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	Tariq Aziz
		Tariq Aziz, also Tareq Aziz, (born 1936) is the former Foreign Minister (1979-1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979-2003) of Iraq and was a close advisor to Saddam Hussein for decades.
		Aziz was born in Mosul, in northern Iraq.
		Before the war, Aziz claimed he would rather die than be a U.S. prisoner of war.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ta/Tareq_Aziz.html (253 words)

	Tariq Aziz - Mikhail Yuhanna - Tareq Aziz Biography
		Aziz was born to a Chaldean Catholic family.
		In 1979, Aziz was named Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, where his primary role was to act as a diplomat and to explain Iraq's policies to the world.
		Tariq Aziz blamed the United States rather than the United Nations for the sanctions that followed the Gulf War, believing they were implemented as a result of U.S. government policies.
	www.iraqinews.com /people_aziz.shtml (371 words)

	Islamic-world.net - Tareq Aziz 'has weeks to live' - Al-Jazeera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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.
		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.
		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.
	islamic-world.net /wmprint.php?ArtID=4702 (398 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- Iraq prison pictures show thinner, aged Tareq Aziz
		In February 2003, it was Aziz, a Christian, who engaged in a bout of shuttle diplomacy to try to offset the threat of war, travelling to Europe and meeting with Pope John Paul at the Vatican, as well as other leaders.
		Aziz, who enjoyed smoking Cuban cigars and was considered by many foreign diplomats to be a wily, skilled negotiator, is not expected to appear before judges again for some time.
		Aziz, who studied English literature and briefly worked as a journalist, was born in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/iraq/20041218-0057-iraq-aziz.html (466 words)

	Gulfnews: 'Tareq Aziz may have few weeks to live'
		Baghdad: Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz is ailing and may have only weeks to live, his lawyer said yesterday after visiting the man who was once the public face of Saddam Hussain's government abroad.
		Aziz, a tough, eloquent and loyal spokesman for Saddam and now in his late sixties, was jailed after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
		Aziz's eldest son Ziyad, 39, said in Amman his mother and sister were heading for Baghdad yesterday to seek a prison visit after they heard from contacts, including his lawyer, about a sudden deterioration in his health.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/06/01/13/10011340.html (271 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Tareq Aziz lawyers seek his treatment abroad
		BAGHDAD - The son of Tareq Aziz, the former Iraqi deputy prime minister now in US custody, appealed Friday for his immediate release as lawyers called for European nations to accept him for urgent medical treatment.
		Giovanni Di Stefano, a lawyer acting for Aziz who was one of the main figures from Saddam Hussein's deposed regime, told AFP that the defence team had filed an application with the Iraqi government to free him immediately.
		He said that as Aziz has been detained since the downfall of Saddam in April 2003, even if convicted, he would not be sentenced to a longer jail term than that already served.
	www.lebanonwire.com /0601MN/06011310LWAF.asp (476 words)

	Tareq Aziz has less than month to live: lawyer. 12/01/2006. ABC News Online
		A cerebral embolism is caused by a blockage in an artery in the brain and is a common cause of a stroke.
		Mr Ezzat did not say when Aziz, 69, the top Christian in Saddam Hussein's regime and a fluent English speaker who was one of its best-known figures in the West, had been struck by the illnesses.
		The lawyer had told AFP in December that Aziz was in relatively robust health even though he had lost a lot of weight.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200601/s1546722.htm (290 words)

	Tariq Aziz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aziz was born in Tel Keppe, a village near the city of Mosul, in northern Iraq.
		On February 14, 2003, Aziz had an audience with Pope John Paul II and other officials in Vatican City, where, according to a Vatican statement, he communicated "the wish of the Iraqi government to co-operate with the international community, notably on disarmament".
		In May 24, 2006, Aziz, testified in Baghdad as a defense witness for Ibrahim Barzan and Mukhabarat employees, claiming that they did not have any role in the 1982 Dujail crackdown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tariq_Aziz (1039 words)

	Tareq Aziz starts hunger strike: World: Iraqi Dossier: News24
		Aziz, held by US troops since his surrender in April 2003, needs to sign a legal document authorising his lawyer to present a case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
		He charged that if Aziz is denied the right to see his lawyer and to sign the required authorisation document, "there is no chance of ever holding a fair trial".
		Aziz's Italian lawyers said late last month they had presented a case to the ECHR after concluding that his security could be endangered if he were turned over to Iraqi authorities by US-led coalition forces.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_1963798,00.html (383 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| Profile: Tariq Aziz
		Mr Aziz's ties with Saddam Hussein were established in the late 1950s through their involvement in the outlawed Baath Party, which sought to overthrow the British-backed monarchy.
		Mr Aziz was born in 1936 near Mosul, northern Iraq.
		Mr Aziz came to prominence in the world media after the invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and the war which ensued.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/2266978.stm (534 words)

	Tareq Aziz denys shiite uprising role
		A tired-looking Aziz could be heard replying to an investigating magistrate's questions.
		Aziz added that Saddam was making ''decisions without discussing them with us because, as head of the Revolution Command Council, he was behaving as if his decisions carried the weight of the law.''
		The video was released one day after the tribunal issued another showing two of the ousted dictator's half brothers being questioned about their alleged role in displacing and killing Kurds.
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2005/6/judgement46.htm (517 words)

	Views and Articles
		The speaker of Iraq's parliament, Saadoon Hammadi and Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz are planning to be in New York in early September.
		Tareq Aziz is targeted by the Indict Campaign for his many crimes against humanities in the past.
		In the past three years Tareq Aziz has canceled many planned trips to the West fearing of detention and indictment.
	www.iraqfoundation.org /forum/vsandarts/2000/gaugust/29_tareqaziz.html (196 words)

	Tareq Aziz testifies in defense of Saddam Hussein
		Tareq Aziz testifies in defense of Saddam Hussein
		Aziz took the witness stand to defend Saddam Hussein and his associates in a case involving the killing of Shiite civilians from Dujail in the 1980s.
		Aziz's testimony was followed by that of Abdel Hamid Mahmud, Saddam's feared director of personal security and constant companion, who described the attack on Saddam.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=125095 (837 words)

	Tareq Aziz refuses to testify against Saddam - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The lawyer also said that he spent almost five hours with Aziz, one of the 12 top lieutenants in Iraq’s former regime who are currently held in U.S. custody awaiting trials of war crime, crimes against humanity and genocide.
		Aref said that Aziz insisted that he is innocent, adding that he wanted former information minister Mohammad Al Sahhaf and military intelligence chief Saber Abdel Aziz Al Duri to testify as defense witnesses.
		Aziz, an English-speaking Christian and former foreign minister, remained "in good health and spirits" despite receiving medical treatment and his 20-month confinement, Aref said.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=6444 (692 words)

	Tareq Aziz won’t testify against Saddam: Lawyer : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz is unwilling to testify against Saddam Hussein at a future war crimes trial, his lawyer said after a four-hour meeting with his client on Friday at a US base near Baghdad.
		The lawyer said that Aziz, who has been in US custody since his surrender in the immediate aftermath of last year's US-led invasion, had had no opportunity to see the ousted president.
		Aziz, an English-speaking Christian and former foreign minister who was the ousted regime's best known spokesman to the outside world, remained "in good health and spirits" despite his 20-month detention, the lawyer said.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1167372,00050004.htm (241 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - Tareq Aziz testifies in defense of Saddam Hussein
		Former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz took the witness stand to defend Saddam Hussein and his associates in a case involving the killing of Shiite civilians from Dujail in the 1980s.
		In 1980, Aziz was attacked by militants who tossed grenades at him at the university in Baghdad.
		Aziz said he was testifying on the behalf of not just Saddam, but also former head of intelligence Barzan al-Tikriti and former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=21365 (744 words)

	Tareq Aziz refuses to testify against Saddam :: rojname.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		BAGHDAD - Former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz is unwilling to testify against Saddam Hussein at a future war crimes trial, his lawyer said after a four-hour meeting with his client Thursday at a US base near the capital.
		On July 1, Aziz was formally charged alongside his captive colleagues by the Iraq Special Tribunal established by the US-led coalition to try senior members of the former regime.
		Aziz insists he could not have had any part in the suppression of Kurds immediately after the 1991 Gulf war, as alleged by the prosecution, as he was still foreign minister at the time and divided his time between Baghdad and Arab capitals.
	www.rojname.com /show-all-last-minute-news.php?nuce=26133 (448 words)

	Aziz helped identify Saddam, official says - www.smh.com.au
		Iraq's former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, in US custody for seven months, helped to confirm the identity of Saddam Hussein after his capture, an official with the US-led administration said today.
		Aziz, who surrendered to US forces after the Iraqi president was toppled in April, has been held at Baghdad airport.
		Aziz, once a close aide of Saddam, also helped US forces confirm the identity of the ousted leader's two sons, Uday and Qusay, after they were killed by American soldiers in July.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/12/15/1071336829930.html (192 words)

	Tareq Aziz close to death
		Editor's Note: The world will never forget Tareq Aziz, the wise and articulate Foreign Minister of of Iraq for 20 years, prior to the U.S. invasion in 2003.
		Tareq Aziz is "in agony and I do not expect him to live more than a month" following a cerebral embolism and heart problems, Badie Arif Ezzat told the Al-Hayat Arab newspaper.
		Aziz has been accused of two counts of mass murder, allegedly committed in 1979 and 1991, and punishable by death if he is found guilty.
	margotbworldnews.com /archives/2006/January/Jan12/Tareq_Aziz.html (520 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Tareq Aziz
		Tareq Aziz went professional at 18 and caused a minor stir in his first month for Chittagong Districts.
		In his first game he uprooted the stumps of Andy Flower, who was then rated the world's leading Test batsman, with his trademark incutter, and followed up with consecutive five-wicket hauls in his next game.
		Tareq Aziz Khan celebrates the dismissal of Chris Gayle
	www.cricinfo.com /db/PLAYERS/BDESH/T/TAREQ_AZIZ_25044992 (314 words)

	Detention of Tareq Aziz sends signal that Saddam's regime is over: INC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The reported detention by the US of Tareq Aziz, Iraq's former deputy prime minister, will send a signal to the Iraqi people that the days of Saddam Hussein's regime are over, a spokesman for the opposition Iraqi National Congress said Thursday.
		Spokesman Haider Ahmed said in London: "Beyond any doubt, politically, Tareq Aziz is the most important official to be captured so far.
		"Tareq Aziz is Iraq's face in the world, the main adviser and head of Iraq's foreign policy for at least 25 years," Ahmed added.
	www.spacewar.com /2003-a/030424220539.jd5g0jk9.html (210 words)

	Tareq Aziz allowed first call to family: lawyer AFP - Find Articles
		BAGHDAD (AFP) — Tareq Aziz, for decades the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime, was allowed to call his family for the first time since he surrendered to US forces on April, 23, 2003, his lawyer told AFP.
		Aziz has been authorized to receive a visit from his relatives while in detention," Ezzat said, thanking US and Iraqi authorities for the privilege.
		Also visiting Aziz will be a delegation from the United Nations seeking information on the oil-for-food scandal, Ezzat said.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200508/ai_n14878722 (213 words)

	Council of Islamic Revolution objects to releasing Tareq Aziz
		News media have noted that the Americans have prepared an 'initiative' to release Tareq aziz and a number of Baathi leaders, with the knowledge of the President Jalal Talebani, Masud Barzani, president of Kurdistan region, and the head of the former government Iyad Allawi.
		Tareq Aziz, the Iraqi former deputy prime minister
		He added, "The bargain includes appointing Tareq Aziz to conduct contacts with Baathi leaders inside and outside Iraq, as he and other historical leaders can convince a wing of Baath to refrain from armed struggle and supporting terrorist organizations coming from abroad."
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2005/8/judgement72.htm (263 words)

	AsiaMedia :: IRAQ: US denies reports on Tareq Aziz's death in custody
		Tareq Aziz, the former Iraqi deputy prime minister under Saddam Hussein, is alive, the US military in Iraq said yesterday, denying television reports that he had died in custody.
		"I can confirm that Tareq Aziz is alive, there is no change in his status and he is in our custody," said a spokesman for the US-led prisons authority in Iraq, Barry Johnson.
		Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television said that Aziz had died in custody, quoting sources in the International Committee of the Red Cross in Iraq.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=15733 (177 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		LONDON, April 26 (IslamOnline.net and News Agencies) – The British government ridiculed Saturday, April 26, media reports about the possibility of giving Iraqi Deputy Premier Tareq Aziz, now in the custody of American forces in Baghdad, asylum in swap for information on the whereabouts of Iraqi regime leaders and alleged weapons of mass destruction.
		Aziz, the highest profile member of Iraq's ousted regime to fall into U.S. hands so far, surrendered to coalition forces late Thursday, April 24, a U.S. official said.
		As the English-speaking foreign minister during the 1991 Gulf War, Aziz became the public face of the Iraqi regime, but he was only 43rd on a U.S. list of 55 most wanted Iraqis, and was not seen as part of Saddam's inner circle.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2003-04/26/article01.shtml (516 words)

	Tareq Aziz visits China, Russia -DAWN - International; January 28, 2002
		BEIJING, Jan 27: Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz arrived in China on Sunday, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, after a trip to Russia where he sought support in his country’s confrontation with the United States.
		The visit comes amid threats by the United States to use force against Iraq if it refuses to allow the return of United Nations arms inspectors, who left Iraq in 1998 complaining they were being prevented from performing their duties.
		Following talks with Aziz, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said on Thursday that Moscow was opposed to any US military operation against Iraq and it wanted sanctions against the nation to be lifted.
	www.dawn.com /2002/01/28/int4.htm (373 words)

	French judge questions Tareq Aziz over scandal-plagued UN program
		Tareq Aziz, deputy Prime Minister during the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
		A French investigating magistrate has questioned former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz as part of a probe into the United Nation's scandal-tainted oil-for-food program in Iraq, the daily Le Parisien/Aujourd'hui en France reported.
		Judge Philippe Courroye questioned Aziz twice last week in his Baghdad prison but Saddam Hussein's former deputy did not implicate anyone, his son Ziad told the newspaper.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=123315 (375 words)

	bring back Tareq Aziz - BanglaCricket Forum
		I hope Tareq Aziz prospers in the local leagues.
		Tareq Aziz needs to better his bowling stat before thinking of coming back.
		I am not giving up on tareq aziz just because of his recent not so impressive bowling.
	banglacricket.com /alochona/showthread.php?t=7623 (762 words)

	Tareq Aziz to be freed shortly, lawyer says
		Aziz is detained for being a part of the government of the toppled president Saddam Hussein.
		Aziz added that the American forces have been since days allowing him more meetings with his client.
		Aref explained that there are legal elements which emerged in the investigations "that formed a conviction in me that Aziz will be released shortly," noting that his client was exposed to 152 investigations session.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/050819/2005081918.html (437 words)

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