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Iraq
Tariq Aziz back in prison after health check
2007-07-23
The health of Saddam Hussein's foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, is said to be "normal" after an incident at the jail where he is being held near Baghdad.

He was moved to a hospital in Balad for a scam scan after falling on Tuesday and sent back to prison on Thursday, the US military said.

His son Ziad said the 71-year-old ex-minister should not be in custody at all, having never been charged. Mr Aziz had been due to face questioning by a judge on Wednesday. He was being investigated over the murder of Muslim clerics following the first Gulf War in 1991.
"And now, Mr. Aziz, we wish to ask you some questions."
"Oh my stars, I feel .. faint!"
Ziad Aziz said his father had told him by telephone that he was in "intensive care" while his lawyer, Badie Arif Ezzat, said that he had fainted repeatedly on Tuesday.
Wonder if he cracked his head when he 'fainted'. Genuine faints generally do have a head-thump as part of the drill, whereas the fake 'pirouettes' generally set the noggin down easily on the hard cement.
In January last year, Mr Ezzat told the BBC that his client had suffered a stroke and had barely a month to live.

In a statement released to the BBC News website on Saturday, the coalition said he had fallen during a walk. "All studies came back normal for a person Mr Aziz's age... and [he] is currently in the same health and with the same functional status as he was prior to his fall," it added.
"Until we hang him," it added.
Posted by:lotp

#10  I speak from personal experience, I had one, I've recovered about 98%, that's good enough

Glad you did, RJ. Your voice is needed.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-07-23 21:45  

#9   suffered a stroke and had barely a month to live.

Bullshit, strokes cause permanent damage immediately either you recover or you're crippled, it does NOT mean you'll have "A month to live" I speak from personal experience, I had one, I've recovered about 98%, that's good enough
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-07-23 18:07  

#8  bob is chavezs' new spokesperson
Posted by: sinse   2007-07-23 17:52  

#7  Whatever happened to Baghdad Bob?
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-07-23 17:22  

#6  You know you're pathetic when you were a member of Saddam's cabinet and they can't find something to charge you with...

Posted by: John Frum   2007-07-23 14:09  

#5  Awwwwwwww...Ricky got the vapors?
Posted by: tu3031   2007-07-23 11:39  

#4  Making sure he's healthy enough to hang.

Yeah, I know.
Posted by: mojo   2007-07-23 11:35  

#3  I think this comment was aimed at that article.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-07-23 07:44  

#2  ?
Posted by: Frank G   2007-07-23 07:37  

#1  Its official Olmert: you are a moron.
Posted by: McZoid   2007-07-23 02:54  

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