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Iraqi
president Talabani, in first interview since illness, says he is
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Iraqi president Talabani, in first
interview since illness, says he is in good health
2.3.2007
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March 2, 2007
AMMAN, Jordan -- Iraqi President Jalal
Talabani said he was in good health after collapsing
last weekend and would be returning home, although
he gave no date. "I enjoy good health, despite the
rumors you've heard," Talabani, 73, told AP
Television News on Thursday at King Hussein Medical
Center in the Jordanian capital of Amman.
"God willing, I will return safe and in a very good
health to my country to continue my task with the
Iraqi people," he said in his first interview since
he fell ill.
Talabani collapsed Sunday in Kurdistan region
(northern Iraq), suffering from exhaustion and
dehydration caused by lung and sinus infections. He
was flown to Jordan for treatment later that day.
Rumors that he had suffered a heart attack were
denied by his doctor and spokesman. His personal
physician, Dr. Yedgar Hishmat, said earlier that
Talabani was in "very good health and recovering
rapidly."
"He is in a convalescence phase, but he still needs
to finish his antibiotic course and is expected to
leave the hospital within days," said Hishmat, who
accompanied Talabani from Iraq. |
Iraqi
President : Jalal Talabani, a Kurd |
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Talabani said his illness had perhaps been useful
because it ensured that he received a full medical
checkup. He vowed to continue working for "a new,
free, democratic, federal and united Iraq."
AP
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