 
   
Appointed foreign minister in 1983 and then deputy prime minister in 1991, Aziz 
was largely believed to have wielded little real power of decision-making. 

But Saddam was said to listen to the widely-travelled, avuncular figure. 

Previously omnipresent in the media with his trademark thick glasses and 
military uniform, Aziz maintained a mysteriously low profile in the build-up to 
the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 that ousted Saddam's regime. 

Aziz turned himself over to US forces in April 2003 and has been questioned 
several times by judges of the Iraqi special tribunal trying Saddam and top 
aides for crimes against humanity and war crimes. 

Murder accusations

Ezzat said Aziz was now being held by US forces in a room "reserved for dogs" 
that measures just two metres long and a metre wide which he is only allowed to 
leave for brief periods. 
   
The lawyer's latest remarks contrasted with comments made to AFP in December 
when he said Aziz was in relatively robust health even though he had lost a lot 
of weight. 
   
Aziz has been accused of two counts of mass murder, allegedly committed in 1979 
and 1991, and punishable by death if found guilty. 

He denies the charges and Ezzat said the accusations had now been dropped owing 
to lack of truth but a new case had been brought against Aziz for alleged 
embezzlement of public funds. 


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