KT News and Comment: Jalal Talabani, the Iraq president and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), is seriously ill in a Baghdad hospital. It is reported that he had a stroke at around 3am local time and is now in a coma. Talabani, 79, has suffered from major health problems in recent years…
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Talabani lambasts Maliki
KT News: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani was sharply critical of Iraq prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki today. Talabani told Al-Arabiya TV that: “Nuri Maliki either has to change himself or else his list has to change him”. Referring to the stand-off in the disputed territories between Kurdish peshmerga and Iraqi troops, Talabani said that he…
PUK must not under-estimate the impact of Talabani’s ill-health
By Mufid Abdulla: Talibani has been absent from Iraq since 16th June when he left for a knee operation that took place on 20th June. An orthopaedic consultant, who preferred to stay anonymous, has told the media that, while Talabani’s age would inevitably mean a longer recovery time, there was “nothing abnormal about his treatment,…
