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Tariq Aziz: Victim of US Imperialism

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"His ability to speak coherently is basically diminished. My mother and sisters can barely make out what he" says.

He has "inflammations and diabetic ulcers on his feet and legs." Without immediate treatment, gangrene and amputations could follow.

Medical neglect bears full responsibility. Authorities lack compassion. "They have a specific agenda." They want revenge.

Ziad wants the international community to know. "My father's situation is deteriorating by the day, and I am truly afraid of what the future might hold if he is not provided with the proper care and treatment he desperately needs immediately."

In May 2009, Hans von Sponek addressed conditions in Iraq and Aziz's illness. He said:

"The Iraqi President Jamal Talabani recently spoke of the democracy that had been introduced in his country due to the US invasion of 2003." 

"Some Iraq observers, who do not know Iraq and probably understand only little about democracy, have hastily confirmed this." 

"For them, the decreases of bloody attacks and of the number of victims prove that the six-year occupation was worthwhile." 

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