Iraq's President Talabani

Iraq’s President Described as Being in ‘Stable Health’ After Stroke
By DURAID ADNAN
Published: December 19, 2012
BAGHDAD — Jalal Talabani, the president of Iraq, was described as being in “stable” condition on Wednesday as medical specialists from abroad were dispatched to the hospital here in Baghdad where he is being treated after suffering a stroke.

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President Jalal Talabani

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Mr. Talabani, whose influence in mediating disputes among the country’s many political factions has far outweighed the limited powers of the office he occupies, was said to be in grave health on Tuesday after he had a stroke on Monday evening and was rushed to the hospital. In a brief update, the Iraqi medical staff at the Baghdad Medical City said on Wednesday that “his health is stable” and that doctors were using the same medical procedures on him that they had used when he was admitted to the facility.
Medical experts from Iran, Germany and Britain have arrived in the Iraqi capital to assist in his treatment, the Iraqi staff said.
Mr. Talabani’s illness, which was announced in a statement from his office on Tuesday, cast a shadow over the Kurdish lands in the north where he once fought a guerrilla war and where he now lives. It added a new element of uncertainty to the country’s divided politics a year after the departure of the American military left Iraq’s leaders to steer the country’s shaky democracy on their own.
Mr. Talabani, 79, has been treated abroad for medical conditions in recent years. At a brief news conference on Tuesday at the same hospital, a doctor had also described Mr. Talabani’s condition as “stable” and said he expected it to improve. On Twitter, Mr. Talabani’s son, Qubad Talabani, who represents the Kurdistan Regional Government in Washington, wrote that his father “is currently stable” and “we hope can begin his recovery soon.”
But privately other officials on Tuesday suggested his condition was more serious. A hospital official, as well as a high-level government official — both of whom requested anonymity out of respect for Mr. Talabani’s family — said the president was in a coma.
The Iraqi medical staff in their comments on Wednesday did not take questions.
Officials have said doctors were trying to determine whether Mr. Talabani could be flown abroad for care.
The deteriorating health of Mr. Talabani, a Kurd, comes at a time of heightened political tensions between Iraq’s central government and the semiautonomous Kurdish region. A dispute over land and oil that has festered for years has turned more serious in recent weeks as government forces have sought to take more control of security in disputed territories near Kirkuk, a northern city claimed by both the Kurds and the central government.
Mr. Talabani exerts sway over Iraq’s national affairs beyond the limited powers of his office, which is largely ceremonial. He is seen as a unifying figure with the power, at times, to bring Iraq’s many factions to the bargaining table, among the few national leaders, and perhaps the only one, with that status. His absence from politics would have a profound influence in Baghdad, where Mr. Talabani has been trying to mediate a continuing political crisis that at its core is a contest for power among the country’s three main groups: Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.
On Monday, Mr. Talabani met with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to discuss Iraq’s political problems. Afterward, a statement from Mr. Talabani’s office said, the two men stressed the need for calm and transparent dialogue, as well as “working according to the spirit of the Constitution and the national agreements” as the way to solve the country’s ills.
Mr. Maliki has visited Mr. Talabani in the hospital, according to officials.

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Wonder if we will ever know his true condition?

csd9013, saw article today talking about team from Germany coming to Iraq and that Talabani would be transferred their Thursday or Friday for treatment.
LIT

References to religion bones and heads of state reassured on the health of President Talabani


BAGHDAD / electronic integrity

Contact by telephone on behalf of the supreme religious authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (long live) son Mr. Mohammad Reza to check on the health of President Jalal Talabani, and Mr. Mohamed Hussein's son Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Said al-Hakim (long live) and Sheikh Mohammed Fayad's son Ayatollah Sheikh Ishaq Al-Fayad (long live) and Sheikh Ali al-Najafi, son of Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Bashir al-Najafi (long live), as Contact Office Ayatollah Sayyid Kazim al-Haeri (long live).

After check on his health transfer gentlemen callers empire, ayatollahs to the Almighty to confer on President Jalal Talabani, health and wellness and a speedy recovery.

To check on the health status of President Jalal Talabani Contact President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, wishing health and wellness and a speedy recovery to President Talabani.

In a telephone conversation reassured the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil Elaraby on the health status of President Talabani and expressed his wishes for a speedy recovery and good health and wellness to the President.

Also telephoned Chief of the Emiri Diwan in Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, wishing health and healing to the president.

And phoned the ambassadors of Egypt, Turkey, Jordan and Spain accredited to Iraq assured the health of President Jalal Talabani and carriers greetings and best wishes of their governments to the president a speedy recovery.

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Najafi Talabani's visit to check on his health
Date: 12/19/2012 15:51:00 Wednesday


Baghdad (news) .. The House Speaker Osama Abdulaziz Najafi an inspection visit to the city of Medicine to check on the health of His Excellency President Jalal Talabani, after cut short his visit to India after receiving reports of worsening of his health.
said in a statement to the presidency of the Council received Agency (news ): Najafi praised the Iraqi doctors and Mapzloh efforts stressing at the same time that the President's health is stable and a marked improvement, thanking all foreign doctors who have made ​​strenuous efforts in overseeing the health of the President. / end /. /

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Thanks guys for all the reports on Tali.... ;)