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Dying tariq aziz taking drugs for stroke { December 2005 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16579451&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=saddam-deputy--is-dying---name_page.html http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16579451&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=saddam-deputy--is-dying---name_page.html 13 January 2006 SADDAM DEPUTY 'IS DYING' By Chris Hughes SADDAM Hussein's right hand man Tariq Aziz may have only "weeks to live". Aziz - the public face of the Saddam regime - has a blood clot on the brain, a common cause of stroke. His lawyer, Badia Aref, said yesterday: "He cannot walk properly. His situation is very bad. "He is being given 13 pills a day for blood pressure, diabetes and other illnesses to prevent strokes. If you look at him you would say that he has only a few weeks to live." He added: "He kept on repeating one thing, 'I want to see my family, I want to see my children'." Before the US-led Iraq invasion, former deputy prime minister Aziz, 69, warned Iraq would "fight to the last". Aziz - accused of two mass murders - also said Iraq had no WMDs. He surrendered to US forces in April 2003 and is in jail. He has been quizzed by the tribunal trying Saddam for war crimes. Prosecutors had hoped to persuade Aziz to testify against Saddam in return for freedom for him and his family in Europe.

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