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Iraq: Tariq Aziz is in danger says son
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Rome, January 3 ,
-- Ziad Aziz, son of Taiq, who lives in exile in the
Jordanian capital Amman, told Italy's largest
population paper Corriere della Sera that he fears
for his father's life. "After the death of Saddam
(Hussein), the Americans are interested in his
death," said Zaid, who fled Iraq with his mother
Violet, his younger brother and two sisters.
"They don't want the world to know about their past
cooperation with the Iraqi army, especially during
the massacre of Kurds in northern Iraq."
"We spoke on the phone on 25 December. If I
understood correctly, he is writing a book of
memoirs, he told Corriere. Ziad Aziz said his father
"was for a long time a foreign minister and a key
man in the Iraqi government.
He has important information that can embrass the
Americans and many other Western countries. It's
obvious they want to eliminate him," he added,
without elaborating. |
Tariq Aziz, former Iraqi foreign minister |
The US reportedly informally supported Saddam
Hussein during the 1980-88 war against the Islamic
Republic.
Saddam was executed last Saturday after a court
sentenced him to death over the 1982 massacre of 148
Shiited in Dujail.
He was also standing trial for the killings of tens
of thousands of Kurds during the Anfal campaign, a
massive military assault in northern Iraq in the
1980s and some alleged he was executed before the
trial could reveal Western support of his regime.
A key member of Hussein's deposed regime, Aziz, 71,
has been in US custody since he surrendered days
after the US-led invasion on 24 April, 2003.
He has been detained in an undisclosed location but
has so far not been charged with any specific
crimes.
As Iraq's foreign minister in the 1980s and 1990s,
he represented the regime of ousted Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein on the world stage for many years,
and enlisted American support for Baghdad in its
1980-1988 conflict with Iran.
After Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and the
first Gulf war that followed, Aziz became an
instantly recognisable figure in the world media as
he travelled between foreign capitals, trying to
enlist support for his country.
At home, he survived Saddam's political purges and
an assassination attempt by Iranian-backed radicals
in 1980.
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